The living well with autoimmune disease Filmore, Emily A. creator text nvu Las Vegas, NV Central Recovery Press 2015 monographic eng

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xii, 210 p. ; 23 cm "More than eighty health conditions are caused by autoimmune disease, with symptoms ranging from occasionally uncomfortable to debilitating or life-threatening. Emily Filmore has lived with autoimmune disease for over two decades. She shares her own journey with candor, warmth, and humor, alternating between triumphs and heartbreaking setbacks, and offering hard-won lessons on how to choose and manage you doctors... You can heal your disease and it can heal you -- Diagnosis: shifting realities -- Pigtails and knobby knees: learning to overcome -- I am so scared: why Dr. Smartphone is not your friend -- The life cycle of a doctor -- The ups and downs -- I am a cartoon character -- Love handles, moon face, and body image -- Adults say the darndest things -- Seeing the world in technicolor -- Sage -- They've always got my back -- Downward-facing dog -- I no longer fear death, nor am i inviting it in -- The disease does not define you -- Reality check. Emily A. Filmore. Autoimmune diseases Alternative treatment Immune system Self-care, Health Enfermedades autoinmunes Tratamiento Sistema inmune 20151000 RC 600 F487m 2015 1937612872 9781937612870 151014 20230410143525.0 121155