When There Is No Cure

How do you live well when the physical foundation of your life is crumbling? This is the challenge for millions who live with diseases for which there is no cure. These incurable ailments produce a life of constant pain, fatigue, numbness, dizziness and/or other debilitating symptoms creating chronic suffering. Can you thrive in life while experiencing the suffering persistent sickness provokes? In When There Is No Cure, Dr. Craig Svensson guides readers to a path of thriving when...
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How do you live well when the physical foundation of your life is crumbling? This is the challenge for millions who live with diseases for which there is no cure. These incurable ailments produce a life of constant pain, fatigue, numbness, dizziness and/or other debilitating symptoms creating chronic suffering. Can you thrive in life while experiencing the suffering persistent sickness provokes? In When There Is No Cure, Dr. Craig Svensson guides readers to a path of thriving when life's journey includes an incurable ailment. Drawing on his expertise as a pharmacist-scientist, as well as a fellow sufferer with several incurable diseases, he helps patients steer through the twists and turns of life with chronic illness. How do you get physicians to take health complaints seriously? Where do you turn when they acknowledge your ailment with upturned hands and confess they don't know how to help? How do you deal with the overwhelming sense of loss with an untreatable diagnosis? How do you address those whose reaction to your ailment increases your suffering? Can you live well with inescapable pain? How do you avoid living in a state of fear when facing an uncertain prognosis? Should you try to keep your disease a secret from others? How do you choose between treatment options when each could cause harm? When There Is No Cure shows readers how to navigate these and other dilemmas in order to thrive while living with an incurable ailment.