Beyond Chaos: One Man's Journey Alongside His Chronically Ill Wife
by Gregg Piburn
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Author: Gregg PiburnEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1999-01-25
ISBN: 091242320X
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Arthritis Foundation
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Book Review: Not what I expected
Summary: 2 Stars
I have had chronic pain problems for over 10 years. I bought this book thinking my husband might feel a resonance in our lives and ability to cope with the loss of our preplanned vision of our future. My husband has been such a tremendous support to me all through these years and could write his own book of the stages he has gone through to adapt to my illness. What my husband would tell Gregg Piburn is that it is only when you realize that "it isn't all about him" could he learn how to cope not just with my illness but his aging parents where one has Alzheimers disease and the other has developed such severe immobility issues they can barely move. I tried to read the book cover to cover but really could only scan it, it felt jumpy and unfocused as illness progress along a path and it is the travel along the path that creates the ability to survive and be able to cope or not cope. Life and illness build on itself and repetition of certain fluxes in one illness are different than the appearance of a new and yet to be figured out health problem that may or may not be a variant of existing problems. I think the book is a catharsis of how his own mind and emotions have ricocheted around but as a source of guidance for others on how they might cope, it is not that kind of reading.
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