Lymphatic-Diseases Books

Unique in its focus on the emotional aspects of lymphedema, this book was a lifesaver for me as a patient, since lymphedema can be an isolating disorder with minimal social support. This comprehensive guide is replete with worksheets and suggested coping mechanisms and resources...a must for patients, caregivers, and health professionals. My own journey through two bouts of breast cancer and lymphedema is chronicled in Mourning Has Broken.

This book has everything, for the person who is just curious about lymphedema to the individual who want answers. With her intrinsically motivational style, Dr McMahon uses helpful checklists, graphs, and exercises in this engaging workbook. It is especially helpful for those people who are depressed or anxious.

I read this book and highly recommend it to anyone with lymphedema. It is supportive, thorough, and
practical.

A heartfelt memoir. Thank you to the Author. The book provides an honest and hopeful journey through the highs and lows of being diagnosed with cancer.

I couldn't put this book down until I was finished. I found myself laughing and crying and identifying with so many of the same feelings the author had. This book is sure to be a great source of encouragement and inspiration to patients as well as to their family and friends. It was also interesting to read about treatment at a major research facility (Michigan) and to "meet" some of the people who develop new treatments.

If this were fiction, it would be an excellent story. The fact that it's true makes it all the more compelling. If your life has ever been touched by cancer in any way, you will laugh and cry through this book and find a great deal of support and encouragement. This is one of the best memoirs I have read.

This is a wonderful book and I've recommended it to all of my friends and family members. This book covers much more than just a diet. It incorporates recommendations on how to enhance your lymphatic system through specific lifestyle changes. Dr. Lemole also includes many wonderful recipes that are easy to make and are delicious. This book truly inspired me to change the way I eat and I how I choose to live my life day-to-day.

Dr. Lemole is a well-respected and very experienced cardiovascular surgeon. In his book he combines traditional views of medicine with what have typically been "non-traditional" healing therapies.
Dr. Lemole uses an easy to understand language to describe complex medical terminology and his recommendations are easy to follow. I feel that his diet and lifestyle recommendations have helped me to feel better than I have in years. Since I'm only 35, I'd like to think that living a healthy lifestyle will help me avoid some of the medical problems associated with getting older.

It is truly refreshing to know that Dr. Lemole being a well respected mainstream clinician, surgeon and scientist is willing to recognize the patient as a whole person. Dr. Lemole speaks to the scientific justification for his theories on lymph system clearance, explains easy to follow healthy guidelines related to the spiritual side of the patient, provides support and recipes for his dietary recommendations. I am impressed with Dr. Lemole's willingness to address the body's need for vitamin and mineral supplementation. I have attempted to discuss vitamin, mineral and herbal supplementation with other medical doctors. The subject is met with resistance or is not well known and therefore dismissed. I encourage those individuals that want an active role in their own health and health care to evaluate Dr. Lemole's sound judgement and create a dialogue with their health care professionals.

This is the textbook for the Lymphatic Drainage Therapy program offered through the Upledger Institute. You can purchase it from them for $75 if Amazon is unable to stock it. It is written in medical language and is for the practicing therapist. It can also be a valuable resource for patients, however.

Dr. Chikly is THE Leader in his field and has truly displayed it in this amazing reference work. I have trained many modalities as a Licensed Therapist and his Manual Lymphatic Technique is one of the more astounding ones! I have been fortunate enough to learn them directly from him in Arizona. Bruno is a serious PhD expert, but at the same time one of the kindest, most genuine people ON THE PLANET~ we're talking Ghandi-like. The knowledge of this technique will forever shift your view of the body as well as the real power in gentle, almost touchless, techniques. Dr. Chikly has put his life work into this material and it is second to none on the subject. I really feel the medical community could benefit more from its increased usage, as could the general public for use at home. Anyone can learn from the mountain of information that's packed into this very nice hard covered book.

Nutman is one of the world's leading experts in Human lymphatic filariasis. Here he has written a very clear and concise account of what really goes on within the body when the lymphatics are invaded by these filarids. I strongly recommend this book to everyone remotely interested in filariasis.

this was a very informative book. I personally recomend it to any one who is interested, is curious, or is researching this topic.

This is by far the most informative and encouraging book I have read on this subject.

I found this book very informative and comforting. It not only tells about lymphedema, about why it starts and what can be done about it, but the book has the stories of other women with lymphedema and shows what they are doing for their condition. It helped make me aware that I am not the only person to have had problems after I was treated for breast cancer. Since my therapy for lymphedema I have used this book to maintain my arm's shape. I think the book is a wonderful guide. It was a real relief for me to find this book.

I have had lymphedema for several years. I live outside a very small town which does not have a person who knows how to treat lymphedema. I found this book on Amazon.com and it gave me information that helped find a therpist in another city.

I must travel nearly two hundred miles to reach my therapist, but with her help and with the information in this book, the swelling has gone down and my arm is almost back to normal. In another couple of weeks I should not need to see the therapist any longer. Because of the detailed information in this book, and because of the therapist's instructions I know how to bandage my arm, what kind of sleeve to wear on it, exercises I should and should not do, even what kind of breathing helps my arm not swell.

I don't know what I would have done if this book had not been available. I wish it had been written years ago when my swelling began. I recommend it very highly.

My wife and I found lots of great help in this book. Detailed enough for our academic minds. Honest enough to be helpful in a difficult time. And staightforward enough to be understandable. We showed it to our therapist who liked it enough to include it in her list of resources for others with lymphedema. We highly recommend it.

I found this book incredibly helpful. After two years of having my arm so swollen it would not fit into many of my clothes, I found this book. It showed what exercises to do, how to do self-massage, how to bandage, and where to get help. It is complete with pictures that illustrate each step. I think this book is essential for anyone who's had treatment for breast cancer.

Why, Why, Why? In 2008 are we still inflicting pain & suffering on goddesses with clothing torture devices. It makes sense that any clothing, shoes, glasses, underwear, headwear, etc. that resricts circulation of blood flow, lymph, etc. is going to cause problems in your human instrument. This book is a terrific resource, it would be nice if Women's groups, the medical community, cancer groups, etc. would follow up with more studies into this.

The experts and institutions all dismiss the
idea that bra wearing leads to cancer but how do they know or what is their basis for saying that? Can you know anything without a study? And admitedly they don't know what causes it,but they know it isn't bras.

Singer is faulted for lack of rigor in his study. It's just a beginning survey. How would you get funded for a more expanded study? His method was very simple and elegant. He took a large group of women and asked them how many hours a day they spent wearing a bra and found that it was related to the number that developed breast cancer. Those that seldom or never wore one, seldom developed cancer, whereas those who wore one 24/7, a majority developed cancer.
Those who wore one for a lessor amount of time had an intermediate rate. Sure there are contaminating factors but they tend to cancel out in large group studies.

This reminds me of the old studies relating the packs of cigarettes smoked per day to the likelyhood of developing lung cancer.

The problem is that although many women would like to play it safe and comfortable they like the up-lift bras give them and worry it will make them sag eventually to go without one. There may be a solution to both these concerns. A Japanese study found that going braless did not produce
sagging beasts but actually produced more perkiness. And if a bra is worn to work only but taken off around the house, there is only a slight increase in breast cancer. Singer writes,"...women who wear bras twenty-four hours a day have a 125-fold greater chance of getting breast cancer than do women who do not wear bras at all and a 113-fold greater chance of getting breast cancer than do women who wear bras for less than twelve hours daily. This is anywhere from 4 to 12 times greater in significance than the connection between cigarette smoking and lung cancer!"(p.127).

Singer argues that bras excert their harmful effect through tightness
which prevents the flow of the lymphatic fluid from clearing toxins from the breasts.

This is one of few books that I have multiple copies of just to lend out to friends and family. Overall, it deals with the compression of the lymphatic system in our bodies and how this leads to the beginnings of cancer cell growth.



The lymph system is what carries and gets rid of the toxins in our bodies. When various lymph nodes are compressed day in and out (by such things as bras, tight clothing, etc.) toxins are not able to be excreted as they are meant to be, and this build up of carcinogens leads to cancerous cell growth.



The book includes research from various cultures - those who typically wear bras, and those who don't, as well as what happens when non-bra wearing women move to the U.S. and start wearing on a daily basis... The authors also discuss other forms of clothing-lymph constriction and cancer sites -- such as tight jeans around the abdomen/pelvis area and glasses that constrict the lymph system around the nose. Interestingly, the 3 biggest sites of cancer in the U.S. are around the breast, the abdomen/pelvic region, and around the nose. This is not seen in cultures that do not wear constrictive clothing.



Granted, there are likely several factors that go into who develops, and who does not develop cancerous cell growth. However, the research presented here is empirical, sound, and more than compelling.



It is a great book, easy to read, packed with data, and gives us something to really think about... The author specializes in culture-based health and wellness and is the head of a health research college in Hawaii. His wife (who is also an author of the book) suffered from cyst/tumor development in her breast after decades of bra-wearing. She treated this with natural measures - the foremost being to take off her bra! She is now cyst/tumor free.



The authors discuss the myth that I have heard many women voice -- "If I don't wear a bra, won't my breasts sag?!" NO! The reverse is actually true...Just as in other parts of the body - the muscles you use are the muscles that stay firm and strong and supportive. Authors go into the physiological makeup of the breasts and breast tissue.



I also highly recommend checking out The Healing Power of 8 Sugars for those interested in pro-actively warding off cancer cell growth or eliminating it from the body. This book is written by 21 top doctors in various fields of health and deals with the roles of glyconutrients and glycobiology in the body. Both books deal with the ability of our bodies' cells to clean out toxins and restore themselves, the way the body is designed to function when given what it needs to work properly - a free flowing lymphatic system and cell-to-cell communication.



The Healing Power of 8 Sugars: An Amazing Breakthrough in Nutrition, Sciences and Medicine

I had always thought that clothes are evil. Okay, not really. But tight clothes can do evil things.

This book is a well written report that does an excellent job of explaining not only why bras are probably a factor in getting breast cancer... but it goes into great detail on how the study was done, why it was done and the personal connection between the authors and the issue. Throughout the book I had about a hundred "that makes sense... what are we {as a society) thinking" moments.

It delves into areas that traditional oncology studies avoid (I think withholding information is as bad as disseminating incorrect information) and it successfully furthered my belief that the traditional medical community, media and most of the rest of our society may keep information (which won't result in huge sales) hidden. If the people who control what we see and hear (which ultimately sways our lifestyle choices) will not be more socially responsible and less selfishly capital driven, we need to be more open to the possibility that our society's selfishness can kill us.

I had this book in my going to purchase file for several years. After I read the book, I couldn't believe how long it took me to make this purchase. The information presented is not redundant from my point of view. I have never heard of this particular viewpoint in regards to breast cancer. The author gives a glimse of their own journey and research. And when you think about all the information that they present, it actually makes sense.

To sum it up . . . This book is about a couple finding out about cancer and the decisions they had to make to save a life and what they chose to do about the information obtained along the way of their journey of healing. It was their personal quest to research breast cancer and what could be the cause that we as a society are overlooking. This book includes the results from a questionaire regarding bras usage and responses from their survey. There is an interesting emphasis on how minimal pressures on the lymphatic system is correlated to breast cancer.

I was recently diagnosed with Sjogrens and have now read most of the books out there. This one, while good with the emotional issues of dealing with a chronic illness, is severely lacking if you are looking for treatment options. Yes, it provides the standard treatments for dry eyes and dry mouth (as do pretty much all of the sources out there) but if you have any additional manifestations whatsoever (especially extraglandular issues) you will find no help here. Yes, it does tell you that Sjogrens can affect your lungs, for example, but it goes no further than that (no treatments to pursue, no suggestions whatsoever). There are much better books for your money (for the most comprehensive quick-read try Positive Options for Sjogrens Syndrome by Sue Dyson).

This is a good book for readers who need basic information about Sjogren's Syndrome. For those who have read the information on Internet sites such as Johns Hopkins, NIH, and Mayo Clinic, there isn't much more to add to that free medical information. This book does have useful information about dealing with the emotional consequences of Sjogrens that those sites don't offer, and it may be helpful for those who seek guidance in that area. The type face is fairly large and easy read, so great for senior readers. I thought much of the self help advice to be basic common sense and things the Dr has already suggested. There is a resource section with useful addresses, but as the book is now 5 years old, the addresses and phone numbers may need updating.

This book was a great source of information.It was wonderful and patient friendly.After being given a diagnosis of Sjogren's Syndrome, I really didn't know what it meant,but after reading this book it made a lot of things clearer.This is a must read for anyone with this syndrome.My money was well spent.

Purchased this book for my Mother who was diagnosed with Sgogren's Syndrome, a disease we had never heard of. It helped us understand. Easy to read and understand.

This book is the perfect companion for dealing , day to day, with this perplexing disease. There are so many different symptoms, and they combine in such a varied degree that most of us feel at a loss as to what to do. This book will become your constant reference companion, giving you information and ideas that, often, not even your Dr. can supply.

An engaging and fascinating book that reads almost like a novel. Mr. Dean's narrative left me wanting to learn more about this disabling tropical disease.