After all the books I have read, I have finally published my own, Surviving Hip Surgery Ten Things You Need to Know. You may visit my author page on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/author/maryjmann , For Amazon.com http://www.amazon.com/dp/B079CQS1MY
I am making progress! I started writing a book on RA a year ago. I have deep experiences as a patient. I have read extensively. I have written extensively. I have read much about other people living with the challenges of RA. However, my book is starting to look like a textbook. This is not my intention. Fortunately for me I read a short book on organizing a kindle non-fiction book. It all made sense and I am now ready to go. I plan to have my book up and ready by midsummer. Unfortunately, my RA is on a steady progressive course. I have tried most of the drugs on the list for RA and only a select few work. I am not one of the fortunate ones who make stunning progress with the biologics. I am grateful that they do work for some. Still I have to plod along my own RA path. My book will put together the RA basics for a grounded base. It will discuss the role of advocating for yourself as vital to …
When I was diagnosed with RA, I was too sick to understand the long term implications. I was grateful at the time to put a label on the devastating attack on my body. I love books and have always looked to books for solutions as well as for pleasure. Soon after my diagnosis, I purchased the book, The First Year Rheumatoid Arthritis by M.E.A. McNeil. With RA there is a major shift in your life. What to do? How to cope? What to think? It is overwhelming. This book set me on the right course. It helped me organize.
