The Take-Charge Patient, by Martine Ehrenclou, is a GRATE book! Not just a 'must read' but a 'must DO!' Being released today, May 15, 2012, I hope that people consider this for summertime study and gift-giving. Graduations from high school used to be a time for me to give a set of tools that people most usually need for putting together furniture and hanging things on walls: now I might consider giving them a copy of this book! Father's Day -- plus the gift of time for organizing the father's records is another idea. Or simply purchasing it for yourself and perhaps asking your library to do so, and that way your entire community will have a copy available!
Below, I've transferred the information from The Take-Charge Patient's Facebook page, and I suggest you find them and Like them if you're a Facebook fan. I'll provide the link to the website that they have provided and naturally I encourage you to GO and interact with the website if this is of interest to you! Naturally they set you up for following on social media from there as well.
At the website, if you look at the area/tab for testimonials, you'll see that I'm among them, as is Jacob Teitelbaum, MD, author of bestselling books such as From Fatigued to Fantastic and Beat Sugar Addiction Now!. I consider Dr. T to be the 'grand pooh-bah' and author of the 'bible' which saved my career at least, if not my life, related to chronic fatigue and fibromyalgia. Directly, by purchasing and reading/doing in the 1990s and some MDs did the same and started learning how to diagnose and treat the condition in a more beneficial and less detrimental way. Dr Lynn Hellerstein as well, who is, in my mind, the leading 'pooh-bah' of 'getting the word out' about how to help people's brains and visual-perceptual system/learning, with her book which is also featured here in the Lumigrate Bookshelf along with Dr Teitelbaum's, See it. Say it. Do it! I don't try to find lots of new books to suggest to Lumigrate.com's guests/users/customers; I highlight only those which I believe people REALLY can benefit from spending their dollars, time and energy. This is one.
So it is a pleasure to see us 'communing' around endorsing Martine's new book, which I hope will also become "a bible" but for all people who are using the conventional medicine system in the United States (and beyond). Taking charge of things and navigating to the best outcome as effectively and efficiently as possible. It is harder than it sounds, in my opinion, even for those with experience and that is why I am SO "GRATE-ful" for the book!
The foundation of Lumigrate.com is about patient pro-activity and I encourage people to see themselves in the central role of their health care team, as our 'You Model' graphically represents. Prior to my creating Lumigrate.com, I was working as an occupational therapist in an insurance-based, allopathic/conventional medical building in Grand Junction, Colorado and much of the time I was working with patients/people on navigating what I call 'the occupation of health care'. Anything which occupies your time is an 'occupation' (how you make your money is also an occupation which is actually specifically 'vocation'). I wish this book were available for my patients and clients in the past, and I know that I will be recommending it to essentially everyone I work with. It is a $20 investment which will have a 'return on investment' because of all the resources and concepts presented. And now here is what I have brought over to post here for you to learn more from the "About" section of Martine's Take-Charge Patient Facebook.
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! ~~ Mardy
Live and Learn. Learn and Live Better! is my motto. I'm Mardy Ross, and I founded Lumigrate in 2008 after a career as an occupational therapist with a background in health education and environmental research program administration. Today I function as the desk clerk for short questions people have, as well as 'concierge' services offered for those who want a thorough exploration of their health history and direction to resources likely to progress their health according to their goals. Contact Us comes to me, so please do if you have questions or comments. Lumigrate is "Lighting the Path to Health and Well-Being" for increasing numbers of people. Follow us on social networking sites such as: Twitter: http://twitter.com/lumigrate [3] and Facebook. (There is my personal page and several Lumigrate pages. For those interested in "groovy" local education and networking for those uniquely talented LumiGRATE experts located in my own back yard, "LumiGRATE Groove of the Grand Valley" is a Facebook page to join. (Many who have joined are beyond our area but like to see the Groovy information! We not only have FUN, we are learning about other providers we can be referring patients to and 'wearing a groove' to each other's doors -- or websites/home offices!) By covering some of the things we do, including case examples, it reinforces the concepts at Lumigrate.com as well as making YOU feel that you're part of a community. Which you ARE at Lumigrate!
Links:
[1] http://www.facebook.com/MartineEhrenclou
[2] http://www.thetakechargepatient.com/
[3] http://twitter.com/lumigrate
[4] http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/take-charge-patient-how-you-can-get-best-medical-care-martine-ehrenclou#comment-2381
[5] http://www.TheTakeChargePatient.com
[6] http://www.lumigrate.com/forum/take-charge-patient-how-you-can-get-best-medical-care-martine-ehrenclou#top
[7] http://www.lumigrate.com/user/login?destination=node/1973%23comment-form
[8] http://www.lumigrate.com/user/register?destination=node/1973%23comment-form
Comments
Hi Mardy,
Thank you so much for posting about my new book, The Take-Charge Patient, out today! Whew!
I appreciate what you wrote about my book and fully appreciate being a part of Lumigrate as our missions are so similar--educate, empower and inspire people to be proactive with their medical care. The more you know, the more empowered you feel.
You offer such a great forum for people to communicate with one another, with medical professionals, and offer wonderful and insightful information so people can learn.
Thank you, Mardy! You're the best.
Martine
I'm an author, patient advocate and speaker. My new book, The Take-Charge Patient: How You Can Get The Best Medical Care, was released 5/2012 www.TheTakeChargePatient.com [5] I lecture, write and publish articles on the issues of patient safety, patient advocacy, the collaborative relationship between patients and medical professionals, effective communication strategies to interact with medical professionals and other health/medical related issues. I hope you benefit and enjoy my being part of things at Lumigrate as much as I do! Also, I am a member of: -HHS, Partnership for Patients -The Society of Participatory Medicine -The National Patient Advocate Foundation -National Healthcare Advocacy Consultants