Risking Hope: Fragile Faith in the Healing Process.This book is a very personal account of one woman's coming to grips with life with multiple sclerosis multiple sclerosis (MS), chronic, slowly progressive autoimmune disease in which the body's immune system attacks the protective myelin sheaths that surround the nerve cells of the brain and spinal cord (a process called demyelination), resulting in damaged areas . Kathleen Chesto's story -- presented as a collection of short, direct personal essays written over three years of her life -- begins after numbness numbness /numb·ness/ (num´nes) anesthesia (1). Numbness Loss of feeling or sensation. Mentioned in: Topical Anesthesia and loss of bladder and bowel function have landed her in a hospital. The range of emotions that followed are all here -- rage, depression, fear, hope -- and often expressed with warmth and humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was . As a good part of her personal struggle is one with her faith, be aware that the book does have a religious component, but remains an honest account of learning to live again. Available for $7.95 plus $2.50 shipping and handling from Sheed and Ward, P.O. Box 419492, Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City is the largest city in the state of Missouri. It encompasses parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest in Missouri, which includes counties in both Missouri and Kansas. , 64141. Credit card orders accepted only for orders over $15.00. 1-800-333-7373. |
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