After the Diagnosis: From Crisis to Spiritual Renewal for Patients With Chronic Illness

The diagnosis of a chronic illness can make you feel isolated, angry, or in a state of crisis. These are normal - even expected - responses to your situation. After the Diagnosis guides you through the six stages of emotional reaction to your illness, and brings you to a stage of renewal, where you can live life with passion and style - again. Six weeks after finishing her training in clinical psychology, JoAnn LeMaistre began losing her vision, balance and coordination. Soon, she could not read or even hold a pencil. The diagnosis - multiple sclerosis. Refusing to let MS stop her, she continued working with other chronically ill patients. In After the Diagnosis, LeMaistre draws on her personal struggle and professional expertise to help chronically ill patients and caregivers learn to understand and cope with their situation...to be able-hearted when it is no longer possible to be able-bodied.