Living with IBD & IBS

Living with IBD & IBS by Elizabeth A Roberts

You may not think anything about IBD or IBS is funny, until you read Elizabeth Roberts' account of her emotional roller-coaster ride as she learned to live successfully with these illnesses. After spending most of her honeymoon on St. Bart's in the bathroom, Roberts returned home determined to find out what had happened to her dream life. After months of tests, her doctors told her she had IBD and IBS and had to learn to live with these debilitating diseases.

But no one told her how After she hit bottom, physically and emotionally, Roberts decided that to get her life back she would have to find the way herself. This book recounts her journey-sometimes painfully, sometimes humorously-through the process of learning to live successfully with IBD and IBS.

Follow Roberts on her journey as she learns to understand the needs of her body; participates in special diets; engages in support groups; and integrates Reiki, yoga, meditation, and exercise into her daily routine of success. If you, a family member, a lover, or a friend have been diagnosed with Inflammatory Bowel Disease or Irritable Bowel Syndrome, this book is a must read. You too can start to live again

Roberts, Elizabeth A.: - Elizabeth A. Roberts grew up and spent her early years on a Colorado ranch. There her love of animals showed in her confidante, a small shaggy-eared donkey given to her as a birthday present. When education beyond high school beckoned, she attended Adams State University from which she holds a B.A. in history, German, Latin, and geology. Her M.A., also at ASU is in theatre and communication. She furthered her education at Ohio University, became a University Fellow, and earned her Ph.D. in communication theory, and ancient and modern rhetoric. For thirty years, Roberts was a faculty member with the communication arts department at Ohio Northern University. There she taught persuasion, communication theory, oral interpretation of literature, directed the public speaking program, and created Readers Theatre productions. While at ONU, her first loss of sight and subsequent cornea transplants (3 in Ohio, 2 in CO) provided a means to achieve vision again. In 2003, as a Full Professor, she retired and returned to her native state with a pewter-gray cat in tow. She continues to have a special love for donkeys and cats. The glimpses of her life she provides in her memoir reveal the hope and love she and, indeed, all of us need to survive, to live, to flourish.

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ISBN 13	9780595402939
ISBN 10	0595402933
Title	Living with IBD & IBS
Author	Elizabeth A Roberts
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	iUniverse
Year published	2006-07-16
Number of pages	200
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.