Diagnosed
The Essential Guide to Navigating the Patient’s Journey
by Brenda Snow
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Pub Date Mar 18 2025 | Archive Date Mar 17 2025
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Description
“Here’s the first thing I want you to understand: YOU ARE NOT ALONE.”
If you’ve been sucker-punched by a terrifying diagnosis, you might feel alienated from the life you used to live. You feel foreign to the person you used to be. It’s isolating, lonely, and scary. But other people have walked this road and are ready to hold your hand and guide you through it.
After thirty years of living with a chronic illness, and twenty-five years working with thousands of people managing a chronic or terminal disease, Brenda Snow is an authority on being a patient. Similar to the Grief Cycle, patients and caregivers tend to journey through a recognizable series of experiences as they cope with illness. With humor, candor, and expertise, Brenda offers a road map to help you regain your footing after a life-changing diagnosis. This book will inspire you to overcome the bumps in the road and recognize the amazing life still in front of you.
Advance Praise
“Brenda has learned from vast experiences how to make sweet lemonade out of very sour lemons. In this book, she shares her experience in the lemonade production. As a neurologist who specialized in multiple sclerosis, I can state categorically that all people with chronic diseases can learn from Brenda’s experiences and her ability to communicate what she has learned over the decades of managing her personal multiple sclerosis journey. Her ability to communicate how to do more than cope but to flourish despite multiple issues is superb! The book does not sugarcoat significant health issues but gives approaches to managing them. It should become an important tool for those with serious health challenges, no matter what their conditions are.”
—Randall T. Schapiro, M.D., FAAN, Clinical Professor of Neurology (retired), University of Minnesota, and founder, The Schapiro Center for Multiple Sclerosis
“... Diagnosed is an inspiring story of survival and resilience, but it’s so much more than that. It’s a blueprint for how to live your best life right now, even in the face of overwhelming hardship. There is no future time when everything will be perfect. The time to start living is today. Just ask Brenda Snow.”
—Charlie Engle, ultramarathon runner, caregiver, and author of Running Man
“With compassion and practical guidance, Diagnosed will not only help patients and caregivers understand how to advocate for themselves and navigate the complexities of the healthcare system, but also inspire hope and encourage them to embrace a fulfilling life, a life that impacts others, even in the face of adversity. Having known Brenda Snow for eighteen years and witnessed her remarkable expertise firsthand, I can attest to her profound impact on those facing a daunting diagnosis and learning to live in a new normal. Brenda’s personal journey and intimate knowledge shine through as she offers invaluable advice and support. You will laugh, cry, and most definitely come to understand that you are not alone.”
—Amy Wyatt, epilepsy advocate, writer, and speaker
Available Editions
| EDITION | Hardcover |
| ISBN | 9798891381957 |
| PRICE | $28.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 368 |
