Orange, Connecticut Author Publishes New Book about Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

"A Mystery Illness: My Experience Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome", a new book by Sylvia Hodin, has been released by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc.

It can happen literally overnight. Sylvia Hodin went to sleep one December night a seemingly healthy sixty-five-year-old woman and awoke the next day unable to move. At first she thought she had suffered a stroke; Sylvia then realized that she had slept through twelve hours and had awakened with flu-like symptoms, barely able to move.

An R.N. by profession, she recounts the plethora of symptoms she experienced, her diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome, and the various remedies she employed to ease the pain and discomfort she was experiencing. While there is no cure for the "Yuppie Disease," she hopes that by bringing attention to it, research will continue and one might someday become reality.

About the Author:
Sylvia Hodin is a retired R.N. residing with her husband, John, in Orange, CT, and is the mother of two daughters and a son. Born in Brooklyn, NY, she graduated from Commerce High School in Worcester, MA, and completed her R.N. training at a prestigious hospital.

Although doing better now, she still has symptoms of this syndrome. Nevertheless, she enjoys reading, history, and traveling.

"A Mystery Illness: My Experience Coping with Chronic Fatigue Syndrome" is a 30-page paperback with a retail price of $18.00. The ISBN is 978-1-4349-1205-3. It was published by Dorrance Publishing Co., Inc of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. For more information, or to request a review copy, please go to our virtual pressroom at www.dorrancepressroom.com or our online bookstore at www.dorrancebookstore.com.