Includes bibliographical references and index.

Overview of self-management -- Becoming an active self-manager -- Finding resources -- Understanding and managing common symptoms -- Using your mind to manage symptoms -- Exercise and physical activity for every body -- Exercising for flexibility, strength, and balance: making life easier -- Exercising for endurance: aerobic activities -- Communicating with family, friends, and health care professionals -- Sex and intimacy -- Healthy eating -- Healthy weight management -- Managing your medicines -- Making treatment decisions -- Managing chronic lung disease -- Managing heart disease, high blood pressure, and stroke -- Managing chronic arthritis and osteoporosis -- Managing diabetes -- Planning for the future: fears and reality.