Against Medical Advice : One Familys Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery

English

ISBN: 0316024759

EAN: 9780316024754

Category: Psychology / Psychopathology / Compulsive Behavior/Medical / Neurology/

Publisher: Little Brown & Company

Release Date: 10/19/2008

Synopsis: One morning when he was almost five years old. Cory Friedman woke up with the uncontrollable urge to shake his head. From that day forward his life became an agony of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances. Cory embarked on a thirteen-year odyssey of medication upon medication, treatment upon treatment - a constantly changing regimen that left him and his family feeling like guinea pigs in an out-of-control experiment. It soon became unclear which tics were symptoms of his condition and which were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty was that it kept getting worse. Simply put: Cory Friedmans life was a living hell. Subjected to debilitating treatments and continuous ridicule. Cory became devastatingly aware of how he appeared to others. With the love of his family and the support of a few steadfast teachers and medical professionals, he fought for his very life, and you will cheer his amazing successes. Against Medical Advice is the true story of Corys battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a sometimes maddening medical establishment. Written by James Patterson and Corys father. Hal, with the relentless pace of a Patterson thriller, this a heartrending story of one family courage, determination and ultimate triumph.--BOOK JACKET.

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Against Medical Advice : One Familys Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery

Illustrated: No

Format: Hardcover

Height: 1.0 inches

Width: 6.25 inches

Length: 9.5 inches

Weight: 17.81 oz

Pages: 304