Against medical advice
a true story
by James Patterson and Hal Friedman
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Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. This is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment.
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Med head: my knock-down, drag-out, drugged-up battle with my brain
2010-04, Little, Brown and Co.
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- 1st Young Readers ed.
0316076171 9780316076173
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Against medical advice: a true story
2008, Little, Brown Large Print
in English
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Against medical advice: a true story
2008, Little, Brown & Co.
in English
- Doubleday large print home library ed.
0739499084 9780739499085
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Against medical advice: a true story
2008, Grand Central Publishing
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0446505242 9780446505246
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Against medical advice: a true story
2008-10, Little, Brown
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Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck. From that day forward his life became a hell of irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances, and Cory embarked on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist to discover the cause of his disease. Soon it became unclear what tics were symptoms of his disease and what were side effects of the countless combinations of drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. Simply put: Cory Friedman's life was a living hell.AGAINST MEDICAL ADVICE is the true story of Cory and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a maddening medical establishment. It is a heart-rending story of struggle and triumph with a climax as dramatic as any James Patterson thriller.
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