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Against Medical Advice: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery

by James Patterson

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Synopsis:

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.

Synopsis:

"Against Medical Advice" is the true story of Cory Friedman and his family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties as they embarked on an excruciating journey to discover the cause of Cory's disease.

Synopsis:

In this nonfiction work with the pace of a thriller, Patterson tells the extraordinary and dramatic true story of one family's struggle with an agonizing medical mystery that began when the Friedmans' five-year-old son began having irrepressible tics and involuntary utterances.Little, Brown and Company

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Kimberly Berry, November 17, 2008 (view all comments by Kimberly Berry)
This is a touching story about a young man with Tourette's Syndrome. Cory describes his daily life which seems to be a constant struggle every day. It is amazing at the strength and courage that his family has had during their search to get Cory help. It made me very thankful that I have healthy children because there are many families that have some form of health issues to deal with every day.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9780316024754
Subtitle:
A True Story
Author:
Patterson, James
Author:
Friedman, Hal
Author:
Friedman, Cory
Publisher:
Little Brown and Company
Subject:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
Subject:
Tourette syndrome
Subject:
Medical - General
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Specific Groups - Special Needs
Subject:
Psychopathology - Compulsive Behavior
Subject:
Tourette syndrome - Patients
Subject:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder - Patients
Copyright:
Publication Date:
October 2008
Binding:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
283
Dimensions:
9.44x6.32x1.06 in. 1.11 lbs.

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