Synopses & Reviews
This volume is the touching true story of a successful professional woman who is suddenly faced with a series of life-changing back operations in a very short period. Forced to give up her profession and her lifestyle, Lucy M. Dobkins must undergo a myelogram, an MRI exam, a bone scan, and a CT scan. She takes the reader through her torment with sympathetic dystrophy, compressed nerves, and degenerated discs. She relates each doctor's findings and elaborate explanations of nerve root decompressions and spinal fusion. Ms. Dobkins even brings us with her to Intensive Care. As she struggles to build a new life and business, she is again struck down and eventually begins to lose her faith in God and her hope for the future. But despite all her obstacles, Ms. Dobkins adopts techniques for coping with chronic, long-term pain and implements strategies for adjusting to overwhelming loss. Joyously, she rises from her personal disaster to build a happy life and a renewed faith in God.
Synopsis
The touching true story of a successful professional woman suddenly faced with a series of life-changing, multiple back operations in a very short period of time. Despite all her obstacles, Ms. Dobkins adopts techniques for coping with chronic, long-term pain and finds strategies for adjusting to overwhelming loss.
Synopsis
Ms. Dobkins adopts techniques for coping with chronic, long-term pain and finds strategies for adjusting to overwhelming loss.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-223) and index. Filmography: p. 229.