Against Medical Advice

NY: Little, Brown & Co, 2008. 1st Edition. Hardcover_cloth. Collectible - Fine/Fine. 6.25"x9.5"x1". 283 pgs. First printing. Black cloth boards with Little Brown colophon embossed on front. Red metallic letters on spine. DJ design by Keith Hayes. Front jacket photo courtesy of Hal Friedman. Photo of Author by Rankin. Spine straight, binding tight, pages clean and bright. Not x-library, unmarked, unclipped. Gift Quality. "This is the heart-rending drama of one family's courage, heartbreak, sacrifice, and triumph in confronting an agonizing medical condition, written by two master storytellers.
Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to twitch his neck and his life was never the same again. From that day forward his life became a hell of uncontrollable tics, urges, and involuntary utterances. Eventually he is diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive disorder, and Cory embarks on an excruciating journey from specialist to specialist, enduring countless combinations of medications in wildly varying doses. Soon it becomes unclear what tics are symptoms of his disease and what are side effects of the drugs. The only certainty is that it kept getting worse. Despite his lack of control, Cory is aware of every embarrassing movement, and sensitive to every person's reaction to his often aggravating presence. Simply put: Cory Friedman's life is a living hell.
Against Medical Advice is the true story of one family's decades-long battle for survival in the face of extraordinary difficulties and a rigid medical establishment." Goodreads ****3.95.