A memoir of triumph in the face of a terrifying diagnosis, Up the Down Escalator recounts Dr. Lisa Doggetts startling shift from doctor to patient, as she learns to live with multiple sclerosis while running a clinic for uninsured patients in centr...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 09-Sep-2021, Paperback / softback, Leidėjas: Black and White Publishing, ISBN-13: 9781785303333)
With a heart full of prayer, Marion Carroll journeyed to Knock in the west of Ireland. For 17 years, Multiple Sclerosis had ravaged her body so utterly that this reluctant pilgrim travelled on a stretcher. Then, at the Mass, an unimaginable miracle....Daugiau...
&;Harrowing&; . . . &;Gripping&; . . . &;A medical miracle!&; How do you live when all you can feel is pain? The best word to describe Rachel Carter&;s life was &;fearle...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 07-Dec-2017, Hardback, Leidėjas: Scotland Street Press, ISBN-13: 9781910895207)
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After being diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis aged 27, Roger Chisholm started on a series of extreme adventures: ski- mountaineering in the Alps, sailing the Arctic Circle, working as a doctor in India. This is the story of a man determined to live...Daugiau...
Published shortly before the authors death in 1919, this remarkable memoir addresses struggles with poverty, inadequate education, and the creeping paralysis of multiple sclerosis. Yet Barbellion still manages to write with uplifting eloquence and...Daugiau...
The young naturalist W. N. P. Barbellion described this remarkably candid record of living with multiple sclerosis as a study in the nude. It begins as an ambitious teenagers notes on the natural world, and then, following his diagnosis at the age...Daugiau...
Always energetic hockey at school, badminton, swimming Sue Pepper didnt realise something was going wrong with her body until her late thirties when periods of tiredness became unusually long. Symptoms began to include muscle spasms and pins and...Daugiau...
Its often said that life is not about sheltering from the storm, but dancing in the rain. And this old adage has certainly been the driving philosophy of how Diana Crevatin has chosen to live her life, even in the face of crippling multiple sclerosi...Daugiau...
First Gear: A Motorcycle Memoir is a compelling story of childhood physical, emotional and sexual abuse that unrolls as the author, at age 50 and living with Multiple Sclerosis, rides her 2009 Harley-Davidson -- named Thelma D. -- from Ottawa to Winn...Daugiau...
In April 2001, Trevis Gleason was a chef on the rise, teaching at institutions such as Cornell University and California Culinary Academy. Then one day, he suffered a stroke-like episode and was diagnosed with incurable multiple sclerosis. Trevis hu...Daugiau...
A model of perfect love in the face of lifes imperfections. Through unemployment, a terrifying medical diagnosis, and the loss of their 10-day-old son, Danielle and Christopher Jones have clung tightly to their faith, and to each other, with courage...Daugiau...
This is the inspirational story of climber Nick Allen, who went from outdoorsman to wheelchair-bound with multiple sclerosis to back to the life in the mountains he loves through sheer determination and grit. This book follows Nick’s first falt...Daugiau...
Tim Ferguson was a star of the international comedy circuit. Along with Paul McDermott and Richard Fidler he was part of the edgy, provocative and very funny Doug Anthony All Stars (DAAS). In 1994 they were at the height of their powers, performing i...Daugiau...
Does God still heal impossible cases today? A woman lay near death in a Las Vegas hospital. The nurses had pulled a sheet over her head, thinking she was gone. Paralyzed due to multiple sclerosis, blind and unable to communicate, Gertrude Ticer still...Daugiau...
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My Story is an evocative description of what it is like to live with multiple sclerosis, a disease that affects about 350,000 Americans and whose cause is still not entirely known. The essays and accompanying photographs poignantly portra...Daugiau...
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Traces the veteran journalists struggles with multiple sclerosis and cancer while raising three children alongside his television host wife Meredith Vieira, in a memoir that addresses such issues as the nature of denial, the benefits of resilience,...Daugiau...
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In her first collection of essays, author Dean Kramer shares the victories and failures of day-to-day life with multiple sclerosis. At her home in rural Pennsylvania Kramer faces unexpected dilemmas, including choosing which shoes to wear when t...Daugiau...
(Išleidimo metai: 24-Jul-2002, Hardback, Leidėjas: Jeremy P Tarcher, ISBN-13: 9781585420520)
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The actor who played Squiggy on televisions Laverne and Shirley offers fans an inspirational, touching memoir of his long fight with multiple sclerosis with humor and pathos. 25,000 first printing.The actor shares his sixteen-year struggle to hide...Daugiau...
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The author relates the circumstances surrounding her diagnosis with multiple sclerosis, her struggle to learn to live with the illness, and her work to raise money for MS research...Daugiau...
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Bugs Bendell joined the RAF in 1953, just as the service was converting to jets. His career spanned 34 years and many different types of jet, resulting in him becoming one of the best fighter pilots of his generation, until multiple sclerosis forc...Daugiau...
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Footballer Brian Irvine has represented Scotland nine times and has played in two Scottish cup finals. His world fell apart in 1995, he was diagnosed as having multiple sclerosis. This autobiography tells of his struggle with the illness and how he...Daugiau...
Acclaimed personal writing from one of our most out-spoken essayists, on disability, on family, on being an impolite woman, and on the opporunities and gifts of a difficult life....Daugiau...
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Nancy Mairs reconstructs her past by exploring her erotic and emotional development in order to lay claim to her life—and womens lives in general. Lyrical, intense, and particular, flouting taboos and self-censorship, this acclaimed memoir exp...Daugiau...
The true story of an investigative reporter suffering from multiple sclerosis who paid a charlatan doctor to cure her--and then used her investigative skills to expose him--describes her continuing struggle to function in spite of the disease.The a...Daugiau...
Cycles in Marriage, Faith, and RenewalA New York Times Notable Book of the Year 1993An unconventional spiritual autobiography, told in a remarkable, outspoken voice and rooted in the messy realities and questionsthe "o...Daugiau...
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Tackles such diverse issues as civil disobedience and the nature of female discourse, while exploring what it means to be a woman and a writer and the challenge of living with debilitating disease...Daugiau...
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The author recreates her girlhood, adolescence, and young adulthood as wife and mother, detailing her battles with depression, agoraphobia, and multiple sclerosis...Daugiau...
