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Hurting Like Hell, Living with Gusto: My Battle with Chronic Pain
Contributor(s): Stopp, Victoria (Author)
ISBN: 1476669902     ISBN-13: 9781476669908
Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
OUR PRICE:   $19.79  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: November 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Health & Fitness | Pain Management
- Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs
Dewey: B
LCCN: 2017038749
Series: McFarland Health Topics
Physical Information: 0.3" H x 5.9" W x 8.7" (0.50 lbs) 171 pages
Themes:
- Topical - Health & Fitness
 
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Tuesday morning, I spent an hour with a neurologist trying to figure out why I kept tripping over my feet. He pushed and pulled on my legs, whacked me with a reflex hammer and shone a light so deep into my eyes I thought it might illuminate the wall behind my head. That afternoon, I drove home and ordered a new backpacking tent. Pain is an unforgiving equalizer--forget social status, race or gender. For people suffering from chronic pain, real life can get lost among endless appointments, diagnoses, prescriptions and medical bills. Living a life beyond mere survival becomes as big a battle as fighting the pain itself. Drawing on her experiences as both a patient and a health-care professional, the author candidly describes her sudden transition from a healthy, active lifestyle to years of learning to live with debilitating pain.