EPISODE · Oct 20, 2008 · 3 MIN
Against Medical Advice by Hal Friedman, James Patterson
from Unlock Top Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, History & Culture · host Eusebio Ebert
Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against Medical Advice Author: Hal Friedman, James Patterson Narrator: Kevin T. Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 20, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring true story, a child struggles with Tourette's syndrome-and overcomes extraordinary challenges with the help of his loving parents. 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.
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Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/53963 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Against Medical Advice Author: Hal Friedman, James Patterson Narrator: Kevin T. Collins Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 5 hours 13 minutes Release date: October 20, 2008 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.38 of Total 16 Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 3 Genres: History & Culture Publisher's Summary: In this inspiring true story, a child struggles with Tourette's syndrome-and overcomes extraordinary challenges with the help of his loving parents. 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.
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