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All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache
by Kamen, Paula
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- ISBN 10
- 0738209031
- ISBN 13
- 9780738209036
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
Cambridge, MA: Da Capo Press, 2005. First edition. First priting [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ has slight wear and soiling.. xvi, 352 p. Notes. Bibliography. Patient Resources. Index. A personal, cultural, and scientific exploration of chronic, untreatable pain. At the age of twenty-four, journalist Paula Kamen's life changed in an instant. While putting in her contact lenses, the left lens set off a chain reaction, igniting a constellation of nerves that radiated backwards from behind the surface of her eye. The pain was more piercing than with any other headache she had experienced. More than a decade later, she still has a headache-the exact same headache. From surgery to a battery of Botox injections to a dousing of Lithuanian holy water, from a mountain of pharmaceutical products to aromatherapy and even a vibrating hat, All in My Head chronicles the sometimes frightening, usually absurd, and always ineffective remedies she-and so many like her-was willing to try to relieve her pain. Beleaguered and frustrated by doctors who, frustrated themselves, periodically declared her pain psychosomatic, Kamen came to understand the plight of the millions who suffer chronic pain in its many forms. Full of self-deprecating humor, and razor sharp reporting, All in My Head is the remarkable story of perseverance, acceptance, and patience in the face of terrifying pain.
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- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 64096
- Title
- All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache
- Author
- Kamen, Paula
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. Pencil erasure residue on fep. DJ has slight wear and soiling.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. First priting [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0738209031
- ISBN 13
- 9780738209036
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press
- Place of Publication
- Cambridge, MA
- Date Published
- 2005
- Keywords
- Disability, Alternative Therapies, Chronic Pain, Biofeedback, Botox, Cormobidities, Popular Culture, Migraine, Brain Scan, Feminism, Xanax, Women's Health, Ortho Tri-Cyclen, Ayurvedic
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