All in My Head: An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening HeadacheAt 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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Contents
65 | 23 |
The Pleasant Patient Reading Between the Lines | 81 |
Hysteria and the Founding Fathers | 97 |
REPRIEVE | 113 |
The Foot Orgasm | 137 |
Ayurvedic Medicine | 147 |
The Tired Girls Women Pain and Fatigue | 159 |
MindWallet Connection | 177 |
The Hangmans Noose | 221 |
The Yellow Wallpaper | 243 |
Urologists in Orlando | 261 |
CLOSING REMARKS | 273 |
From a New Generation | 295 |
Notes | 319 |
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