All in my head : an epic quest to cure an unrelenting, totally unreasonable, and only slightly enlightening headache
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.
Biographies
xvi, 351 pages ; 24 cm
9780738209036, 0738209031
300788250
ALL IN MY HEAD
An Epic Quest to Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening HeadacheBy PAULA KAMEN
Da Capo Lifelong Books
Copyright © 2005 Paula KamenAll right reserved.
ISBN: 0-7382-0903-1
Contents
Preface: A Burning Bush in Gary, Indiana (1979)PART ONE: TRIAL AND PUNISHMENTChapter One: Big Pharma (1991).....................................................................................1Chapter Two: Mecca.................................................................................................23Chapter Three: The Revenge of the Ortho Tri-Cyclen Girl............................................................35Chapter Four: Those Summer Days....................................................................................47Chapter Five: Bridal Bingo.........................................................................................65Chapter Six: Sex and the Single Migraineur.........................................................................75PART TWO: THE BURDEN OF PROOFChapter Seven: The "Pleasant" Patient: Reading Between the Lines...................................................81Chapter Eight: "Hysteria" and the Founding Fathers.................................................................97PART THREE: REPRIEVEChapter Nine: Recreational Medicine................................................................................113Chapter Ten: The Foot Orgasm.......................................................................................137Chapter Eleven: Ayurvedic Medicine.................................................................................147Chapter Twelve: When in Doubt, Blame Milk..........................................................................149Chapter Thirteen: The Tired Girls: Women, Pain, and Fatigue........................................................159Chapter Fourteen: Mind-Wallet Connection...........................................................................177PART FOUR: THE VERDICTChapter Fifteen: The Nose Doorknob.................................................................................195Chapter Sixteen: Down the Rabbit Hole..............................................................................207Chapter Seventeen: The Hangman's Noose.............................................................................221Chapter Eighteen: High Anxiety.....................................................................................225Chapter Nineteen: The Yellow Wallpaper.............................................................................243Chapter Twenty: Urologists in Orlando..............................................................................261PART FIVE: CLOSING REMARKSChapter Twenty-One: The Waiting Place (2005).......................................................................273Chapter Twenty-Two: From a New Generation: Convenient Bulleted Advice to Nonpatients, and Hope.....................295Notes..............................................................................................................319Bibliography.......................................................................................................327Patient Resources..................................................................................................337Acknowledgments....................................................................................................341
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