false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173292039m/268920.jpg 268920 2 <I>"I'm a hyper-chondriac. My prescription? Whatever you've got. And quickly, please. I'm in a hurry."</i><P><P>With these words, Brian Frazer strikes the keynote for his quixotic quest for total wellness -- a seemingly paradoxical goal for a young man who doesn't smoke, rarely drinks and never misses an opportunity to floss.<P><P>Chronicling his relentless search for inner peace, Frazer takes readers on a hilarious guided tour of his dysfunctional childhood, marked by an extraordinary ability to contract a new disease almost every month, a disturbing obsession with bodybuilding and a veritable sampler platter of disorders of every imaginable type. Snake oils, old wives' tales and oddball remedies dispensed by charlatans quickly become mother's milk to him. While other children are playing Little League, Brian visits his first hypnotist. <P><P>As an adult, Frazer proves even more high maintenance. His forays into analysis, Kabbalah, yoga, anger management, psycho-pharmacology and puppy rearing are all attempts to achieve some sort of lasting happiness and inner peace. He discovers that almost everything works. For about five minutes. <P><P>Achingly funny, uncomfortably true and always entertaining, <I>Hyper-chondriac</i> abounds with an antic energy one would not expect from so sick an individual.<P><P> 260688 6 3 2007 Hyper-chondriac: One Man's Quest to Hurry Up and Calm Down total:98|5:20|4:36|3:31|2:7|1:4| 98 355 180 30 3 0 false false Tue Dec 16 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 13 13:18:50 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 11:32:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 16:15:30 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 16:20:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Dec 27 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 23 14:25:06 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 27 01:23:12 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 29 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 19:07:19 -0700 2008 Sat Aug 30 19:16:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jun 21 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 13:09:18 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 22 13:01:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 21 10:56:27 -0800 2009 Mon Jan 26 08:49:48 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri May 23 08:49:13 -0700 2008 Fri May 23 08:52:16 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Jan 10 09:42:18 -0800 2008 Thu Jan 10 09:42:42 -0800 2008 Hyper-chondriac is named after the medical condition that Brian Frazer has diagnosed himself with, which is very much like hypochondria except that he actually gets the diseases he thinks he has. The subtitle of the book is “One Man’s Quest to Hurry Up and Calm Down,” and Frazer deftly portra...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Jul 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 16:31:51 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 11 16:34:16 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Aug 10 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 11:13:37 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 10 11:17:42 -0700 2009 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 29 14:23:18 -0700 2007 Sat Jun 30 11:25:33 -0700 2007 more...]]> 0 0 false false Mon Jul 27 06:53:13 -0700 2009 Mon Jul 27 06:53:53 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Mon Jul 07 12:42:55 -0700 2008 Mon Jul 07 12:48:32 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Mon Oct 12 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 16:45:41 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 14 16:46:39 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 08 16:16:33 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 30 11:27:22 -0700 2009 1 3 0 false false Tue Mar 25 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 08:27:37 -0700 2008 Tue Mar 25 08:30:30 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Apr 17 17:46:44 -0700 2008 Sat Apr 26 16:15:27 -0700 2008 1 0 false false Tue Apr 29 16:59:42 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 16:52:51 -0700 2008 Tue Apr 29 16:59:42 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 11:23:58 -0700 2007 Thu Jul 26 12:39:05 -0700 2007 3 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Oct 10 11:10:25 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 20 09:42:50 -0700 2008 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=268920