false <![CDATA[Against Medical Advice: A True Story]]> http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255661785m/3222976.jpg 3222976 9 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 <I>it kept getting worse</I>. Simply put: Cory Friedman's life was a living hell.<BR><BR>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. 3257053 20 10 2008 Against Medical Advice: A True Story total:1026|5:267|4:393|3:288|2:64|1:14| 1026 3913 1766 324 4 4 false false Fri Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 22:08:22 -0800 2008 Thu Nov 13 22:26:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 1 4 false false Sun Feb 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 14:46:13 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 22 15:05:44 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Sun Dec 07 21:03:30 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 07 21:06:49 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed May 13 10:49:38 -0700 2009 Tue May 19 09:29:42 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 3 false false Sun Dec 21 18:14:19 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 29 11:33:27 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Mar 14 10:10:11 -0700 2009 Sat Mar 14 10:30:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Mon Mar 30 10:09:08 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 30 10:13:10 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Wed Nov 19 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Tue Feb 10 18:11:26 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 10 18:16:12 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Dec 01 05:07:21 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 01 05:19:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 1 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 10 15:53:46 -0800 2009 Sun Jan 11 16:37:52 -0800 2009 4 1 false false Tue Dec 30 13:17:11 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 30 13:17:41 -0800 2008 0 0 false false Wed Sep 30 12:45:57 -0700 2009 Wed Sep 30 12:45:57 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Dec 15 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 11:31:49 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 11:40:29 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:49:04 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 31 08:51:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 18 16:08:22 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 18 16:25:33 -0700 2009 amazing. It is a story of one family's struggle to do whatever it took to try to make life better for their son.
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