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The other side of impossible : ordinary people who faced daunting medical challenges and refused to give up / Susannah Meadows.
"True stories about people who triumphed over seemingly impossible medical diagnoses using untraditional, inventive therapies and perseverance--and about what scientists are discovering on the psychology of healing and the mind-body connection--from the author of the New York Times Magazine article about her own son, "The Boy with the Thorn in his Joints," which led to this book about other families"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780812996470 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 302 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Random House, [2017]
- Copyright: ©2017
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Medicine > Philosophy. Alternative medicine > Philosophy. Mind and body. |
Available copies
- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Stroud Branch | 610.1 Mea | 31681010053437 | NONFIC | Available | - |
- Baker & Taylor
"True stories about people who triumphed over seemingly impossible medical diagnoses using untraditional, inventive therapies and perseverance--and about what scientists are discovering on the psychology of healing and the mind-body connection--from the author of theNew York TimesMagazinearticle about her own son, "The Boy with the Thorn in his Joints," which led to this book about other families"-- - Baker & Taylor
Shares the stories of people who when faced with difficult medical conditions use drive, love, desperation, perseverance, and inventiveness to assert the mind over the body and find ways to heal themselves. - Baker & Taylor
Presents the stories of seven different families whose illnesses pushed the limits of known medical science, including a child who beat his severe food allergies with unconventional therapy and a child with ADHD who improved his life through diet. - Baker & Taylor
"THE OTHER SIDE OF IMPOSSIBLE is about people facing difficult medical conditions who, driven by love, desperation and astonishing perseverance and inventiveness, take unusual steps to combat autoimmune arthritis, autism, intractable epilepsy, severe food allergies, ADHD, and including a woman with MS who, partly through her own inventive therapy, got out of a wheelchair. The people in this book find ways to get better. Why did they even think they could? Meadows writes about the findings of research on the mind and psychology of agency, in these stories of inspiring fighters who never let go of hope"-- - Random House, Inc.
Youâre faced with a difficult health condition. You have exhausted medicineâs answers. What do you do? Susannah Meadows tells the real-life stories of seven families who persisted when traditional medicine alone wasnât enough.
Their adventures take us to the outer frontiers of medical science and cutting-edge complementary therapies, as Meadows explores research into the mindâs potential to heal the body, the possible role food may play in reversing disease, the power of agency, perseverance, and hopeâand more.
When journalist Susannah Meadows noticed her three-year-old son, Shepherd, shying away from soccer practice, she had no idea it was the first sign of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. The diagnosis was the first step of a long journey, physically painful for Shepherd and emotionally wrenching for Susannah and her family. But they pressed on, and using a combination of traditional and complementary medicine they beat the disease, and the odds.
Meadows chronicles her own story, and takes you into the lives of other remarkable people, exploring their heartbreaks and triumphs. One boy who has severe food allergies undergoes an unconventional therapy and is soon eating everything. An organic farmer in Washington State tries to solve the puzzle of her daughterâs epileptic seizures. A physician with MS creates her own combination of treatments and goes from a wheelchair to riding a bike again. A child diagnosed with ADHD refuses to take medication and instead improves his life, and the life of his family, after changing his diet. Other families take on rheumatoid arthritis and autistic behaviors.
Meadows includes new information about traditional and nontraditional medicine and the latest science on how the health of our gut bacteria is connected to wellnessâand how the right foods play a key role in helping this microscopic population thrive. She also talks with scientists who study the traits and circumstances that may make some people keep going when others feel helpless. These researchers are illuminating the psychology of healingâhow the mind, and asserting control over your body and health, can play a part in recovery.
Fascinating, moving, and profoundly inspiring, The Other Side of Impossible gives us people driven by love, desperation, and astonishing resolveâa community of the defiant who share an extraordinary talent for hope and for fighting the battle for healing in todayâs world and tomorrowâs.
Praise for The Other Side of Impossible
â[Meadows] has compiled compelling stories about people who faced and ultimately surmounted daunting medical challenges. . . . Their stories left me in awe of their persistence against formidable odds.ââThe New York Times
âThe stories featured in this book are really remarkableâa child making a full recovery from a painful illness, a woman confined to a wheelchair walking againâand all because they wouldnât stop looking for answers.ââGood Morning AmericaÂ
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âThis is a book of hope. . . . An amazing book for everyone.ââFox & Friends
âThroughout these tales, a common attitude binds people together: hope. . . . What cannot be refuted are the will power, perseverance, and hopefulness of the patients and families profiled here.ââBooklist
âThis is a terrific book for those who need encouragement to take control of their diagnoses, and for their physicians and families.ââPublishers Weekly
âIf you love someone, read The Other Side of Impossible.ââJon Meacham
