Download or read book Illness Triumphs Tragedies written by Gary Cooper and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Starfish written by Tom Ray and published by Metro Books. This book was released on 2017-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Sepsis strikes up like a fire in the forest, kills quickly, switching off the lights of life in hours, tearing limb from limb, leaving a shaking and humiliated half of you alive to grin and bear it like a wounded animal." The true story of a couple whose love is tested to its limit after their perfect life falls apart in a single moment. When Tom puts his small daughter to bed one chilly December evening, he has everything he could ever want - the house of his dreams, the life of a writer, a beautiful wife and a second baby on the way. By the next morning all of this is in jeopardy as Tom succumbs to the devastating illness that is sepsis.This is the incredible story of a family coming to terms with a life-changing diagnosis while battling to hold their family and their marriage together.
Download or read book The One I Won written by Shiv Dhawan and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-13 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 2019, at the age of 27, Shiv was delivered the news he had feared throughout his life. He was told he had cancer, Hodgkin's Lymphoma. Throughout his life he had been a hypochondriac. Always lived in the fear that his bad lifestyle choices will bear a heavy brunt on his health. And they finally did. A valiant battle against the disease, his anxiety about health and addiction ensued. A descriptive account of his experience with the perils of cancer treatment is detailed in this book. From weight and hair loss to the discomfort of the side-effects of chemotherapy and the mental challenges that came along with them, this book describes his thoughts and the lessons he learnt along the way. After going through aggressive treatment, he went into remission and left for London in 2020 and found himself gripped in the midst of a global pandemic. Being at a high risk to a severe illness due to COVID-19, Shiv had to live under severe restrictions for large periods of time. Shiv, however, tells the story of an optimistic approach he used to fight his challenges and overcome adversity. This is a memoir of the resilient support he received and the optimistic happiness he found in the worst of times. This is the story of his battle against cancer, anxiety and addiction. The battle he won.
Download or read book From Tragedy to Triumph How my wife s courageous battle with rare cancer has motivated me to live a better life filled with passion empathy and gratitude written by Domenic C Cervoni and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-11-16 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Domenic's wife, Barbie, was diagnosed with a rare cancer called thymoma for the second time in eight years at age 33, he was confused, overwhelmed, and scared. Their sons were ages 3 and 10 months, and he had just started a new position as an in-house lawyer for a large international bank. While he read tons of inspirational stories about how individuals triumphed over illness, Domenic had trouble finding resources that could help him cope with the sickness of a loved one and show him how to use that turmoil as motivation for making impactful life changes. In From Tragedy to Triumph, Domenic recounts Barbie's courageous battle with rare cancer as a young mother and how it has motivated him to live a better life, filled with passion, empathy, and gratitude. Hundreds of thousands of people are being diagnosed with cancer every year, and Domenic hopes that they and their loved ones can use this story as a source of inspiration and healing.
Download or read book The Plague Cycle written by Charles Kenny and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-01-19 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vivid, sweeping, and “fact-filled” (Booklist, starred review) history of mankind’s battles with infectious disease that “contextualizes the COVID-19 pandemic” (Publishers Weekly)—for readers of the #1 New York Times bestsellers Yuval Harari’s Sapiens and John Barry’s The Great Influenza. For four thousand years, the size and vitality of cities, economies, and empires were heavily determined by infection. Striking humanity in waves, the cycle of plagues set the tempo of civilizational growth and decline, since common response to the threat was exclusion—quarantining the sick or keeping them out. But the unprecedented hygiene and medical revolutions of the past two centuries have allowed humanity to free itself from the hold of epidemic cycles—resulting in an urbanized, globalized, and unimaginably wealthy world. However, our development has lately become precarious. Climate and population fluctuations and factors such as global trade have left us more vulnerable than ever to newly emerging plagues. Greater global cooperation toward sustainable health is urgently required—such as the international efforts to manufacture and distribute a COVID-19 vaccine—with millions of lives and trillions of dollars at stake. “A timely, lucid look at the role of pandemics in history” (Kirkus Reviews), The Plague Cycle reveals the relationship between civilization, globalization, prosperity, and infectious disease over the past five millennia. It harnesses history, economics, and public health, and charts humanity’s remarkable progress, providing a fascinating and astute look at the cyclical nature of infectious disease.
Download or read book Turn Tragedy Into Triumph written by Hayden Hubl and published by . This book was released on 2021-06-09 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you are feeling overwhelmed by too much loss in your life, this book is for you. This book tells directly from the author's heart. He makes you feel like you're sitting together in a crowded coffee shop as he reminisces about his life while simultaneously transporting you into each and every "scene" of his journey. What makes this particularly heartbreaking is that you end up loving and losing his soulmate right beside him because of breast cancer. The story will take readers with them in the journey to go through the darkest time in their lives and learn to move forward and live again in happiness and light
Download or read book Like a Bolt written by Mary Morgan and published by Laff Pub. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author writes of her six year struggle to find what she describes as "finding the pieces that made up the whole of "me" and bringing them together again." This is a delightful fell good read with humor and the awesome commitment of family. She is still paralyzed but has come so far remembering and writing of the struggle and confusion she lived with, strolling through the tunnel to heaven, living through hell, losing her mind and finding self. The author gives great insight to anyone caring for another as to how and what their patient may be feeling or thinking. There is so much understanding for anyone in their day to day interactions with others after reading t! his book. There is a lot to think about as "Like a Bolt out of the blue, fate comes down and changes you." A feel good, inspirational, motivational read. About the Author Mary Morgan, now 65 years old has been married for 46 years with 5 children and 11 grandchildren. She has lived on the Outer Banks of North Carolina for over 30 years and is a retired Real Estate sales manager. Six years ago she suffered a severe stroke and is paralyzed on her left side. She now spends her time speaking to caregiver and independent living meetings. She says" Heaven tempted me during stroke but sure has a lot of competition to top my life on this planet." Book Reviews "Like A Bolt" has been the supreme piece of literature on the subject that I had yet to read. I have been given a lot of "professional" literature on stroke and help for caregivers, none of them gave me anything I really needed and wanted. In fact, "Like A Bolt" as I see it, is the definitive work on the experience of stroke and in some real sense turned me around....CharlesMcCoy, Va.Beach, Va.
Download or read book No Time for Tears written by Dorris R. Wilcox and published by Cote Literary Group. This book was released on 2000 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "With an appendix of resources for patients with Guillain Barrâe Syndrome."
Download or read book Unthinkable written by Dixie Coskie and published by . This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First shocked with horror and despair after her son's traumatic brain injury, Dixie Fremont-Smith Coskie and her family grow to find hope, healing, and even greater love. Dixie's narrative of how she came to appreciate the simplest of things-when her son is able to blink his eyelids, lift his finger, utter a word-is powerfully moving. It will bring you into a realm where body, mind, and spirit are pushed to their limits. UNTHINKABLE is about perseverance, filled with universal lessons of struggle and triumph. Dixie follows each chapter of the harrowing journey with vital insights to assist others through their tragedies. A Companion for Caregivers - Powerful tips and tools to help any parent faced with a child's traumatic injury or illness.
Download or read book The Triumph Book written by Melanie Davis and published by . This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Triumph Book is a collection of stories from people who have endured severe tragedies and found purpose and joy in life not only in spite of, but because of their adversity! There are twenty stories in all. Many of them were featured in the media at the time they happened because of their intensity. Now readers can go behind the scenes of a tragedy and learn how someone endures such difficulty to find purpose and even joy on the other side! There are many varieties of adversity featured in The Triumph Book such as disability, murder, illness, SIDS and other death-losses or traumatic events. This book provides powerful evidence that our difficulties do not have to weigh us down, but can be a catalyst for growth and meaning which creates a rich and abundant life.
Download or read book Anthology of Medical Diseases written by Valiere Alcena MD M. a. C. P. and published by . This book was released on 2013-10 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The followings are the many Books that Dr. Alcena has written 1. The Status of Health of Blacks in the States of America- A Prescription for Improvement (1994) 2. The Third World Tropical Diet, Health Maintenance, and Medical Management Program (1994) 3. African American Health Book (1994) 4. AIDS the Expending Epidemic, What the Public Needs to know: A Multi Cultural Overview (1994) 5. African American Women's Health Book (2001) 6. Women's Health and Wellness for the Millennium (2002) 7. Men's Health and Wellness for the New Millennium (2007) 8. The Best of Women's Health (2008) 9. Health Care Disparity in the United States: An Urgent Call for Universal Health Insurance & A Public Health Insurance Plan (2009) 10. Triumph and Tragedies of Haiti and Its People (2010) 11. Health Care Disparity in the United States of America. (2011) 12. THIRD WORLD HEALTH CARE IN A FIRST WORLD COUNTRY (2011) 13. The Tragic History of Haiti (2011) 14. Black people and medical diseases 2012 15. The most common medical diseases seen in black people and how best to diagnosed and treat 16. Black people and medical diseases the root causes of health care disparity 17. African Americans and medical diseases An American Health Care Crisis That is Crying For Help and Actions 2013 18. Anthology of Medical Diseases 2013
Download or read book Triumphs and Tragedy written by Ramón Eduardo Ruiz and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 1992 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An epic history of Mexico from its Olmec, Aztec, and Mayan heritage to the present day.
Download or read book Running On Ice written by Joanne P Humbles and published by . This book was released on 2021-01-03 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Running on Ice: Is a Story of tragedy and triumph. Struggling with the tragedy of losing a family member to Traumatic Brain Injury as a result of Medical Malpractice was sobering. I will escort you into our personal account of tragedy, trauma, ill-treatment and finally... contentment. I invite you to embark on a journey-A Heavenly Journey, Terry's journey to Heaven for 10 days where he was introduced to Jesus Christ. Join me as I walk you through our story of survival told through my eyes. You will experience the high highs, the low lows, an unbelievable story of a plethora of devastating challenges. Surely this would have been overwhelming to any human being for any length of time. I share with you how we survived the onslaught, emerging triumphantly. This book will inspire you to examine your life experiences and aid in expediting the discovery of your own life's purpose. We all have one. Joanne P. Humbles is also the author of God's Laws and Business. She is Minister of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. She has been born again since 1990, married for 25 years and a widow for 5 years. She is an Entrepreneur, the owner of 2 businesses, The Lions Group Partners, LLC. and Horne's Capital Investments, LLC. While enduring the tragedy of illness and loss of her husband, she raised their two children, and settled 3 major litigations. She was triumphant in establishing legal precedence for others to pursue restitution from Workman Compensation for Heart Attacks, Medical Malpractice and Racial Bias in The Workplace. Her will, her faith and her stamina to 'stay in the fight' when she felt like giving up, has given her the authority to speak wisdom and understanding into the lives of others.
Download or read book Tragedy and Triumph written by Kathrin Rudland and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-07-13 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Truman Haden is just ten years old the night his childhood disappears forever. After he is sent to live with his grandfather to escape the ravages of yellow fever that has overtaken his home, Truman learns all his family members have died and receives a letter penned by his father in his final days. The letter holds an important message for Truman: to protect his heritage and honor laws for the good of the southern people. Although Truman is too young to completely understand the words, he knows the message must not be forgotten. In the midst the Civil War and the events that precede it, Truman grows to adulthood and becomes a lawyer who must learn to honor the promise to his father without surrendering his principles. As Truman quietly makes his presence known in Elmira, New York, he is changed forever by those he encounters: an abolitionist woman whose humanity is tested by her commitment to end slavery; an evangelist who teaches him how to forgive; a young, abandoned slave who values freedom; an older former slave who teaches him dignity; and the many young POWs who live and die for their noble cause. Based on actual events, this sweeping historical epic tells the tale of the remarkable town of Elmira, New York, one of the most compelling and timeless stories of our countrys crucible years.
Download or read book Triumph and Tragedy written by Emil Henry and published by Troubador Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2011 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Triumph and Tragedy: the Life of Edward Whymper is an engrossing account of the extraordinary life of Edward Whymper (1840-1911), the best known but perhaps least understood mountain climber of the 19th century. Acclaimed as the first to scale the Matterhorn, Whymper personifies the spirited amateurism of the Golden Age of Mountaineering (1854-1865).Triumph and Tragedy accompanies a young but supremely confident Whymper on exhilarating ascents and narrow escapes amid beautiful, often dangerous Alpine peaks. The book lays bare the trauma of his companions’ deaths on the Matterhorn, and empathizes with him during the intense pressures of the accident’s aftermath. Emil Henry’s thoroughly researched biography then moves on to Whymper’s post-Matterhorn years. Following the publication of his classic Scrambles Amongst the Alps, Whymper travels first to Greenland’s unexplored interior and then to the high Andes mountains of South America where he becomes the first westerner to reach a 20,000 foot summit. In later life he is recognized as a noted explorer and the author of two best-selling books illustrated with drawings from a sketch-pad kept always in his shirt pocket. Triumph and Tragedy: the Life of Edward Whymper offers new and refreshing insights into the life of this notable Victorian personality. Spread throughout the book are examples of Whymper’s accomplishments as an author, artist, natural scientist, pioneering photographer, lecturer, and raconteur.
Download or read book Illness as Metaphor written by Susan Sontag and published by . This book was released on 1988 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Triumph Tragedy and Tedium written by Barry Makarewicz and published by Dog Ear Publishing. This book was released on 2010-08 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Barry Makarewicz is a twenty year veteran of Salt Lake City Fire Department, sixteen of those years as a paramedic. Triumph, Tragedy and Tedium chapters are honest, compassionate and sensitive with compelling detail and special insight as Barry lives in the district he serves. Medical or fire calls can be for neighbors, friends or family. If you want to know what it is like to be a paramedic/firefighter, or if you want to know what happens when the emergency response system is activated, this book of true stories is a must read. Triumph, Tragedy and Tedium explores a variety of emergency calls from dramatic major medical traumas to the mundane minor assistance needed for the frail and infirm; from humor to despair and everything in between. Barry's stories are captured in teamwork with his personal journalist and wife, Laura Howat. "Makarewicz & Howat masterfully recount the stories of a paramedic/firefighter in Triumph, Tragedy and Tedium. The book is a wonderful journey through the highs and lows of a paramedic/firefighter's life and I recommend it to anyone with a curiosity about emergency services." Eric R Swanson, MD, FACEP; Associate Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, The University of Utah; Medical Director, University of Utah AirMed; Editor, Air Medical Journal "Makarewicz and Howat have written a remarkable book. It captures the full range of emotions and experiences of a modern urban paramedic; the humor, the satisfaction, the tragedy, the frustration and even the anger at times. . . .In these stories, readers will find themselves drawn into the lives of the paramedic/firefighters and the people they meet and they can come away with a deep appreciation for these people and for the life saving and life giving work that they do." Dan Andrus, Deputy Chief, Salt Lake City Fire Department (Retired) "Triumph, Tragedy and Tedium provides vivid insight into the challenges that paramedic/firefighters face when life saving seconds are ticking away. . . I recommend this book to anyone that takes emergency medical services for granted." Randy Anderson, Interagency Hotshot Crew Superintendent; BLM
