Author: Charles Remsberg
Publisher: Calibre Press Incorporated
ISBN: 9780981900803
Category : Police
Languages : en
Pages : 301

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Author: Mikkael A. Sekeres
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 0262542250
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 325

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A leading cancer specialist tells the powerful stories of 3 adult leukemia patients—shining new light on the hidden history of the disease and the drugs developed to treat it. “A look at leukemia patients’ fear, survival and grace while fighting the disease . . . a quiet chronicle of life with and beyond leukemia, and sometimes life’s end.” —The Washington Post When you are told that you have leukemia, your world stops. Your brain can’t function. You are asked to make decisions about treatment almost immediately, when you are not in your right mind. And yet you pull yourself together and start asking questions. Beside you is your doctor, whose job it is to solve the awful puzzle of bone marrow gone wrong. The two of you are in it together. In When Blood Breaks Down, Mikkael Sekeres, a leading cancer specialist, takes readers on the journey that patient and doctor travel together. Sekeres, who writes regularly for the “Well” section of The New York Times, tells the compelling stories of three people who receive diagnoses of adult leukemia within hours of each other: Joan, a 48-year-old surgical nurse, a caregiver who becomes a patient; David, a 68-year-old former factory worker who bows to his family’s wishes and pursues the most aggressive treatment; and Sarah, a 36-year-old pregnant woman who must decide whether to undergo chemotherapy and put her fetus at risk. We join the intimate conversations between Sekeres and his patients, and we watch as he teaches trainees. Along the way, Sekeres also explores leukemia in its different forms and the development of drugs to treat it—describing, among many other fascinating details, the invention of the bone marrow transplant (first performed experimentally on beagles) and a treatment that targets the genetics of leukemia. The lessons to be learned from leukemia, Sekeres shows, are not merely medical; they teach us about courage and grace and defying the odds.

Author: Anita Larrison
Publisher: Booktango
ISBN: 1468906143
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 102

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Author: Brian Welch
Publisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 0061966053
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 176

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An Out-of-Control Rock Star. An Inescapable Addiction to Drugs. A Miraculous Redemption through Jesus Christ. You think you've heard this story before but you haven't. Washed by Blood is a look at the dramatic saving power of Jesus Christ unlike any other—one that shows how God looks out for all of us, even those who seem farthest away from his grace. Brian "Head" Welch was a rock star who thought he had it all. He was the lead guitarist in Korn, one of the biggest and most controversial rock bands on the planet. He lived in a mansion, had millions of dollars in the bank, and legions of fans all over the globe. He was living the good life, and it should have been perfect. But it was all a lie. What no one knew was that backstage and away from the crowds, Head was fighting a debilitating addiction to methamphetamines, and that nothing—not even the birth of his daughter—could make him quit for good. He had given up. He was empty inside. He spent his days contemplating suicide convinced that each high would be his last. And that was when he found God. Washed by Blood tells the remarkable story of how God's unconditional love freed Head from his addictions and saved him from death. Here Head describes the joys and struggles of his journey to faith, detailing how Jesus has helped him cope with his pain and find the path that's right for both him and his daughter. An account of triumphs, hardships, and the healing power of Jesus, Washed by Blood is an inspirational demonstration that God is always there to save even the most troubled souls.

Author: Cathy Koning
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780994324412
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232

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In this moving, disarmingly honest and humorous story of survival, Cathy Koning charts her leukaemia experience from diagnosis, cure and beyond, leaving us at the end full of wisdom and hope.

Author: George Dallas Lind
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hygiene
Languages : en
Pages : 174

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Author: Witness Lee
Publisher: Living Stream Ministry
ISBN: 0870837338
Category : Service (Theology)
Languages : en
Pages : 162

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Author: Thomas Henry Huxley
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 636

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Author: Alfred Lebbeus Loomis
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Diagnosis
Languages : en
Pages : 356

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Author: John CASSELL
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 656

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