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Don't Die of Embarrassment de Barbara Barrie

Don't Die of Embarrassment

Autor Barbara Barrie
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 feb 1999
A remarkably candid and informative first-person account of surviving colon cancer and living after a colostomy. A helpful guide for anyone facing this life-altering surgery.Every year 70,000 people in the United States and Canada undergo colostomies. In 1994, Barbara Barrie became one of them. When the successful actress received the diagnosis of colorectal cancer, she knew that this was the greatest crisis she and her family would face. But it also became an adventure that, through courage and humor, brought new joys and a greater appreciation to her life.
More than just a memoir, Don't Die of Embarrassment provides valuable information about the ostomy experience. She gives essential information about the occurrence of colon cancer, its symptoms, and treatment options. A valuable guide for people learning to adjust to an altered lifestyle after surgery.
Includes a new afterword, written by Dr. Otis W. Brawley.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780684846248
ISBN-10: 0684846241
Pagini: 256
Dimensiuni: 141 x 217 x 16 mm
Greutate: 0.33 kg
Editura: Scribner

Notă biografică

Barbara Barrie was a Tony nominee for her role in Company and an Academy Award nominee for best actress in Breaking Away. For several years she played Mrs. Barney Miller on the television series Barney Miller. She has performed Shakespeare at Stratford and with the New York Public Theater in Central Park, and she currently plays Brooke Shields's feisty grandmother on the hit series Suddenly Susan. She lives in New York City with her husband, Jay Harnick.

Descriere

Building on the common wisdom that people are born with their personalities intact, Taylor Hartman offers an exciting tool for determining which motivators shape actions and feelings.

Cuprins

Contents
1. New Beginnings
2. London
3. Charleston
4. Back to the Hotel
5. Hospital Charleston
6. Last Day of Shooting
7. First Visit to Dr. Eng
8. Second Visit to Dr. Eng
9. The Gottliebs
10. The CAT Scan
11. Should We Tell the Children?
12. Phone Call to Kids
13. First Night, Hospital
14. The ICU
15. First Operation
16. Terry Haus
17. Maggie
18. Home from the Hospital
19. Phone Call from Jim
20. The Call to Caroline
21. A Kelly Checkup
22. Radiation-Chemo
23. The Lady on the Bus
24. Radiation
25. Irrigation Failure, Saltaire
26. After-Play, I
27. Back to the Drawing Board
28. The Hernia Repair
29. An Episode for Television
30. Seeking Answers
31. Dr. Jackson
32. After-Play Rehearsals
33. Dr. Eng Revisited
34. Before the Third Operation
35. After the Third Try
36. Irrigation
37. After-Play, Second Production
38. Lunch with Dr. Mears
39. Santa Barbara
Afterword by Otis W. Brawley, M.D.
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