Ticked
Subtitle: a medical miracle, a friendship, and the weird world of Tourette syndrome
By: James A. Fussell and Jeffrey P. Matovic ; foreword by Jeff Foxworthy
Contributors: Matovic, Jeffrey P.
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781613743805; 9781613743812; 9781613743829
Copyright date: 2013
Subjects: HEALTH & FITNESS; Diseases; Tic disorders; Tourette syndrome; Patients; General; Personal Memoirs; Health; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY; Tourette Syndrome; Biography
Description: "An inspirational tale of personal struggle with and triumph over Tourette syndrome, this is the story of Jeff Matovic and the radical treatment he sought to cure himself. After suffering from Tourette's for years--with his tics and outbursts getting progressively worse and with no results coming from drugs or physical or spiritual therapy--Jeff was able to convince his doctors and his insurance company to try a risky deep brain stimulation treatment, a surgery that involves the implantation of a pacemaker for the brain into his skull. Penned by a journalist who is also afflicted with Tourette's, this is the incredible story of a friendship that blossomed under their common experiences with this bizarre brain disorder. A complete discussion of the latest medical research of and treatments for Tourette's, written in accessible and easy-to-understand terminology, is also included"--
Table of contents: title: Where's My Miracle?; title: Second Chance; title: Umm ... Are You Taking My Clothes Off?; title: The Hand of Satan; title: The Tic Explosion; title: Dr. Dream Crusher; title: Jumping Out of My Skin; title: My Search for Relief; title: I'd Rather Have Cancer; title: I Know How to Kill My Tourette's; title: Butter and Salt on Your Neurons?; title: "I Need You to Cover Oprah"; title: Hope in the Mail; title: I Have a Bazillion Questions; title: "What Are You, Stupid, Matovic?"; title: Comfort from Katie; title: A Teenager with Tourette's; title: Come on, Jesus, Time to Spill Corn Flakes; title: Saved by Sports; title: "God Bless You, Jeff Foxworthy!"; title: John Carroll University; title: Deep Brain Stimulation; title: Cemetery Man; title: Luvox, Klonopin, and a Suit to Be Buried In; title: "Get in Here and Take Care of Me!"; title: "Nice Boots!"; title: "Jeff, It's Deb. Where Are You?"; title: "How Much Do You Love Me?"; title: A Little Beige on the Side; title: Debra's Dilemma; title: Learn to Live with Your Pain; title: Take a Chance on Me; title: A Real Kick in the ... Pants; title: Testing, Testing; title: Quarter-Million-Dollar Insurance Dance; title: The Story of Medtronic; title: Dr. Robert J. Maciunas; title: Keep Calm; title: Last Rites; title: Tic Tic Tic; title: The Pre-Op Comedy Hour; title: Turn Me On, Tina; title: "Welcome Back to Your Life"; title: Telling the World; title: Oprah and Good Morning America; title: Shining Star; title: "What Do You Mean I Won?"; title: Revenge of the Weirdos.