Library Journal, 2-15-05
KAMEN, PAULA. All in My Head: An Epic Quest To Cure an Unrelenting, Totally Unreasonable, and Only Slightly Enlightening Headache. Lifelong Bks:

Da Capo. Mar. 2005. c.256p. bibliog. ISBN 0-7382-0903-1. $24.95. MED Journalist Kamen (Her Way: Young Women Remake the Sexual Revolution) recalls her 15-year quest to rid herself of a continual headache that began when she was 24 years old. After exhausting every mainstream medical option-some physicians went so far as to suggest that her illness was "all in her head"-she turned to alternative practitioners and remedies, trying almost any suggestion even when she believed it probably wouldn't help. Her story documents the failures of our medical system to deal with chronic pain or any other illness that is difficult to measure objectively while also offering insight into the desperation experienced by chronic illness sufferers. Kamen intersperses her thoughtful text with sidebars featuring the latest research on pain, the nervous system, and neurological drugs.

Engaging, informative, and at times humorous, this medical memoir is recommended for public libraries and consumer health collections.-Eris Weaver, Redwood Health Lib., Petaluma, CA

Created on 02/06/2005 07:48 PM by carolsim
Updated on 02/06/2005 07:49 PM by carolsim