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81) Away from her
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Fiona and Grant are an Ontario couple who have been married for over 40 years. During the twilight of their years, Grant is forced to face the fact that Fiona's 'forgetfulness' actually is Alzheimer's. After Fiona wanders away and is found, the decision is made for her to go into a nursing home. For the first time in their relationship, they are forced to undergo a separation since this is the nursing home 'no-vistors, ' first 30 days policy of a...
Author
Publisher
Innovative Healling Press, LLC
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xix, 306 pages ; 23 cm
Description
Rick Shapiro brings profound, insightful, information-packed testimony of real hope, and news of life-saving, groundbreaking integrative and alternative treatments for cancer patients. 20 Powerful, inspirational interviews with late-stage and terminal cancer survivors, who are thriving 5, 10 and 20 plus years after receiving a dire prognosis, reveal how they beat the odds. Five exclusive interviews with renowned cancer specialists illuminate their...
83) Rainbows end
Author
Publisher
Tor
Pub. Date
2006
Physical Desc
364 p. ; 25 cm.
Description
"...Circa 2025, people use high-tech contact lenses to interface with computers in their clothes. 'Silent messaging' is so automatic that it feels like telepathy. Robert Gu, a talented Chinese-American poet, has missed much of this revolution due to Alzheimer's, but now the wonders of modern medicine have rehabilitated his mind. Installed in remedial classes at the local high school, he tries to adjust to this brave new world, but soon finds himself...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury
Pub. Date
2014
Physical Desc
233 p. ; 22 cm.
Description
"In a trance-like state, Albert walks--from Bordeaux to Poitiers, from Chaumont to Macon, and farther afield to Turkey, Austria, Russia--all over Europe. When he walks, he is called a vagrant, a mad man. He is chased out of towns and villages, ridiculed and imprisoned. When the reverie of his walking ends, he's left wondering where he is, with no memory of how he got there. His past exists only in fleeting images. Loosely based on the case history...
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
240 pages, unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, some color ; 22 cm
Description
In the span of four months in 2012, Tig Notaro was hospitalized for a debilitating intestinal disease called C-diff, her mother unexpectedly died, she went through a breakup, and she was diagnosed with bilateral breast cancer. Days after her diagnosis, Tig took her grief onstage, opening an unvarnished set with, "Good evening. Hello. I have cancer." The set went viral instantly and was later released as an album, Live, and was nominated for a Grammy....
Author
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 23 cm
Description
"Cynthia Kim explores all the quirkiness of living with Asperger's Syndrome (ASD) in this accessible, witty, and honest guide looking from an insider perspective at some of the most challenging aspects of being autistic. Her own life presents many examples. From being labeled nerdy and shy as an undiagnosed child to redefining herself when diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome as an adult, she describes how her perspective shifted to understanding a...
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Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Formats
Description
Two years have passed since the terrible car accident that took the life of John Baxter's daughter, Erin, her husband and three of their four daughters. Prompted by grief, and missing his daughter, John has invited a stranger for Christmas Eve dinner -- Kendra Bryant, the transplant recipient who now has Erin's heart. Ashley and her brother Luke don't think their father's idea is right. They want to protect their ten-year-old niece, Amy -- the only...
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Formats
Description
"After Brianna O'Brien takes her own life, Dr. David Spears blames himself. Though he understands suicides can be a tragic occurrence in psychiatric practice, this loss hits him particularly hard. With Brianna, he's convinced he missed crucial warning signs. When David suspects Brianna's friend, Amka Obed--whom he's also been treating virtually--is in crisis, he flies to the remote Arctic community of Utqiagvik, Alaska, only to discover that she has...
Author
Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
258 pages ; 22 cm
Description
"Wendy Mitchell had a busy job with the British National Health Service, raised her two daughters alone, and spent her weekends running and climbing mountains. Then, slowly, a mist settled deep inside the mind she once knew so well, blurring the world around her. She didn't know it then, but dementia was starting to take hold. In 2014, at age fifty-eight, she was diagnosed with young-onset Alzheimer's. In this groundbreaking book, Mitchell shares...
93) The swimmers
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Appears on list
Formats
Description
The swimmers are unknown to one another except through their private routines (slow lane, medium lane, fast lane) and the solace each takes in their morning or afternoon laps. But when a crack appears at the bottom of the pool, they are cast out into an unforgiving world without comfort or relief. One of these swimmers is Alice, who is slowly losing her memory. For Alice, the pool was a final stand against the darkness of her encroaching dementia....
94) Heal the living
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
2017
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
This ensemble drama weaves together the stories of a teen who gets into a serious car accident, the teen's family and girlfriend, the staff at a hospital, and a middle-aged woman who needs a heart transplant.
95) Time is a river
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Formats
Description
Recovering from breast cancer and reeling from her husband's infidelity, Mia flees to the mountains of North Carolina, and seeks refuge in a neglected cabin belonging to her fly-fishing instructor, where she unknowingly reopens a tragic family scandal.
Author
Publisher
Counterpoint
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
316 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Description
"When Bonnie J. Rough receives the test results that confirm she is a carrier of the genetic condition hypohidrotic ectodermal dysplasia, or H.E.D., it propels her on a journey deep into her familys past in the American West. As Bonnie and her husband consider becoming parents themselves, their biological legacy haunts every decision. The availability of genetic testing gives them new choices to make, choices more excruciating than any previous generation...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
7 CDs (9 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
For thirty-four-year-old Ryan Perry, life is good a year after the heart transplant that had saved him from certain death, until he begins to receive strange messages united by the theme, "Your heart belongs to me," and discovers that he is being stalked by a mysterious woman who bears a striking resemblance to the donor of his heart.
98) Aprender a volar
Author
Publisher
B
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 23 cm
Description
HAGAMOS UN TRATO, EMPECEMOS A VIVIR. Una emotiva novela sobre dos amigos. Uno sabe que cada minuto cuenta, el otro est�a a punto de aprenderlo. Luis tiene diecis�eis a�nos y la vida le dio un vuelco cuando le diagnosticaron c�ancer. A Diego, residente de oncolog�ia, la vida le cambia en el momento que conoce a Luis y acepta ayudarlo a cumplir un �ultimo sue�no: huir del hospital y viajar a Tarifa para despedirse de la chica de la que...
Author
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Physical Desc
viii, 351 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
"An empathetic resource full of relatable patient stories, this book teaches patients and caregivers how to ask the right questions to get the best possible care?beginning at the moment of diagnosis. Drs. Jackson and Ryan explain how to work with a team of doctors and nurse practitioners to minimize symptoms and side effects while living as fully as possible in the face of cancer. They relay important information about understanding prognosis, and...
Author
Publisher
Square One Publishers
Pub. Date
2013, c2013
Physical Desc
vii, 197 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
For most people, dialysis is an unplanned and uncharted journey. In this book, Dr. Snyder provides you with a powerful beacon to light the path ahead with compassion and with rock-solid answers to your most important questions. This book not only answers common questions about dialysis, but, also, offers practical advice, commonsense strategies and complementary options.
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