Bad Back: Coping for Life [Paperback]

Lucy Dobkins (Author), William Krieger (Foreword), Manuel Lujan Jr. (Foreword), Thomas Sims (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 30, 1995

Ms. Dobkins adopts techniques for coping with chronic, long-term pain and finds strategies for adjusting to overwhelming loss.

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About the Author

Lucy M. Dobkins offers Bad Back: Coping for Life as an inspiration for any one of the 6.5 million Americans with chronic back pain. It is also a testament to the resiliency of the human spirit, a story from which anyone can benefit. Ms. Dobkins invites others to follow in her footsteps and to not let their lives stop because of their injuries. Her life as an author includes the children's book Daddy, There's a Hippo in the Grapes, also published by Pelican.

Product Details

• Paperback: 208 pages
• Publisher: Pelican Publishing (June 30, 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 156554062X
• ISBN-13: 978-1565540620
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,452,872 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4.0 out of 5 stars Please don't believe the prior review!, October 18, 2002

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Beth Youngblood (Richmond, VA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Bad Back: Coping for Life (Paperback)

I have had (2) two spinal fusion surgeries within 6 months of each surgery. I am now 3 months post-op from my last fusion and I am in worse shape now than before I had my first surgery. I know technology has increased within the past 10 years, but not as much as you think. To the person you wrote the last review, make sure you get at least 3 opinions prior to surgery. If I had it to do all over again I would have elected not to have my spine fused. I am 33 years old with 5 kids and I will never be able to go back work.

3.0 out of 5 stars Read with care, January 21, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Bad Back: Coping for Life (Paperback)

If you are anticipating a spinal fusion, I DO NOT RECOMMEND this book. While the odyssey of Ms. Dobkins back problems is well written, very interesting and worth reading, I found it terrifying in light of my upcoming surgery. She has several surgeries in succession which made me seriously question my own decision for upcoming spinal fusion surgery. It must be taken into account that her experience is at least 10 years old, thus medical technology has changed and improved. So, perhaps her situation is not an accurate example of what a person in her shoes would experience, if her surgical epic had begun this year.