Blindsided : Lifting a Life Above Illness: A Reluctant Memoir

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Summary: This man has courage and he can turn a phrase....
Review: This man has great courage and he can turn a phrase to put it mildly. Great read. He shares his life challenges unflinchingly. He has, it seems from his description, trouble accepting himself as this new "challenged person". I know from his writing he is working on this. I believe this new person, with all of his problems, should be fully embraced for his courage, his grit, his grace under pressure. It will be difficult, but time to say farewell my friend, you stood me well...I am moving on with this new life. He may have to write this "goodbye" out and read it over and over and over and even cry over this loss, but he will achieve peace of mind. I have done this process myself and it does work. Nevermind being an athlete, etc., Richard Cohen is an extraordinary human being just as he is today. Very inspiring. I hope he writes more books.

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Summary: Outstanding...
Review: What a poignoint narrative...I see so many parallels between his experience with that of our family...so few people truly understand what living and coping with life threatening chronic illnesses is like or how a progressive illness can have such a major impact on a family. He is a role model of 'strength' and 'tenacity' for those of us who traverse the 'landmine' of castrosophic illnesses. I appreciate his searing honesty and his outlook on life. I could relate to everything he wrote about. Bravo to a well written, moving book.