The humorous and touching memoir of a woman whoâs been seeking relief from a headache for more than two years.
Jennette Fulda was riding high on the success of her first book, Half-Assed: A Weight-Loss Memoir, until one fateful day in February 2008, when she developed a headacheâand it never went away. So she dealt with it the best way she knows how: by writing about it. And eating lots of chocolate.
In Chocolate and Vicodin, Jennette explores her change of identity from âthe girl who lost hundreds of poundsâ to âthe girl who lives with constant pain,â and all sheâs had to endure to try and make the pain stopâfrom a bevy of expensive, time-consuming tests, which have taught her interesting facts (for example, that an MRI does indeed cost more than a European vacationâand doesnât last nearly as long), to tons of medications prescribed by her doctors to hilarious, sometimes insane advice sheâs received from her blog readers. While nothingâs been able to grant her relief, she has gained a new perspective. Instead of dwelling on the âinvisible tiara of nailsâ she may very well wear for the rest of her life, sheâs instead learned how to live with the pain, sharing with readers not only how sheâs managed to get by, but to laughâand thriveâin spite of it.