Published: May 21, 2010
Words: 67,184 (approximate)
Language: English
ISBN: 9781452323244

Description

Judy Taylor relished her simple happy life. She had a loving husband, three young daughters, a beautiful suburban home. But after intestinal blood clots annihilated her guts, Judy faced starving to death in a cold Toronto hospital. The year was 1970. Judy lived two more decades without eating. "Lifeliner" is about her inspirational story from death to life, from ordinary woman to medical pioneer.

Tags

history, medicine, biography, toronto, canadian, nutrition, womens stories, medical biography, tpn, pioneer

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Videos

Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story
The official one-minute book trailer of Lifeliner, the biography about the woman who didn't eat for 20 years and so pioneered the medical technology of intravenous feeding used by so many to keep them well nourished. People with AIDS, Cystic Fibrosis, many bowel ailments, badly injured would have a harder time staying well without this technology called TPN or Total Parenteral Nutrition.

Lifeliner In Short
If you'd like to watch more than a trailer, then this short video version of "Lifeliner: The Judy Taylor Story" is for you. Not a book trailer and not the whole biography, but a nice, pleasing taste of Judy's amazing story set to music located at http://ccmixter.org and licensed through Creative Commons.

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Review by: Mike Wise on July 26, 2010 :
A very gripping and touching tale. The book does a good job of balancing the science behind Judy's medical procedure, with the emotional impact it had on her life.
(reviewed within a month of purchase)

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