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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Fairfax, Virginia, August 16, 2011 — Pat Powers Rothacker understands that the process of undergoing an organ transplant involves much more than just the operation itself. In her new book, A Smile Never Hurts: One Woman’s Story, (Three Bean Press; May 2011; softcover/$15.95; ISBN 978 0 9767276-5-1) Rothacker tells the story of her life-saving liver transplant surgery, taking readers on an extraordinary medical journey from diagnosis to recovery. Using short anecdotes and vivid details, Pat recounts the process of her transplant with humor and optimism.
Pat describes a lifetime of medical ailments starting with her premature birth to her self-inflicted concussion while working as an airline stewardess in the 1950s. Her ability to share these traumatic stories with a sense of levity sets the background for her greatest medical challenge yet – the need for a new liver. And while this medical emergency is no laughing matter, Pat’s resilience, sense of humor and ability to keep a positive attitude demonstrate that it is possible to persevere and keep going even in the face of serious illness. Pat comes through recovery with this humor and hope intact, making it clear that life doesn’t stop with a diagnosis.
Pat’s honestly told story is a quick and uplifting read, providing inspiration and hope for anyone suffering through a life-threatening illness or supporting someone who is suffering. “I want to share my story with others who may be going through an organ transplant or know someone who is and to show them that there is a great life after a liver transplantation.”
About her surgery, Rothacker writes, “I wish I had a Hollywood awakening where the patient sits up in bed and orders coffee.” Later during her long recovery she admits, “People around me were never sure if they were dealing with the rational me or the drug-induced me.”
A Smile Never Hurts also includes Detours, short segments where the author relays medical stories such as the woman who insisted on shaving her legs before the EMTs arrived to take her to the hospital. These asides demonstrate the ways that essential personality remains despite the many difficulties of medical trauma.
A full electronic review copy or review copy of the book is available to the media and the book can be purchased directly through the publisher, 3Bean Press. All proceeds from A Smile Never Hurts go to provide scholarships to Cathedral High School in Manhattan.
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