{"id":1176,"date":"2018-03-10T13:32:58","date_gmt":"2018-03-10T18:32:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lorettaschoen.com\/v3\/?page_id=1176"},"modified":"2026-09-28T23:21:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T03:21:34","slug":"book","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.lorettaschoen.com\/v3\/book\/","title":{"rendered":"Surviving Medical Mayhem"},"content":{"rendered":"<main id='oxy-main'><section class=\"bde-section-1176-100 bde-section\">\n  \n  \n\t\n\n\n\n<div class=\"section-container\"><div class=\"bde-text-1176-101 bde-text\">\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-style:italic\">A book's a dream that you hold in your hand.  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I encourage you to check out what they have to say!<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"bde-text-1176-207 bde-text\">\n<div style=\"display:flex;gap:24px;overflow-x:auto;scroll-snap-type:x mandatory;padding:4px 4px 18px;-webkit-overflow-scrolling:touch\"><figure style=\"flex:0 0 min(88%,560px);scroll-snap-align:start;margin:0;padding:24px 26px;background:#F6F1EA;border-top:4px solid #A02A94;border-radius:6px\"><blockquote style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.55\">This honest, humorous and helpful devotional book on health and aging is a must-read for anyone facing medical issues or serving as a caregiver. Loretta Schoen's personal stories, advice and prayers will get you through any of life's challenges!<\/blockquote><figcaption><strong style=\"color:#3B2D8B\">Susan M. Heim<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.9em\">Editor, Chicken Soup For The Soul<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"flex:0 0 min(88%,560px);scroll-snap-align:start;margin:0;padding:24px 26px;background:#F6F1EA;border-top:4px solid #A02A94;border-radius:6px\"><blockquote style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.55\">What an inspirational message Loretta Schoen has to offer. This book has a great message for anyone dealing with health or medical issues, a real inspirational support. Well done Loretta!<\/blockquote><figcaption><strong style=\"color:#3B2D8B\">Christopher B. Warren<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.9em\">CLU, ChFC<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"flex:0 0 min(88%,560px);scroll-snap-align:start;margin:0;padding:24px 26px;background:#F6F1EA;border-top:4px solid #A02A94;border-radius:6px\"><blockquote style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.55\">Nearly everyone has had a brush with today's medical system, which often fixes bodies without paying much attention to the people inside those bodies-leaving us, as Loretta D. Schoen puts it, fine (Frightened, Insecure, Neurotic, Exhausted). Her book Surviving Medical Mayhem: Laughing When it Hurts is a wonderful response to this problem, giving us concrete advice on how we can take steps to become fine (Faith-filled, Involved, knowledgeable, and Experienced). P.S.: It's also an interesting and remarkably funny read.<\/blockquote><figcaption><strong style=\"color:#3B2D8B\">Salvatore Basile<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.9em\">Author, Fifth Avenue Famous and COOL: How Air Conditioning Changed Everything<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"flex:0 0 min(88%,560px);scroll-snap-align:start;margin:0;padding:24px 26px;background:#F6F1EA;border-top:4px solid #A02A94;border-radius:6px\"><blockquote style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.55\">Thank you for sharing your book. You truly have a gift of writing. The blend of a life riddled with challenges, humor and GOD!! What else could a Christian ask for in a book. I believe this book will help anyone going through medical challenges.This book will give people some tools to work with, bible quotes to reflect on and hope that they too can make it through with strength and humor.<\/blockquote><figcaption><strong style=\"color:#3B2D8B\">Dr. Theresa K. Goebel D.O<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.9em\">Cornerstone Family Practice - Hobe Sound, FL<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"flex:0 0 min(88%,560px);scroll-snap-align:start;margin:0;padding:24px 26px;background:#F6F1EA;border-top:4px solid #A02A94;border-radius:6px\"><blockquote style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.55\">Theologian Dallas Willard said we will never really understand God until we understand that God is the most joyful being in the universe. Loretta Schoen gets that. Her book is filled with the kind of joy-in-the-face-of-adversity that can only come from a lifelong relationship with a loving and joyful God. Sandy and I laughed out loud as we read this wonderful book. Her deep faith in a loving and joyful God shines through every story. During our 40 years of ministry we often wondered how people who don't know God make it through the kind of crises that Loretta navigates with faith, courage and joy.<\/blockquote><figcaption><strong style=\"color:#3B2D8B\">Pastor Ken &amp; Sandy Roughton<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.9em\">United Methodist Ministry Team<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"flex:0 0 min(88%,560px);scroll-snap-align:start;margin:0;padding:24px 26px;background:#F6F1EA;border-top:4px solid #A02A94;border-radius:6px\"><blockquote style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.55\">Hilarious, Truthful and Raw! My young, yet tired spirit needed a reminder that I am fearfully and wonderfully made and when I forget this truth, a book such as this, is like a strong cup of coffee or a really good massage; it wakes me up and yet calms me to the core. A laugh out-loud, dose of reality. As a young wife, mom and pastor, I am deeply grateful for truthful reminders from the heart of God. These short devotionals, spoken from real-life experience, merge the beauty of God's Word and the hilarious realities of health in the modern world so authentically. What a breath of fresh air!<\/blockquote><figcaption><strong style=\"color:#3B2D8B\">Rev. Rachel DeLaune<\/strong><br><span style=\"font-size:.9em\">Associate Pastor - First United Methodist Church of Boca Raton<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure><figure style=\"flex:0 0 min(88%,560px);scroll-snap-align:start;margin:0;padding:24px 26px;background:#F6F1EA;border-top:4px solid #A02A94;border-radius:6px\"><blockquote style=\"margin:0 0 16px;font-style:italic;line-height:1.55\">As a Registered Nurse, I encounter all types of patients and at many different stages of life. The ones that appear to fair the best are those who have strong faith in Christ, a willingness to learn and be an active participant in their current health issues and use humor to help fight the fear that comes along with illness. 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