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Norman, Abby.
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Norman, Abby -- Health.
Endometriosis -- Patients -- Biography.
Endometriosis -- Diagnosis.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Norman, Abby.
Norman, Abby -- Health.
Endometriosis -- Patients -- Biography.
Endometriosis -- Diagnosis.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
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Ask me about my uterus : a quest to make doctors believe in women's pain / Abby Norman.
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Norman, Abby.
Nation Books, 2018.
Call #:
618
.1
N842a
Subjects
Norman, Abby -- Health.
Endometriosis -- Patients -- Biography.
Endometriosis -- Diagnosis.
Women -- Health and hygiene.
ISBN:
9781568585819 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xii, 272 pages ; 24 cm.
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-272).
Summary:
"For any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of women's health issues. As patients, we're asked to rate our pain on a scale of one to ten. Yet as any woman who has experienced illness, chronic pain, endometriosis, or childbirth can attest, even if you report a level ten, you'll have to fight hard to have your pain taken seriously. In the fall of 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain, but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. Unable to get out of bed, much less attend class, Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would become a years-long journey to discover what was wrong with her. It wasn't until she took matters into her own hands - securing a job in a hospital and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical library - that she found an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis. Norman describes what it was like to have her pain dismissed, to be told it was all in her head, only to be taken seriously when she was accompanied by a boyfriend who confirmed that her sexual performance was, indeed, compromised. Norman shows that women's bodies have long been the battleground of a never-ending war for power, control, medical knowledge, and truth. It's time to refute the belief that being a woman is a preexisting condition. Abby Norman is a science writer and hosts a daily podcast on Anchor.fm. As a patient advocate and speaker, she has been on conference faculty at the Endometriosis Foundation of America. She lives on the coast of Maine"--Provided by publisher.
Genre:
Memoirs.
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