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emotional
informative
reflective
slow-paced
3.0
Elizabeth Benedict shares her journey through the healthcare system as she is diagnosed and treated with cancer. She also expresses her struggles with hypochondria disorder that sends her into fits of unease when things seem amiss with her health.
This book was a pretty normal example of a regular person getting diagnosed and struggling to be seen in the healthcare system. The author writes about the same struggles people face daily with almost every illness when trying to get doctors to listen and dealing with the unknowns. It was hard to find understanding in the author’s frustrations when her diagnosis god delayed an extra week due to the doctor's schedule when she has just delayed it for three weeks due to hers. Overall a pretty summative story about becoming ill and all the worries with it. I don’t think the author “Re-wrote” anything about illness. But her journey gave voice to many’s struggles.
This book was a pretty normal example of a regular person getting diagnosed and struggling to be seen in the healthcare system. The author writes about the same struggles people face daily with almost every illness when trying to get doctors to listen and dealing with the unknowns. It was hard to find understanding in the author’s frustrations when her diagnosis god delayed an extra week due to the doctor's schedule when she has just delayed it for three weeks due to hers. Overall a pretty summative story about becoming ill and all the worries with it. I don’t think the author “Re-wrote” anything about illness. But her journey gave voice to many’s struggles.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Suicide, Cancer, Chronic illness, Mental illness, and Medical trauma
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