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anne_marie 's review for:
Beating Endo: How to Reclaim Your Life from Endometriosis
by Amy Stein, Iris Kerin Orbuch
This is really hard for me to write down. Objectively this book is very informative and you really get to understand how endometriosis impacts your body (from nerves to muscles to bones etc.) and your life (financially, environmentally, and your diet choices). I have to say that I find her viewpoint on the financial end of things very condescending and unrealistic. I live in Canada and so I'm extremely lucky to have access to public healthcare. I still have to pay for certain treatments and my medication (which I already find expensive!) but I don't have to pay thousands of dollars for a single consultation or surgery. I could NEVER afford the amount of money she implies even if my life depended on it. And she basically says, it's okay to drown yourself in debt and go bankrupt and find yourself on the street to pay for your treatments, otherwise it means you're not really committed to managing your endo. It's insulting and absolute fucking nonsense.
I am a white, middle-class, privileged canadian woman. I have friends and family who support me and help in any way that they can and I am financially (for now) capable of affording treatments. I. AM. F*cking. PRIVILEGED. And it still took me YEARS to find the right specialist, years of being discriminated in the work place, years of not being taken seriously by healthcare professionals, years of unbearable pain, and years of all the shit that comes with this disease. My heart is breaking for my fellow endometriosis warrior who, on top of all this never ending shit, are being discriminated because of the color of their skin, because of their financial status, because of their job, because of their lifestyle, and on and on and on.
***It has also come to my attention that doctor Orbuch isn't as nice and caring towards her patients and their follow-up care. I have read multiple and frankly quite disturbing experiences from different people who were tended by this endometriosis specialist and it really affected my viewpoint on this book.
I am a white, middle-class, privileged canadian woman. I have friends and family who support me and help in any way that they can and I am financially (for now) capable of affording treatments. I. AM. F*cking. PRIVILEGED. And it still took me YEARS to find the right specialist, years of being discriminated in the work place, years of not being taken seriously by healthcare professionals, years of unbearable pain, and years of all the shit that comes with this disease. My heart is breaking for my fellow endometriosis warrior who, on top of all this never ending shit, are being discriminated because of the color of their skin, because of their financial status, because of their job, because of their lifestyle, and on and on and on.
***It has also come to my attention that doctor Orbuch isn't as nice and caring towards her patients and their follow-up care. I have read multiple and frankly quite disturbing experiences from different people who were tended by this endometriosis specialist and it really affected my viewpoint on this book.