| Uncomfortably Numb: a memoir about the life-altering diagnosis of multiple sclerosis Contributor(s): O'Brien, Meredith (Author) |
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ISBN: 1948018705 ISBN-13: 9781948018708 Publisher: Wyatt-MacKenzie Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.20 Product Type: Paperback Published: March 2020 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain) - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2020931385 |
| Physical Information: 0.56" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (0.69 lbs) 266 pages |
| Themes: - Topical - Health & Fitness |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: About losing one's life as it was once imagined, and the ultimate, uneasy peace that's achieved with the permanent uncertainty which accompanies living with a chronic illness. It begins with numbness on her left leg. Then it spreads. Even though an MRI finds a "mass" on her brainstem, it takes two more years for Meredith O'Brien to learn what is causing that numbness. Months after her 65-year-old mother dies from a fast-moving cancer, weeks after her father is hospitalized and she experiences an unexpected job change, she learns she has multiple sclerosis. Suddenly, Meredith, a married mother of three teens, has to figure out how to move forward into a life she no longer recognizes. Reimagining her life as a writer and an educator, as a mother and a spouse, she has to adjust to the restrictions MS imposes on her. It is a life, altered. |