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Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain by Abby Norman
3 reviews
idk_indigo's review against another edition
challenging
informative
slow-paced
4.75
I really enjoyed this book! It was very informative, very enlightening. Some of the book’s Amazon reviews are quite negative, primarily because it’s a very self-reflective book. Norman acknowledges that this book is more of a dive into her personal experience & what research she has compiled in an effort to better understand her illness & her pain. Less of a know-all about endometriosis, which we see towards the end of the book when she is in the diagnosis stages of another chronic illness. The book talks about the author’s journey with chronic illness with an implied, “This is how it was for me. Others may relate, but I am not speaking for anyone else.” I appreciated the physician aspect; most physicians are trying their best, but they are also imperfect. It is a very true phenomenon that women’s pain is taken less seriously; this rings especially true for WOC & for disabled/chronically or mentally ill women. I enjoyed this book; definitely not a medical guidebook on endometriosis, but I don’t think it was ever trying to be.
Graphic: Ableism, Chronic illness, and Medical trauma
Moderate: Eating disorder, Sexism, Excrement, Medical content, and Grief
Minor: Child abuse, Infertility, Vomit, and Abandonment
daniellemjoyce's review against another edition
emotional
funny
informative
reflective
sad
medium-paced
4.0
Graphic: Eating disorder, Misogyny, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Emotional abuse, Infertility, Miscarriage, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, Excrement, and Pregnancy
sammantha's review against another edition
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
This book is phenomenally written and so much more than I ever could have imagined. I’ve never dog-eared so many pages in my life. Highly recommend, especially to doctors and nurses. “I had never wanted to be right; I had only wanted to be well.”
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Child abuse, Death, Domestic abuse, Eating disorder, Suicidal thoughts, Blood, Vomit, Medical content, Grief, and Suicide attempt
Moderate: Miscarriage and Excrement
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