A few years ago I was diagnosed with ovarian cysts, and one of my best friends recommended this book to me to stop my frantic scrolling through WebMD and other health sites that keep telling me I’m going to die. She read WomanCode while prepping for pregnancy and since the author herself suffered from PCOS, I figured it couldn’t hurt. And honestly it didn’t. But as a person who grew up with a professional salesman for a father, I know when someone’s trying to sell me something […]
Sort of does what it says on the tin. Worth checking out, anyway, if it sound interesting to you!
I liked this overall, but had a hard time reading it, and it wasn’t what I was expecting. Abby Norman dropped out of college due to debilitating pain she started experiencing one day, and which doctors minimized for years before she finally was semi-diagnosed with Endometriosis (among other things). The title and synopsis of this book makes it seem like more of a book about the relationship between women and doctors, but really this is a memoir that mostly focuses on Abby’s medical history, and […]