Meredith O'Brien

Uncomfortably Numb

A Memoir about the Life-Altering Diagnosis of Multiple Sclerosis
Sprecher: Deward, Erin

• MP3-CD

Produktbeschreibung

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 sixty-five-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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Tantor
• Gesamtlaufzeit: 563 Min.
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Dezember 2022
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9798212403320
• Artikelnr.: 68365317

Autorenporträt

Writer Meredith O'Brien teaches journalism at Northeastern University where she also serves as a writing coach. She lives in the Boston area with her spouse and their two dogs, Max and Tedy. Her three kids are in college and she likes to irritate them with FaceTime requests and emoji-filled texts.