Learning Sickness: A Year with Crohn's Disease (Capital Discovery)
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.78 (927 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1933102012 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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In the first few years after diagnosis, he behaved as before, and flare-ups were mild and quickly responsive to prescribed medications. Donna ChavezCopyright © American Library Association. His frank, intimate chronicle of the worst year of his life details suffering the pain and the ignominy of a severe bout of Crohn's, and it shares invaluable, hard-earned wisdom about how anyone with a debilitating disorder may learn to accept the cards he or she has been dealt and get on with living. All rights reserved. Forced to learn what it means to be sick, he grappled with issues of diet, alcohol, the limitations of pharmaceutical intervention, and communicating with doctors. And he came to grips with God, family, truth, and personal responsibility. He had had a history of good health despite poor dietary habits; now he was told there was little he could do to alter the course of the illness. The honeymoon ended when he was 33, an
Visit Jim at learningsickness. Jim lives with his wife and three daughters in Worcester, MA. James M. He writes a regular column about academic life called "The Tenure-Track Diaries" for The Chronicle of Higher Education. He is a regular contributor to Notre Dame Magazine and to regional parenting publications across the nation. . Lang is a professor of English at Assumption College in
"An Important Book for All of Us." according to G. Thompson. This is an extraordinarily wise book. It is a delight to find that an author as young as Jim Lang can have reached conclusions about himself and about how he wants to carry on in the world; usually we look to people decades older than the author for such wisdom. The book relates the author's experiences during a single year in which his Crohn's Disease moves from being an annoying presence in his life to center stage, threatening his life, his relationship with his wife, and his ability to succeed as a college professor. Lang had been diagnosed some ten years prior to the year chronicled . "He tells it like it is" according to J Bruce. James Lang reminded me of all the pain, fears and heartaches that most Crohn's patients experience in the early stages of Crohn's disease.I've lived with Crohn's and its realities over He tells it like it is James Lang reminded me of all the pain, fears and heartaches that most Crohn's patients experience in the early stages of Crohn's disease.I've lived with Crohn's and its realities over 30 years since being diagnosed in college, and Jim covers all the bases. As an English professor and author, he skillfully addresses the multiple bathroom visits, constant early denial, self diagnosis (it's just indigestion), travel paranoia, and middle of the night hospital trips. They should give frequent flier miles for IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) hospital stays.Most importantly, he personailizes th. 0 years since being diagnosed in college, and Jim covers all the bases. As an English professor and author, he skillfully addresses the multiple bathroom visits, constant early denial, self diagnosis (it's just indigestion), travel paranoia, and middle of the night hospital trips. They should give frequent flier miles for IBD (inflammatory bowel disease) hospital stays.Most importantly, he personailizes th. An eloquent, down-to-earth chronicle of chronic illness I picked up this book simply because I wanted to read a good memoir. Little did I know what else it would give me. Just a week after I ordered an advance copy of the book online, my An eloquent, down-to-earth chronicle of chronic illness Cara F. I picked up this book simply because I wanted to read a good memoir. Little did I know what else it would give me. Just a week after I ordered an advance copy of the book online, my 44 year old brother died as a result of complications from ulcerative colitis, a disease that I later learned is very similar to Crohn's disease. Reading Jim's book was an important part of my grieving process; his narrative gave me insight into the everyday experiences my brother must have had with his own health -- and I gained new respect for his struggle.Jim Lang has written an eloquent, piercing, yet down. An eloquent, down-to-earth chronicle of chronic illness Cara F. I picked up this book simply because I wanted to read a good memoir. Little did I know what else it would give me. Just a week after I ordered an advance copy of the book online, my 44 year old brother died as a result of complications from ulcerative colitis, a disease that I later learned is very similar to Crohn's disease. Reading Jim's book was an important part of my grieving process; his narrative gave me insight into the everyday experiences my brother must have had with his own health -- and I gained new respect for his struggle.Jim Lang has written an eloquent, piercing, yet down. year old brother died as a result of complications from ulcerative colitis, a disease that I later learned is very similar to Crohn's disease. Reading Jim's book was an important part of my grieving process; his narrative gave me insight into the everyday experiences my brother must have had with his own health -- and I gained new respect for his struggle.Jim Lang has written an eloquent, piercing, yet down
Jim Lang provides an absolutely unflinching look at the way the disease can penetrate into every aspect of a person's life: physical, emotional, and spiritual. "Learning Sickness" is the compelling narrative of Jim’s battle with Crohn’s Disease. He tackles the most sensitive areas of the disease with grace and skill, and wraps it all into a gripping narrative of illness and recovery that demonstrates how suffering can produce a special kind of wisdom. During that time he fathered two children, earned a Ph.D., accepted his first teaching position, and launched a writing career. Diagnosed at the age of 26, Jim spent the next five years coming to terms with how to live with a chronic illness. There are many books about illness, but very few writers convey the courage and hope of battling a chronic illness as eloquently as Jim Lang. This book will help millions of Americans, and countless others around the globe, understand they do not suffer alone, and it will provide friends, families, and colleagues of sufferers with their first real glimpse into the toll the disease can take on their lives.