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	Ultra Literary Alička Pistek
Original language
English
Categories
Biography, Literature & Literary studies Health, Relationships & Personal development Coping with personal & health issues

WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU

Tess Miller

Life with Chronic Illness - Lessons from a Body in Revolt

Moving from Miller’s maddening yet all too relatable experience into a deeper look at how the world medical community handles chronic illness, WHAT DOESN’T KILL YOU exposes the realities of what it means to accept a lifetime diagnosis, pushing past the good, the bad, and the ugly to offer wisdom and solidarity for those trying to make sense of it all.

Tessa Miller was an ambitious twentysomething writer in New York City when, on a random fall day, her stomach began to seize up. At first, she tried to push through the searing pain, taking time off work and staying home, glued to the toilet. But when it became glaringly apparent something was wrong, Miller gave in to her family’s requests and went to the hospital―and thus started a years-long personal nightmare that included procedures, misdiagnoses, and life-threatening infections. Once Miller was finally correctly diagnosed with Crohn’s disease, she had yet another new battle to face: accepting that she will, in truth, never get better.

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Book Published 2021-02-01 by Henry Holt, New York