Julie Devaney
Autor von My Leaky Body: Tales from the Gurney
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while i didn't take to devaney's writing voice too well, her experiences and insights are extremely valuable and should be eye-opening and informative for anyone/everyone. devaney lives with ulcerative colitis. her schooling (she has a masters’ degree in critical disability studies from york university, toronto) and work as a health advocate and a patient-expert offers a hugely experienced lens for this story. devaney shares her personal experiences as a patient while offering thoughts on how healthcare could be improved for both patients and practitioners.
while we have had different paths with our diseases and care, there were many spot-on relatable moments in this book. as a patient, much is lost and given up during the processes of diagnoses and treatments. living with chronic illness also hugely affects every aspect of life, beyond the disease itself - even on what could be a called 'good day', 'good' is relative. life can get incredibly small, living with chronic disease. these were the moments in the book with which i felt most engaged. reading how someone else navigates the chaos and awfulness of crappy health and the conveyer belts of hospitals and medical appointments was weirdly reassuring. mostly, i just appreciate that devaney could write about her experiences and put it out there in the world for the benefit of others.… (mehr)