Life Disrupted: Getting Real About Chronic Illness in Your Twenties and Thirties
- ISBN-10
- 0802779735
- ISBN-13
- 9780802779731
- Category
- Family & Relationships
- Pages
- 288
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-02-01
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
- Author
- Laurie Edwards
Description
Twenty-seven-year-old Laurie Edwards is one of 125 million Americans who have a chronic illness, in her case a rare genetic respiratory disease. Because of medical advances in the treatment of serious childhood diseases, 600,000 chronically ill teens enter adulthood every year who decades ago would not have survived-they and people diagnosed in adulthood face the same challenges of college, career, and starting a family as others in their twenties and thirties, but with the added circumstance of having chronic illness. Life Disrupted is a personal and unflinching guide to living well with a chronic illness: managing your own health care without letting it take over your life, dealing with difficult doctors and frequent hospitalizations, having a productive and satisfying career that accommodates your health needs, and nurturing friendships and a loving, committed relationship regardless of recurring health problems. Laurie Edwards also addresses the particular needs of people who have more than one chronic illness or who are among the twenty-five million Americans with a rare disorder. She shares her own story and the experiences of others with chronic illness, as well as advice from life coaches, employment specialists, and health professionals. Reading Life Disrupted is like having a best friend and mentor who truly does know what you're going through.
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Other editions
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- 2008-06-24
- 289 pages
- Paperback
- Bloomsbury Publishing USA
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