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Books > Health, Home & Family > Family & health > Popular medicine > Women's health
Eleanor Thom is living with endometriosis and she thinks that it's
time to talk a bit more about our private parts. Part memoir, part
guide book and part survival guide, Private Parts retraces
Eleanor's journey with endometriosis, offering readers practical,
down-to-earth and friendly advice covering everything from what
actually happens in an internal exam to the perfect post-op
wardrobe. Eleanor writes as fearlessly as she has fought this
disease; with heart, honesty and a humour that is rarely afforded
to subjects as serious as this. - Phoebe Waller-Bridge Private
Parts is just like its author: funny, brave, charming, honest,
reassuring and ultimately brilliant - Joe Lycett Written for the
newly diagnosed as well as those who have had more operations than
they can count on one hand, Private Parts is a friend and companion
to everyone whose life has been impacted by this little understood
condition. It will arm you for your doctors appointments and bring
light and laughter in darker times. Features exclusive
inspirational interviews with Hilary Mantel, Paulette Edwards, Lena
Dunham and Emma Barnett, as well as insights from experts in the
field. *A Stylist and Dazed best of 2019 book* **As featured in How
Do You Cope with Elis + John on BBC Radio 5, available to listen to
on BBC Sounds**
'A visceral, scathing, erudite read that digs deep into how modern
medicine continues to fail women and what can be done about it'
Booklist The darkly funny memoir of Sarah Ramey's years-long battle
with a mysterious illness that doctors thought was all in her head
- but wasn't. A revelation and an inspiration for millions of women
whose legitimate health complaints are ignored. In her harrowing,
defiant and unforgettable memoir, Sarah Ramey recounts the
decade-long saga of how a seemingly minor illness in her senior
year of college turned into a prolonged and elusive condition that
destroyed her health but that doctors couldn't diagnose or treat.
Worse, as they failed to cure her, they hinted that her devastating
symptoms were psychological. The Lady's Handbook for Her Mysterious
Illness is a memoir with a mission: to help the millions of
(mostly) women who suffer from unnamed or misunderstood
conditions--autoimmune illnesses, fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue
syndrome, chronic Lyme disease, chronic pain and many more. Ramey's
pursuit of a diagnosis and cure for her own mysterious illness
becomes a page-turning medical mystery that reveals a new
understanding of today's chronic illnesses as ecological in nature,
driven by modern changes to the basic foundations of health, from
the quality of our sleep, diet and social connections to the state
of our microbiomes. Her book will open eyes, change lives and,
ultimately, change medicine. 'Ramey's uncanny grit and fortitude
will deeply inspire the multitudes facing similar issues'
Publishers Weekly 'This is a book for anyone who has ever asked a
question that didn't have an immediate or easy answer, anyone who
has worried about themselves or a loved one who isn't getting
better - despite following all the experts' advice - and anyone
interested in their own health, public health or medicine; in other
words, it's a book with something resonant and useful for all of
us' Chelsea Clinton
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