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Long Time, No See (Paperback): Beth Finke

Long Time, No See (Paperback)

Beth Finke

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Long Time, No See is certainly an inspiring story, but Beth Finke does not aim to inspire. Eschewing reassuring platitudes and sensational pleas for sympathy, she charts her struggles with juvenile diabetes, blindness, and a host of other hardships, sharing her feelings of despair and frustration as well as her hard-won triumphs. Rejecting the label "courageous," she prefers to describe herself using the phrase her mother invoked in times of difficulty: "She did what she had to do." With unflinching candor and acerbic wit, Finke chronicles the progress of the juvenile diabetes that left her blind at the age of twenty-six as well as the seemingly endless spiral of adversity that followed. First she was forced out of her professional job. Then she bore a multiply handicapped son. But she kept moving forward, confronting marital and financial problems and persevering through a rocky training period with a seeing-eye dog. Finke's life story and her commanding knowledge of her situation give readers a clear understanding of diabetes, blindness, and the issues faced by parents of children with significant disabilities. Because she has taken care to include accurate medical information as well as personal memoir, Long Time, No See serves as an excellent resource for others in similar situations and for professionals who deal with disabled adults or children.

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Imprint: University of Illinois Press
Country of origin: United States
Release date: July 2004
First published: July 2004
Authors: Beth Finke
Dimensions: 210 x 140 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 216
ISBN-13: 978-0-252-07219-2
Categories: Books > Medicine > Pre-clinical medicine: basic sciences > Physiology > Metabolism
Books > Medicine > Clinical & internal medicine > Endocrinology > General
LSN: 0-252-07219-7
Barcode: 9780252072192

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