{"product_id":"ask-me-about-my-uterus-a-quest-to-make-doctors-believe-in-womens-pain-9781568585819","title":"Ask Me About My Uterus: A Quest to Make Doctors Believe in Women's Pain","description":"\u003cp\u003eFor any woman who has experienced illness  chronic pain  or endometriosis comes an inspiring memoir advocating for recognition of womens health issues  In the fall of 2010  Abby Normans strong dancers body dropped forty pounds and gray hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was repeatedly hospitalized in excruciating pain  but the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and sent her home with antibiotics. Unable to get out of bed  much less attend class  Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would become a years-long journey to discover what was wrong with her. It wasnt until she took matters into her own hands -- securing a job in a hospital and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical library -- that she found an accurate diagnosis of endometriosis.  In Ask Me About My Uterus  Norman describes what it was like to have her pain dismissed  to be told it was all in her head  only to be taken seriously when she was accompanied by a boyfriend who confirmed that her sexual performance was  indeed  compromised. Putting her own trials into a broader historical  sociocultural  and political context  Norman shows that womens bodies have long been the battleground of a never-ending war for power  control  medical knowledge  and truth. Its time to refute the belief that being a woman is a preexisting condition.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646819524661,"sku":"ByrdShop_1568585810","price":22.17,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781568585819.jpg?v=1781678832","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/ask-me-about-my-uterus-a-quest-to-make-doctors-believe-in-womens-pain-9781568585819","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}