![]() ![]() Soon after, Norman began in-depth research-which she presents throughout the book-on female health issues. The first (male) doctor she saw assumed she was just another “bright and wound tight” college girl whose problem “was of a sexual nature.” He dismissed her with prescriptions for antibiotics and advice to drink lots of cranberry juice. ![]() However, one day during her freshman year, she was hit with pain so debilitating that she was forced to leave school permanently. She overcame dysfunctional family circumstances to become an emancipated minor at age 16 and attend Sarah Lawrence College on a prestigious scholarship two years later. ![]() A science writer’s account of her frustrating experiences with the medical establishment as she tried to understand an illness that defied easy explanation and diagnosis.įuturism associate science editor Norman is nothing if not a survivor. ![]()
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