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For any woman that has experienced illness, chronic pain, or endometriosis comes an uplifting memoir advocating for acceptance of women's health issues In nov 2010, Abby Norman's strong dancer's body dropped 40 pounds, and grey hairs began to sprout from her temples. She was regularly hospitalized in excruciating pain, however the doctors insisted it was a urinary tract infection and delivered her home with antibiotics. Unable to escape bed, significantly less attend school, Norman dropped out of college and embarked on what would turn into a years-long journey to discover what was incorrect with her. It wasn't until she got concerns into her own hands - securing employment in a clinic and educating herself over lunchtime reading in the medical collection - that she found an accurate examination of endometriosis. In Ask Me About My Uterus, Norman explains what it was prefer to have her pain dismissed, to find out it was all in her brain, only to be studied seriously when she was along with a boyfriend who validated that her performance was, indeed, affected. Placing her own tests into a broader historical, sociocultural, and political context, Norman demonstrates women's physiques have long been the battleground of a never-ending battle for vitality, control, medical knowledge, and truth. It is time to refute the fact that being a woman is a preexisting condition.