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Wide Awake And Dreaming: A Memoir (2012)

by Julie Flygare(Favorite Author)

4.06 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0988314908 (ISBN13: 9780988314900)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Mill Pond Swan Publishing

review 1: A very open and honest telling of a life changed by narcolepsy and cataplexy. Flygare explains her emotions and experiences from the onset of the disease through diagnosis, treatment, and learning to live with it. She admirably rises to the challenge and, while not the life she'd imagined for herself, finds her place in the world. Reading this memoire helped me better understand what my niece has experienced - I'm so proud of you, Teresa!
review 2: This book was incredible. Well-written, great pacing, hard to put down. And what a story!I knew narcolepsy was a very serious disorder (and not something to laugh at), but the details of the symptoms and living with it were very different from what I expected. It's really amazing the author has accomplished so much w... moreith the brain fighting her so much. She's right that you don't think you know anyone with narcolepsy (at least I don't think I do), but the occurrence rate seems pretty high for that to be true for so many people. Maybe I know someone with narcolepsy and don't even know it?? The more I hear about and meet people with "invisible illnesses," the more I have tried to judge strangers favorably. You don't know why someone who "looks fine" is parking in a handicapped spot. You can't judge the capabilities of a friend with a chronic pain disorder. You. Just. Don't. Know. It's scary how our bodies can turn against us and that it seems to be so commonly diagnosed today. Is there really a higher occurrence of these invisible disorders, or are we just better at diagnosing?I'm very glad I read this. less

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