Ask Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman5/12/2023 ![]() While Norman was showering, an excruciating, but unexplainable, pain took hold of her body. All of that changed during a routine shower. ![]() She was pursuing a career in dance and didn’t have to foot the bill for her college education because she’d earned an academic scholarship. In 2010, Abby Norman was attending Sarah Lawrence College on a scholarship after escaping her hometown and a household where she rarely felt loved and nurtured. This story was originally published on March 12, 2018. Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 ![]() “In Sickness” is a weeklong series about chronic illness-and what the misdiagnosis, disdain, and marginalizing of people with chronic illnesses reveals about our culture. Chronic illnesses are especially pervasive among women, and thanks to medicine’s long history of paternalism and ambient sexism, doctors regularly dismiss or disbelieve women who suffer with unexplained pain. Given that 117 million people in the United States live with one or more chronic illnesses, we’re more than likely encountering someone in our workplaces, our homes, and our everyday lives who is navigating the ins and outs of sickness and the pain that accompanies it. We all know someone with a chronic illness. ![]()
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