{"product_id":"books-uncomfortably-numb-by-meredith-o-brien","title":"Uncomfortably Numb","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAbout losing one's life as it was once imagined, and the ultimate, uneasy peace that's achieved with the permanent uncertainty which accompanies living with a chronic illness.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt begins with numbness on her left leg. Then it spreads. Even though an MRI finds a mass on her brainstem, it takes two more years for Meredith O'Brien to learn what is causing that numbness. Months after her 65-year-old mother dies from a fast-moving cancer, weeks after her father is hospitalized and she experiences an unexpected job change, she learns she has multiple sclerosis.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuddenly, Meredith, a married mother of three teens, has to figure out how to move forward into a life she no longer recognizes. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReimagining her life as a writer and an educator, as a mother and a spouse, she has to adjust to the restrictions MS imposes on her. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a life, altered.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"World of Books ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53505471283473,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/9781948018708.jpg?v=1778097577","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/books-uncomfortably-numb-by-meredith-o-brien","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}