Some explore mental illness or neurological disorders like Susannah Cahalan's Brain on Fire and some explore mystery illnesses. For instance, Sarah Ramey's The Lady's Handbook For Her Mysterious Illness explores a woman's attempt to identify her mystery ailment.
For patients suffering similar symptoms, these memoirs can be comforting. Memoirists put into words the same fears and worries that all patients have and, thus, can be powerful.
For patients suffering similar symptoms, these memoirs can be comforting. Memoirists put into words the same fears and worries that all patients have and, thus, can be powerful.
Cahalan, Susannah. Brain on Fire.
O'Brien, Meredith. Uncomfortably Numb: A Memoir.
Olstein, Lisa. Pain Studies.
Ramey, Sarah. The Lady's Handbook For Her Mysterious Illness.
Robinson, John Elder. Look Me In The Eye.
Robinson, John Elder. Switched on: a Memoir of Brain Change.
A subgenre of graphic novels, graphic medical novels, also deal with medical topics. Personal in nature, these can provide solace as well.
