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There are many books about illness, but very few writers convey the courage and hope of battling a chronic illness as eloquently as Jim Lang. Learning Sickness is the compelling narrative of Jim's battle with Crohn's Disease. Diagnosed at the age of 26, Jim spent the next five years coming to terms with how to live with a chronic illness. During that time he fathered two children, earned a Ph.D., accepted his first teaching position, and launched a writing career. Jim Lang provides an absolutely unflinching look at the way the disease can penetrate into every aspect of a person's life: physical, emotional, and spiritual. He tackles the most sensitive areas of the disease with grace and skill, and wraps it all into a gripping narrative of illness and recovery that demonstrates how suffering can produce a special kind of wisdom. This book will help millions of Americans, and countless others around the globe, understand they do not suffer alone, and it will provide friends, families, and colleagues of sufferers with their first real glimpse into the toll the disease can take on their lives.

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Learning Sickness (Hardcover) Reviews Reflecting upon the meaning of life, connectedness, and the wonders of the natural universe, Lang's memoir is as much about a young man grappling with life's big questions as it is about being a Crohn's patient. Library Journal His frank, intimate chronicle of the worst year of his life details suffering the pain and the ignominy of a severe bout of Crohn's, and it shares invaluable, hard-earned wisdom about how anyone with a debilitating disorder may learn to accept the cards he or she has been dealt and get on living. Booklist ... the brilliance of the writing distinguishes this book and some of the text should be excerpted and included in medical school curriculum to show young MDs how it feels to be on the business end of the colonoscope, among other things. The Journal of the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of Canada With openness and frank language, Lang discusses how his journey with illness has affected his family, his religious views and his work life. Notre Dame Magazine

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