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Misdiagnosed

One Woman's Tour of—And Escape From—Healthcareland

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A New York Times Bestseller

"Berger movingly details her journey to healing. Her indefatigable quest...underscores the fact that there is no such thing as one size fits all in medicine."—Gayatri Devi, MD, clinical associate professor, NYU School of Medicine, and author of A Calm Brain

Taking charge of your health has never been so important as it is today.

Jody Berger has discovered this first hand: at forty-three, the award-winning journalist and marathoner sees a doctor about a minor tingling sensation in her hands and feet. One MRI later, she is diagnosed with multiple sclerosis and told to pick a drug and accept her fate. Instead Jody starts asking questions—only to receive a different diagnosis from each specialist she turns to, from vitamin deficiencies to metal toxicity to depression.

In this powerful, witty, and eye-opening account of her misadventures from misdiagnosis to miraculous recovery, Jody offers insightful tips on how to ask doctors the right questions to get the answers and treatment you need, listen to your body, and choose health over illness. After all, while we can't always heal, we can always take control of our health and ourselves—starting now.

"In this compelling, beautifully written book, Jody Berger offers an empowering look at the importance of finding the strength and confidence to take charge of your health."—Mary Shomon, New York Times bestselling author and patient advocate

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    • Publisher's Weekly

      August 25, 2014
      After intermittent tingling in her hands and feet, Berger, a 43-year-old sports journalist, sees a neurologist who orders an MRI; from the lesions detected on her spine he swiftly diagnoses multiple sclerosis. Terrified by the ambiguity of the disease and unwilling to follow a prescription for steroids, Berger begins an odyssey through the health care system, visiting health professionals from various medical persuasions who diagnose according to their specialty, from heavy metal toxicity to depression. As she travels from doctor to doctor (occasionally paying out-of-pocket for tests that aren't covered by insurance), Berger also delves into her personal life: her uneasy relationship with her mother, a childhood in which she felt disrespected, a divorce, and a shaky romance with a man she met three weeks after her marriage ended. As a journalist, Berger creates her own "assignment," relentlessly "touring the American medical landscape" in a yearlong struggle to arrive at an accurate diagnosis. The author's experience reveals that it pays to be armed with knowledge, fortitude, andâperhaps most importantlyâtenacity, when entering the health care system. Readers will breathe a sigh of relief when Berger finds a team (an osteopath and Ayurvedic physician) that unravels the mystery. Her story is told with just the right portions of introspection and useful information.

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