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A lighthearted introspective view of one man's journey with chronic pain and illness. Ryan was a normal guy in his early 20s, who loved to play and watch sports, workout, hang out with friends, and was on the cusp of finishing his criminal justice degree and launching his career into the field. However, all this changed when symptoms started to appear out of nowhere, eventually becoming more and more debilitating over time. Ryan was left a shell of his former self, struggling to even make it through the simplest of everyday tasks, all the while appearing normal on the outside to everyone else. Ryan details the struggle of being taken seriously, and the journey he went through to find answers, as well as relief. Broken into 4 sections, Ryan first breaks down his journey to the present day, acknowledging certain practitioners who helped him, and what it is they do. Ryan recounts the many specialists over the years, the many diagnosis and misdiagnosis, and everything that he went through, culminating in a recent diagnosis that may finally be the answer to a lot of his symptoms. In the second section, Ryan admits that he was not prepared to deal with chronic pain and illness mentally, and how this affected him overtime. Ryan learned that he had to take his mental health more seriously if he was going to not just survive, but thrive, given his circumstances. Ryan details the many mental strategies and coping mechanisms that he learned and used to help him. In an eye opening third section, Ryan got those closest to him, to write about their experiences in loving someone with chronic issues, and just what it is that they went through with him on his journey. We rarely hear about how chronic illness affects those closest to the sufferer, but we learn in painstaking detail, how they suffered along with him. Ryan ends the book with a question and answer segment, tying up loose ends, answering questions people have asked him over the years in great detail. All in all it is an inspiring look into a world few of us will ever know, let alone understand. With a great sense of humor throughout, Ryan is able to capture what this is like, and bring awareness to the struggle that many of those with chronic illness go through.
