{"product_id":"b0bpthtbh4","title":"Up The Down Escalator: Medicine, Motherhood, and Multiple Sclerosis","description":"\u003cp\u003eA memoir of triumph in the face of a terrifying diagnosis, Up the Down Escalator recounts Dr. Lisa Doggett's startling shift from doctor to patient, as she learns to live with multiple sclerosis while running a clinic for uninsured patients in central Austin....\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFacing the prospect of a career-ending disability as she adjusts to life with multiple sclerosis, Dr. Lisa Doggett is forced to deal with a new level of uncertainty and vulnerability, and the everyday fear that something new will go wrong. Taking off her white coat—becoming a patient herself—she confronts unimaginable fears, copes with her limitations, and sidesteps her skepticism of alternative medicine to seek help from unlikely sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMS pushes Doggett—a perfectionist at heart—to embrace self-compassion. As a patient, she learns to advocate for herself to ensure on-time medication deliveries and satisfactory treatment plans; to navigate chronic dizziness, relapses, and parenting frustrations; and to push her physical limits as a runner to go farther than ever before.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis hopeful and uplifting book will encourage those living with chronic disease, and those supporting them, to power forward with courage and grace.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ANT","offers":[{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":52797885448408,"sku":"YSL29954","price":7.79,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0835\/3356\/2072\/files\/71vM_HSzC7L._SY1500.jpg?v=1792843475","url":"https:\/\/www.bookmebay.com\/products\/b0bpthtbh4","provider":"BookMebay","version":"1.0","type":"link"}