Thursday, June 2, 2016

Love Sick - Cory Martin

I chose this book because I know two people who suffer from MS. One of them is this amazing man who is Italian/American and has been battling this disease for some time. His name is Tony Lonero and he is committed to conquering the disease. He is a bicycle rider who is encouraging others to "Non Mollare (never give up) Ride to Finish".  Even when his test results can be discouraging, he goes out and rides hundreds and thousands of kilometers to overcome the life sentence that the diagnosis of MS holds. I met another person, a young woman, when I was in the hospital who is going through the never ending process of testing and guessing what her status is. She is married and has a young son. She is a positive person and is trying hard to learn as much as she can to help herself continue to live for herself and her family.

As I read Cory's story, I could only imagine the emotions she was experiencing and the frustration of not knowing the full extent of her physical condition. The disease becomes the center of your whole world. It also affects how others look at you and act around you. Cory makes it real in this book. It isn't pretty. It isn't glossed over. If you want to learn more about how MS affects someone like you and me, this is definitely the book for you to read. She is still a young woman so the full effect on how her life will turn out is yet to be seen. One can only hope for research to be successful in finding medications to lessen the effects of MS.

I think it's important that we read more about these diseases and the way they affect people's lives so that we can be more understanding when we have friends affected in this way.

I received the ARC of this book through NetGalley. It is not available for purchase on Amazon.com.

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