Unknown Illness: The Maya Rose Project

After his diagnosis, he sinks into a deep low of uncertainty. Michael J Fox also found strength, purpose, and a successful life from advocacy (Fox, 2002). After reading the narrative, interviewing a person, and researching the subject, two main themes emerged. The first relates largely to finding a sense of purpose. Giving purpose to the diagnosis along with their life gives the person a reason to wake up and keep living. In addition, the theme of engaging in advocacy became apparent through both narratives. The emergence of similar themes from two stories of drastically different people, struggling with different diagnoses represents the true power of these

civilization raised or how the people lived? How they regulated their lands? Or what they used to eat? Etc. One of the aspects that many people are curious about is the old-world medicine, how ancient people dealt with illnesses and how they treated their patients? As for the American civilization, the most recorded advanced medicine was in the Aztec’s empire. The Aztec’s Empire was the most powerful Mesoamerican kingdom of old ages. In fact, their culture was full of creativity with a combination of methodology and religious tradition. They arrived in the Valley of Mexico in 1325C.E, and their name means Aztlan people, where they were originally from. In fact,

In the essay, “On Being a Cripple,” Nancy Mairs uses humorous diction and a positive tone to educate people about life as a cripple and struggles of people with disabilities. She does this to show how hard it is to be disabled and how it differs from the life of someone without a disability. She talks about the struggles and the fears that disabled people must deal with on a daily basis. Mairs use of rhetoric creates a strong sense of connection and understanding for the reader. Nancy Mairs is successful in using detailed imagery, diction, and tone to educate her readers about the difficulties of living with a disability.

Nancy Mairs, a feminist writer who has Multiple Sclerosis, defines the terms in which she interest the most with the world. Nancy Mairs will name herself a cripple and not be by others. She will choose a word that represents her reality for example in the beginning of her story she mentioned about her being in the bathroom trying to come up with a story about cripples. She was in the handicap bathroom and when she tried to open the door she fell, landing fully clothed on the toilet seat with her legs splayed in front of her and she said “the old beetle -on-it’s back routine.” not only does she make fun of herself, but she also has a great sense of humor. The little details she puts on her stories will make you picture it in your mind. She just doesn't want her readers to see her as a handicap person, but a person who wants the world to see her as a tough woman. One whom the fates, gods, viruses have not been kind, but who can face the brutal truth of her disabilities.

Every week I would drive one hundred miles round trip to Cincinnati Children’s Hospital. I would consult with numerous specialized doctors that I had waited months to secure an appointment with. Doctor appointments became my new normal. I was informed that I had a rare genetic disorder called Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome. This diagnosis would leave me to test my resilience and it would also make me grow up quickly to manage the new responsibilities of balancing health and school.

As an individual who developed a serious case of multiple sclerosis, Nancy Mairs begins to see herself in a different way, not as a normal person but as a “cripple”. As she opens with “I am a cripple.”. The disease ripped away her ability to walk. The disease allowed her to realize the deeper meaning of derogatory terms, such as “disabled” or “handicapped, especially the term “cripple”. The disease redrew her personal sketch, becoming something though physically lacking, yet resilient beyond comparison. By combining rhetorical strategies with rhetorical appeals, Mairs presents herself in a way that invokes an emotional response from the reader.

“Alzheimer’s” by Kelly Cherry was published in 1997 during a time of personal struggle for Cherry and her dad. This short, free verse poem consists of twenty nine perplexing lines. The poet’s nontraditional placement of line breaks cause some ideas to fall off in mid-sentence, while others never complete the thought. This creates enjambments which mimic the disease’s confusing nature. The speaker of this poem is the author, who is also the daughter of whom she writes about. Ideally, the writer narrates the poem in order to genuinely explain the turmoil loved ones face on a daily basis while dealing with this disease. The beginning of the poem creatively uses a simile to introduce us to “a crazy old man back

The appearance is not important for our lives. Most people would say that yes. Appearance is important, but it’s not everything to know who they really are. Lucy Grealy in, Autobiography of a Face, has cancer on her face, and she has to remove the part of her face. That ruins her childhood. In her college years, she learns the way how she looks is not the only thing to her life. Nancy Mairs in, On Being a Cripple, suffer from a disability, and has uncomfortable movements. Although Grealy and Mairs suffer from their illness, at the end, the way how Grealy and Mairs look is not everything to them. No matter how people view their illness that cause their appearance doesn’t change who they are.

Have you ever pulled a muscle or broken a bone? Were you on crutches? Were you not able to walk at all? Imagine feeling like that every single day of your life. Living with cerebral palsy, a disease that limits your body movements, is like that everyday. Rick Reilly, columnist for Sports Illustrated, writes about a teenage boy, Ben, who suffers from cerebral palsy in the article “Worth the Wait.” In the text, Reilly explains the events Ben overcame during cross country races he competed in for his local high school, Hanna High. It’s hard to imagine running with a disease that seizes up your body, leaving it hard to walk, let alone run. Ben achieved his goal of finishing every single race he was a part of by trying his best every minute of every

“ The greater the obstacle, the more glory in overcoming it.” This quote is by Moliere and it is one of Abigail Fernihough’s favorite quotes. Fernihough is 15 years old; she is on the high school volleyball team. In her free time, she enjoys reading and participating in art. Abigail Fernihough is a freshman at Bryan High School who has diabetes and has a very important story to tell. Diabetes is a disease that 29.1 million people have to live with; so what is it?

Having a Mother with Multiple Sclerosis and a brother with Lyme disease isn’t the easiest, but being with them has changed my perspective on life. They are the ones who shaped me into the person that I am today.

Hope is one of the may things that leads people to having one of the best lives they can ever imagine.Out of all the things you can do to make your life better, hoping is one of the best ways. When Ben Carson had hope, that helped him through school, college, and his job at John Hopkins Hospital. That also means if I have hope like Ben Carson I can succeed in many things. Even society can have hope like Ben Carson, and do many great things in their lives.

A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius is a memoir by Dave Eggers released in 2000. The memoir is about two parents that are really ill and died of cancer and left one of their sons to take care of the youngest sibling who is seven years old and his name is Toph. Eggers tells his story of how his life and his brother go about irresponsibly to maturity and acceptance. This memoir is indeed heartbreaking, touching but most of all amusing. Through A Heartbreaking Work Of Staggering Genius, Eggers corroborates highly descriptive scenes to enhance the reader's understanding of how his mother indisposition is being hyperbolic

Rose and the social worker need to address biological factors in her situation in order to have success in her case. The most important goal is to manage her health, more specifically her asthma. Rose’s father and social worker must work with Rose in order to make sure her asthma gets better than what it currently is. The objective would be to link the father and daughter, if needed, to physicians, transportation, insurance resources, and develop medication compliance, and help manage healthy eating habits. This will minimize the possible occurrence of fatality and emergency room occurrence due to medical complications. Despite her risk factor of medical complications, she has a great protective which is her intellectual ability, she is a smart, resilient, bright, creative, and does well overall. Combining those imperative skills and characteristics she will do great with assistance of creating a medical plan to make sure she stays healthy.

Amber lives in her smoke free home with her boyfriend and two dogs. She has been diagnosed with Vigitlio and is being treated for this condition by Dr. Harris at the University Medical Center in Worcester. Amber was told due to this condition is the reason why she suffers with neuropathy, arthritis, bursitis and fibraliga. This disease is progressive and her condition will worsen over time, which brings on muscle weakness and difficulty with coordination. Amber is self conscious of her condition which has brought on a social anxiety and depression.