I Think I'm Ready to Talk

About this book

"A moving and courageous memoir that offers an honest look at life before, during, and after a ruptured brain aneurysm." -Brain Aneurysm FoundationAt twenty-seven years old, Erin Dohan's life was suddenly split in two: life before the ruptured brain aneurysm and life after. I Think I'm Ready to Talk is the harrowing, yet unexpectedly hopeful, memoir of a young woman who survived when the odds were very much against her. What followed were years of fighting through one medical event after another: miscarriages, an emergency abortion, a complicated pregnancy, painful postpartum, and ultimately the loss of both ovaries. Erin spent those years slowly navigating the medical system, which often dismisses women's pain. With unflinching honesty and moments of dark humor, Erin explores what it means to rebuild a life while fighting against her body-and the constant pain-in a world that expects women to quietly endure and quickly bounce back. This is not just a story of survival. This is a story about reclaiming one's voice, one's control, and the courage to finally talk when so many others suffer in silence.