Inside the Turbulent Journey of Rachel Weaver: The Untold Story Behind Dizzy
Interviewed by J. Michael Lennon
Midway through Dizzy: A Memoir (West Virginia University Press; 2025), an alternately excruciating and lyrical memoir of being lost for 18 years in the complexities of a hard to diagnose medical condition, Rachel Weaver runs into a fellow patient at one of the innumerable clinics where she seeks succor. The woman, who has also run the gamut of diagnoses and treatments, passes on her conclusions about the medical system: “Doctors are like ants. They all do the same thing, but they don’t talk to each other.” But this is not always the case, as Weaver learned..
