The Patient from Hell How I Worked with My Doctors to Get the Best of Modern Medicine and How You Can Too

by Schneider, Stephen H.; Lane, Janica

• ISBN13: 9780738210254
• ISBN10: 0738210250
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-09-26
• Publisher: Da Capo Lifelong Books

Summary

Threatened with a rare and life-threatening cancer, a scientist works with his doctors to make decisions in the face of uncertainty

Author Biography

Stephen H. Schneider, Ph.D., is Professor of Biological Science at Stanford University, a MacArthur Prize Fellowship winner, and author of major works on climate change and the environment. He has written for and his works have been covered by the New York Times, the Washington Post, and London Times.

Table of Contents

Preface: I'm Just a Patient---Doesn't the Doctor Know Best?	ix
``But Doctor, It Takes Three Tests to Find the Bottom''	1	(13)
This Better Not Be Serious---I've Got a Plane to Catch	14	(19)
Whew! The Tests Are Negative, and I've Got a Plane to Catch	33	(9)
Taking My Lumps: Biopsy Blues	42	(25)
``Once per Lethal Disease'': Coping with Chemo	67	(18)
``How Can You Know I'm in Remission?''	85	(24)
What's So Special About Fifty-Five?	109	(14)
Graduation to the Bone Marrow Unit	123	(16)
Zap It to Me: Staring into a Hiroshima-Dose of Radiation	139	(15)
Hospital Arrest	154	(17)
My Re-Birthday	171	(7)
How Much Risk Is Too Much?	178	(6)
Can't I Stay Another Day?	184	(11)
Darth Vader in Pink	195	(10)
A Delicate Balance	205	(8)
Size Matters	213	(8)
``In Cancer, Perfect Is Important''	221	(10)
``I Think Your Kidneys Did You a Favor''	231	(18)
A Successful Partnership	249	(8)
You and Your Docs: Allies, Not Adversaries	257	(10)
Afterword: A Caregiver's Journey	267	(10)
Notes	277	(8)
A Guide to Web References	285	(4)
Acknowledgments	289	(2)
Index	291	(9)
About the Authors	300