One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey From Doctor To Patient
A doctor's extraordinary account -- both harrowing and inspiring -- of his battle with a life-threatening illness. At thirty-one, David Biro had everything going for him when he...
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A doctor's extraordinary account -- both harrowing and inspiring -- of his battle with a life-threatening illness. At thirty-one, David Biro had everything going for him when he was diagnosed with a rare blood disease. As he charts his journey from doctor to patient, from professor of dermatology to high-interest medical oddity, Biro renders accessible and unforgettable one of the most medically advanced and seemingly miraculous procedures in modern medicine: a bone marrow transplant. And in writing about his own fears and confusions, setbacks and triumphs, he taps into the hope and anxiety we all experience when confronted with a medical world that seems to grow both more technologically sophisticated and less compassionate with each day. In the tradition of Oliver Sacks's classic A Leg to Stand On, One Hundred Days is a searing but ultimately optimistic meditation on illness, medicine, family, and fate.