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The patient from hell : how I worked with my doctors to get the best of modern medicine and how you can too / Stephen H. Schneider, with Janica Lane.

by Schneider, Stephen Henry.

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Cambridge, MA : Da Capo Books, 2005.

Schneider, Stephen Henry -- Health.

Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.

Cancer -- Patients -- Medical care.

Patient advocacy.

Electronic Resource

http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0517/2005022691.html

xx, 300 p. ; 24 cm.

1st Da Capo Press ed.

"But doctor, it takes three tests to find the bottom" -- This better not be serious-I've got a plane to catch -- Whew! the tests are negative, and I've got a plane to catch -- Taking my lumps: biopsy blues -- "Once per lethal disease": coping with chemo -- "How can you know I'm in remission?" -- What's so special about fifty-five? -- Graduation to the bone marrow unit -- "Zap it to me": staring into a Hiroshima-dose of radiation -- Hospital arrest -- My re-birthday -- How much risk is too much? -- Can't I stay another day? -- Darth Vader in pink -- A delicate balance -- Size matters -- In cancer, perfect is important -- "I think your kidneys did you a favor" -- A successful partnership -- You and your docs: allies, not adversaries.

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