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Book I recommended several years back - help?

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9 years 6 months ago #53768 by eklein
Book I recommended several years back - help? was created by eklein
Hi ITP team!
Several years back I strongly recommended a book about a doctor who is himself diagnosed with a complicated cancer and learns about how to advocate his way through the medical system. I need this book for a friend now but don't remember the name. Can anyone help?
Thanks, Erica
And she was!
Diagnosed May 2005, lowest count 8K.
4/22/08: 43K (2nd Rituxan)
10/01/09: 246K, 1/8/10: 111K, 5/21/10: 233K
Latest count: 7/27/2015: 194K
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9 years 6 months ago #53769 by eklein
Replied by eklein on topic Book I recommended several years back - help?
Ha thank you goodreads.com it's The Patient From Hell. Great stuff. How's everybody doing?
Erica
And she was!
Diagnosed May 2005, lowest count 8K.
4/22/08: 43K (2nd Rituxan)
10/01/09: 246K, 1/8/10: 111K, 5/21/10: 233K
Latest count: 7/27/2015: 194K
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9 years 6 months ago #53770 by Sandi
Replied by Sandi on topic Book I recommended several years back - help?
Hey there, Erica! Miss you around here!

I'm glad you found your answer. I remember when you spoke about the book, but I would have never remembered the name.
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9 years 6 months ago #53790 by tamar
Replied by tamar on topic Book I recommended several years back - help?
Another good one: Jerome Groopman: How Doctors Think.

The author is a doctor who became a patient, and then decided to write this book to help other patients advocate for themselves.
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