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My Own Medicine: A Doctor's Life as a Patient

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This book is a refreshingly candid, funny, and moving account of one physician's experiences as a patient with a serious and often fatal illness. I found it difficult to put down, extremely well written, and accessible to both lay public and medical professional. Dr. Kurland's account is an important addition to the genre addressing the patient experience. It is must reading for anyone involved in patient care... and anyone who might be a patient...

Nonfiction with all the excitement of a novel. It reads easily, stays on track, holds the reader's interest and has to have wide appeal. How a physician barely survives a frightening disease and manages to achieve some lifelong dreams in the face of extreme adversity. It offers special insight to all of us as potential patients or medical providers, with some special appeal to runners and endurance athletes.

Wonderful book with a lot of insight on the doctor being the patient. Despite the seriousness of the subject (diagnosis and treatment of lymphoma), it is sprinkled with humorous anecdotes about medical sub-specialists and medical training. Gives insight into physician thinking and training that should prove enlightening to non-physicians. A well-written, wise book by a great doctor.

Our family was inspired by the stamina and ability to reach for the stars that doctor Kurland demonstrated in his book. It was quite helpful in dealing with our own personal fight against a difficult illness. I would certainly recommend this book to anyone dealing with disease and irony.As a doctor he has an aura of magnetic strength and is highly regarded in his profession. We tip our hats off to you!

I couldn't put this book down--I even read it while on the stairmaster. It is well written, thoughtful, funny and sad. Dr. Kurland is excellent at interweaving his story as a patient and his experiences as a physician into a compelling narrative. I highly recommend this book.

Dr. Kurland is An AMAZING DOCTOR as he is a WONDERFUL person!!!! He is My Sons Pulomonologist and has been for 13 years now, he saved his life and in ways...MINE!!! I didnt know why my son was having such difficulty breathing, other doctors were NOT listening to me, HE DID!!! In this book, he sees how it is to be on both sides of the bed and his personality is the same in person at all times...always joking around and making the kids laugh and smile with jokes, however, at the same time, being very thorough with exams, wants to know everything that is going on and makes sure that whatever meds, tests or x-rays needs done GETS DONE NO MATTER WHAT INSURANCE SAYS!!! THIS MAN IS BEYOND AMAZING!!!

I bought this book 'My Own Medicine' for a class and Im happy to say that, it is a really goood book to read.A doctor talking about his ordeals as a patient and what he goes through. The booked was shipped as expected even though I would have loved it if it came earlier, i guess i should have opted for expedited shipping. The book almost looked like it was never used.It was good doing transaction with u

Highly recommeded reading, well written. A doctor's perspective when faced himself with a potentially lethal diagnosis. Geoffrey Kurland takes you along for this trip with humor and a high dose of reality. His story helps the reader put things in perspective.