| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
258 pages ; 22 cm |
| Summary |
"When a cancer nurse becomes a cancer patient, she has to confront the most critical, terrified, sometimes furious patient she's ever encountered: herself. A frank look at struggling with illness while navigating the health care maze."-- Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-258). |
| Contents |
Who am I?. Day one ; Rage ; Bob & Wendy ; First you cry ; Storytelling ; An ideal patient ; What we talk about when we talk about amputation ; My radiologist ; Reason not the need ; Revelations ; I lost you -- Nurse Brown, MIA. Balance ; Bedside manner ; Not on the list ; Theresa in cancerland, part I ; Theresa in cancerland, part II ; Nature/nurture ; Chemo: yes or no ; RadOnc ; Slow burn ; Pickles ; A friend in need ; Spatchcock -- Out of the frying pan. Tam ; Tam, continued ; Tam, conclusion ; On the side ; Figures of speech -- The long haul. Pronouncememt ; Survivor ; A body in motion ; Just a few breast cancer patients sitting around talking ; Back to work ; Turtles ; One-year mammogram ; Moving ; Sue Larson ; Two afternoons in hospice ; The new road ; Epilogue. |
| Subject |
Brown, Theresa -- Health.
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Breast -- Cancer -- Patients -- Biography.
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Women nurses -- Biography.
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Brown, Theresa. (OCoLC)fst01777858
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Breast -- Cancer -- Patients.
(OCoLC)fst00838293
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Health. (OCoLC)fst00952743
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Women nurses. (OCoLC)fst01938537
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| Genre/Form |
Autobiography (DNLM)D020493
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Autobiographies.
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| ISBN |
9781643750699 (hardcover) |
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1643750690 (hardcover) |
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