| Author: | Alan Johns | ISBN: | 9781936909018 |
| Publisher: | Live Oak | Publication: | April 14, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Live Oak | Language: | English |
| Author: | Alan Johns |
| ISBN: | 9781936909018 |
| Publisher: | Live Oak |
| Publication: | April 14, 2011 |
| Imprint: | Live Oak |
| Language: | English |
The Lump recounts my choice to become a doctor, the experiences that molded my surgical career and the startling discovery in 1998 that led to my own mastectomy, chemotherapy, mammograms, and hot flashes. Not unusual for a woman, but very much so for a gynecologist.My story is told with humor and honesty from my very unique perspective as a male, a gynecologist, and a breast cancer patient. As a male physician saddled with a distinctly female disease, my experience was as unique and humorous as it was challenging, forcing me to reexamine my profession from my patients perspective.
The Lump recounts my choice to become a doctor, the experiences that molded my surgical career and the startling discovery in 1998 that led to my own mastectomy, chemotherapy, mammograms, and hot flashes. Not unusual for a woman, but very much so for a gynecologist.My story is told with humor and honesty from my very unique perspective as a male, a gynecologist, and a breast cancer patient. As a male physician saddled with a distinctly female disease, my experience was as unique and humorous as it was challenging, forcing me to reexamine my profession from my patients perspective.
