Описание: Breast cancer affects one in eight women, and the reality is this: It sucks.
Tali Lando Aronoff, a pediatric ENT surgeon, recalls how she felt when she was diagnosed and gives the recently diagnosedand their family and friendsan idea of what to expect as she shares how she battled and survived the disease.
After a rocky start in her 20s, life was shaping up nicely in her 30s: Shed joined a superb medical practice, just given birth to her third daughter, and was enjoying a wonderful marriage.
She was starting to think she could have it all.
But after feeling a lump in her breast, she was given a mammogram and was offered an immediate biopsy. In short order, she learned she had invasive cancer.
Within a week, she had completed a breast MRI, a whole-body PET scan, a brain MRI, and genetic testing. She then scheduled her surgery, knowing that the tumor had already spread to at least one of her lymph nodes.
Join the author as she shares a poignant, hilariously funny, and uplifting account of her journey To Hell and Back.
Health care providers can learn a lot from reading this It is so important to understand the full impact of this illness on the patients we care for. Dr. Lando Aronoff is a surgeon and outstanding writer.
Carolyn Wasserheit, M.D., oncologist
