This
is a bit of a fib, because I do feel some shame. Nonetheless the Kindle edition of Chief
Complaint, Brain Tumor has just been
released by Sunstone Press: http://www.amazon.com/Chief-Complaint-Brain-Tumor-ebook/dp/B00F8OEHAM/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1379513677&sr=8-1&keywords=kindle+chief+complaint+brain+tumor
Here’s
the highly promotional copy from my Amazon.com website:
“At
57 years old, John Kerastas thought he was the poster child for fifty-year old
healthiness: he competed in triathlons, rode in 100 mile biking events and ate
a healthy diet chock full of organic vegetables. Then he discovered that he had
a brain tumor the size of his wife's fist.
His
memoir chronicles the first year he spent addressing tumor-related health
issues: preparing for his first operation, discovering a dangerous skull
infection, having the infected portion of his skull surgically removed, learning
about his substantial vision and cognitive losses, undergoing rehab and
radiation treatments, and learning to live with his "new normal."
According to Kerastas, the phrase "new normal" is the medical
community's code words for "You're alive, so quit bitchin’."
As
his health changed, so did his sense of humor. He writes that his humor started
out superficially light-hearted prior to the first operation; transmogrified
into gallows humor after several subsequent operations; and leveled out as
somewhat wry-ish after radiation and rehab. This is a surprisingly upbeat and
inspiring book for anybody interested in memoirs about people dealing with
personal crises, for patients trudging through rehab, for caretakers helping
victims of serious illnesses, or for anybody looking for an unexpected chuckle
from an unlikely subject. “
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