Paul Kalanithi….. When breath becomes air….
All doctors who have not yet read this just drop everything and read this stat…..All others also do the same….
This is a beautiful and sad book about the trials of a promising neurosurgeon whose life was cut short and young when he was diagnosed with lung cancer….. No spoilers here people, he doesn’t survive but his trials from being a medical student to a promising surgeon to someone who cannot even lift his head has been depicted with such simplicity and truth….
Every page was filled with struggle both the authors and even the reader since turning every page was filled with sadness and despair…..
Reading this I understood what’s the true meaning of a patient. When we tell them to remove all clothes and wear the hospital dress….It’s a metaphor of removing all your ego and doubt and leave only the true nakedness covered by a skimpy dress……
Even the best of the doctors or anyone else else for that matter can get the big C and that can topple your equations and planning…… Remember that when you spend running behind that buck and leaving your near and dear alone…..We fail to see that monster called time which would be slowly chasing you and catching you unawares…….
Reminded me of a joke… This is the best place to mention that believe me…
Most of the conferences we see cardiologists and other diet concious doctors eating healthy food but we see many oncologists devouring all those junk food full of fat!…
One someone asked this to the oncologist to which he replied with a twinkle” son, it’s better to die of a cardiac disease!”….
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