Life In The Balance. A Physician's Memoir Of Life, Love, And Loss With Parkinson's Disease And Dementia

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: As New
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Co Inc
Publisher Place: New York
Publisher Year: 2008
Edition: First Edition

Description: 201 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: At the age of 49, Dr. Thomas Graboys had reached the pinnacle of his career and was leading a charmed life. A nationally renowned Boston cardiologist popular for his attention to the hearts and souls of his patients, Graboys was part of “The Cardiology Dream Team� summoned to treat Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis after he collapsed on the court in 1993. He had a beautiful wife, two wonderful daughters, positions on both the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the staff of Bostons Brigham and Womens Hospital, and a thriving private practice.Today, Grayboys is battling a particularly aggressive form of Parkinsons disease and progressive dementia, and can no longer see patients or give rounds. He is stooped, and shuffles when he walks, the gait of a man much older than his 63 years. Despite the physical, mental and emotional toll he battles daily, Graboys continues his life-long mission of caring for the world one human being at a time by telling his story so that others may find comfort, inspiration, or validation in their own struggles.This is an unflinching memoir of a devastating illness as only a consummate physician could write it. One cant help but imagine what Dr. Graboys, the healer, would say to Tom Graboys, the patient—a face-to-face scene imagined in this inspiring book. In his joint roles, Thomas Graboys finds a way to convey hope, optimism and an appreciation of what it means to be truly alive.

ISBN: 9781402753411