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Starred Review on December 1, 2013 | Science and Technology
Palliative care nurse and social worker Jacobs often related bad news to patients and their families, but the shock of her own breast cancer diagnosis was still difficult to assimilate. In this offshoot of a blog she wrote with her husband, her path from lump discovery and diagnosis to double mastectomy and reconstruction to chemotherapy and radiation is accessibly detailed and cleverly communicated. Jacobs reveals the worst (constipation, diarrhea, and vomiting during chemo) while allowing fo...Log In or Sign Up to Read More