Lucky Dog: How Being a Veterinarian Saved My Life
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| Rating | : | 4.47 (605 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1770893512 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 288 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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From the moment she uses her husband’s portable ultrasound machine to investigate her lump he’s a vet, too it’s clear Lucky Dog is not your typical cancer memoir. She takes us on a hysterical and thought-provoking journey through the human healthcare system from the perspective of an animal doctor. What happens when a veterinary surgical oncologist (laymen’s term: cancer surgery doctor) thinks she has cancer herself? Enter Sarah Boston: a vet who suspects a suspicious growth in her neck is thyroid cancer. Lucky Dog teaches us to trust our instincts, be our own advocates, and laugh while we’re doing it.. Weaving funny and poignant stories of dogs she’s treated along the way, this is an insightful memoir about what the human medical world can learn from the way we treat our canine counterparts
Touching, Funny, Inspiring! I highly recommend Dr. Boston's book to anyone, whether you are an animal lover or cancer survivor or just a human on this planet. She cleverly and sweetly weaves her story about diagnosing her own thyroid cancer and navigating the Canadian health system with her experiences. "A Little Gem" according to Charles Slater. The author is a veterinarian/oncologist, who has extensive experience treating very ill dogs with cancer. By some cosmically unfortunate coincidence, she herself contracted a malignant cancer of the thyroid. In alternating chapters, she writes of her own experience fighting . "Awesome read!" according to Lori Kauffman. Loved this book. This is a great book, filled with love, humor and a good dose of spunk. I highly recommend it!
Lucky Dog shows how much we have to learn from the animals in our lives and from those who care for them.” Will Schwalbe, New York Times bestselling author of The End of Your Life Book Club. This veterinary oncologist’s story of looking after dogs and other animals, and looking after herself after her own cancer diagnosis, taught me volumes about illness, healthcare, and love. What a remarkable book both howlingly funny and deeply moving