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Memoir Of A Debulked Woman: Enduring Ovarian Cancer (2012)

by Susan Gubar(Favorite Author)

3.68 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0393073254 (ISBN13: 9780393073256)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

W. W. Norton & Company

review 1: This book is fantastic: Brave, bold, honest. The book makes a compelling case for the reason ovarian cancer is ignored (ie: discomfort with female reproductive issues). It's also incredibly honest about the fact that if you get diagnosed with ovarian cancer, you will die. And you will die probably within five years. It talks a lot about the unnecessary nature of the treatments -- and how harmful they are. I wish this book had been written before my stepmom was diagnosed with ovarian cancer, but I'm glad it exists now that my mom's been diagnosed. Great book.
review 2: An unflinching account of ovarian cancer and its treatments. Every woman should read this book. Yes, it's more difficult reading than your typical medical memoir, but it's worth the effort. You... more'll get a no-holds-barred account of what "debulking" entails--something your physicians probably won't explain before you undergo the operation, because you probably would not consent to it, if you knew what it entails, and if you knew the complications that you may experience afterwards. The side effects of chemotherapy are also described, as are the horrifying complications from other medical procedures, such as having two holes bored through your buttock with hoses threaded through, and which remain there for weeks. Every procedure and medication has its unintended consequences, some of which the patient may not survive. We owe it to ourselves to know what we're getting into, before we consent to medical treatments that are supposed to prolong our lives, but which may shorten them and which also may ruin the quality of our remaining days. less

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