Lucky dog : how being a veterinarian saved my life
Dr. Sarah Boston discusses her experience with thyroid cancer and how her training as a veterinarian helped her with her own diagnosis even after doctors repeatedly tried to convince her otherwise.
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Boston, Sarah, 1973- > Health. Women veterinarians > Canada > Biography. Thyroid gland > Cancer > Patients > Biography. Medical care. |
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Autobiographies. |
- ISBN: 1770893512
- ISBN: 9781770893511
- Physical Description 298 pages
- Publisher [Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2014.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 18.95 |
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Lucky Dog : How Being a Veterinarian Saved My Life
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Lucky Dog : How Being a Veterinarian Saved My Life
Lucky Dog is a hilarious and heartwarming memoir by a renowned veterinary oncologist who tells us what we can learn about health care and ourselves from our most beloved pets. 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. From the moment she uses her husband's portable ultrasound machine to investigate her lump -- he's a vet, too -- it's clear this will not be your typical cancer memoir. She takes us on a hysterical and thought-provoking journey through the human health care system from the perspective of an animal doctor. 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. Lucky Dog teaches us to trust our instincts, be our own advocates, and laugh while we're doing it.