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I just finished your book "Malignant" and, as a former cancer patient, found it enlightening and informative. But it didn't move me as much as this short essay did. I wanted to cry. Not just bc of the "end of the story" or that you and your nurse truly CARED about this woman , but because I believe this story is an outlier. (by far) Whil…
I just finished your book "Malignant" and, as a former cancer patient, found it enlightening and informative. But it didn't move me as much as this short essay did. I wanted to cry. Not just bc of the "end of the story" or that you and your nurse truly CARED about this woman , but because I believe this story is an outlier. (by far) While I was cured of my easy to cure cancer and for that, I am grateful , I felt the whole way through that I was just cattle. From the doctors who talked about a mastectomy like it was no big deal (I declined) to the hospital that employed a barely out of teens intern who understood nothing to check me in for surgery, instructing me to undress, use a wipe on my torso (that caused an awful rash) and put on a ridiculous gown for my 5'1" 105 pound body, and a lot of other complaints, very few in this industry care about the patient. Humans are a selfish lot and doctors are no exception. Dr. Prasad, you are the rare exception. It doesn't have to be this way but the incentives make it so.