One Hundred Days: My Unexpected Journey from Doctor to Patient [Paperback]

It is a situation we all fear and none of us can imagine: a life-threatening diagnosis. But what if the person receiving the diagnosis--young, physically fit, poised for a bright future--is himself a doctor?

At thirty-one David biro has just completed his residency and joined his father's successful dermatology practice. Struck with a rare blood disease that eventually necessitates a bone marrow transplant, Biro relates with honesty and courage the story of his most transforming journey. He is forthright about the advantages that his status as a physician may have afforded him; and yet no such advantage can protect him from the anxiety and doubt brought on by his debilitating therapies. The pressures that Biro's wild "one hundred days" brings to bear on his heretofore well-established identity as a caregiver are enormous--as is the power of this riveting story of survival. [A] vivid memoir…lucid and gentle. It is the story of a doctor with the heart of a poet. –The New York Times Book Review

Extraordinary. Fate gave serious pause to the young physician who wrote this powerfully affecting and instructive book -- and, too, in a sense, fate gave us what happened: a writer's thoughtful and stirring response to an experience that nurtured his expressive life even as it seriously threatened his future. Surely every medical student will want to make this book's acquaintance -- and so, too, the rest of us mortals. –Robert Coles, author of The Spiritual Life of Children

A splendidly written, thoughtful, and honest medical adventure story. As an exploration of what uncertainty in medicine means to patients and doctors, there is nothing better.
–David J. Rothman, author of Strangers at the Bedside

Lean, taut, suspenseful...One Hundred Days is a searing portrlST