Review: Some books stay with you long after you finish reading!
Rating: 5 out of 5
Date: 03 16, 2014
This is one of them.  I read this book almost a year ago and I have thought  many times since about the author and her family and wondered how they are doing.  As an American I was struck by the different approach to medical care. American doctors (for better or worse) are "test happy" and a patient with severe abdominal pain would certainly have an MRI ordered immediately. Hospice care here (what the Brits call McMillan Nurses) doesn't help with "white goods" (what we call appliances.)Regardless of where you live a diagnosis of colon cancer is devastating, especially for a young person still very much involved in raising a family.  The author's tough, cheerful response to her terrifying situation is reminiscent of the attitude that made English civilians heroes during the WWII bombing of Britain.  This is one of the best written cancer survivor books I have read and one of the most memorable.  I hope that Mrs. Smith will keep us up-dated on her progress.