Bibliograph

Chasing my cure, a doctor's race to turn hope into action : a memoir, David Fajgenbaum

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Chasing my cure, a doctor's race to turn hope into action : a memoir, David Fajgenbaum

Language

eng

resource.biographical

autobiography

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illustrationsplates

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Chasing my cure

Oclc number

1090283676

Responsibility statement

David Fajgenbaum

Sub title

a doctor's race to turn hope into action : a memoir

Summary

The inspiring memoir of a young doctor and former college athlete who became a champion for people suffering from rare, under-researched diseases--all while battling his own. A former Georgetown quarterback nicknamed "The Beast," David Fajgenbaum was also a force in medical school, where he was known for his unmatched mental stamina. But things changed dramatically when he began suffering from inexplicable fatigue. In a matter of weeks, his organs were failing and he was read his last rites. Doctors were baffled over a condition they had yet to even diagnose. Miraculously, Fajgenbaum survived, but only to endure repeated near-death relapses from what would eventually be identified as a form of Castleman disease--an extremely deadly and rare condition that acts like a cross between cancer and an autoimmune disease. When he relapsed on the only drug in development and realized that the medical community was unlikely to make progress in time to save his life, Fajgenbaum turned his desperate hope for a cure into concrete action: between hospitalizations he studied his own charts and tested his own blood samples, looking for clues that could unlock a new treatment

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