Stopped in My Tracks
A Physician’s Collection of Cancer Patients’ Quotes
A life-threatening diagnosis. Impossible choices. Patients coping with life, death and cancer treatments.
Christina Gomez, MD, a gastrointestinal medical oncologist, welcomes you into her exam room: the intimate place of encounter between patient and physician. In Stopped in My Tracks, she shares fifteen years of collected quotes from patients in the trenches of their cancer care. Their words are the art of medicine embodied. Far from a litany of symptoms, these patients’ words evoke the full spectrum of experience and emotion.
Dr. Gomez sensitively captures her patients’ voices in this poignant collection, which makes a perfect gift for anyone in your life touched by cancer. Pull up a chair and prepare to be stopped in your tracks.
PRAISE FOR STOPPED IN MY TRACKS
Christy Gomez, MD’s book Stopped in My Tracks shares diverse responses of her patients to illness as perceived through the eyes of a physician. The patient quotes are touching and a testament to the resiliency of those confronting cancer and other chronic illnesses. An inspiring read for those who have or know of someone with cancer or chronic illness.
Moving, inspiring, emotional, caring, nurturing, and very real….
You are our own “Patch Adams.”
Many quotes touched my heart, some made me laugh, some brought tears to my eyes, and all made me think how important it is to listen to our patients! A magnificent and sensitive collection of quotations!
This is an Easter book.