Damn The Statistics, I Have a Life to Live!: Coping with a Brain Tumor My Personal Story - Softcover

Wolf, Harry

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1410786226 ISBN 13: 9781410786227

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2003

Synopsis

June 3, 2002 was the day that changed my life forever.  A 43-year-old father of three, whom in oneday went from being a successful senior manager to a man with a braintumor.  I have a glioblastoma multiformegrade IV brain tumor, the most deadly and aggressive type of brain tumor.  This book covers how I have dealt with lifeafter being informed that I have a tumor that only 1-2% survive for 2years.  I share the experiences, thoughts,and events from my first year as a survivor. When I was first diagnosed, I searched for a book that covered thedetails of what could be expected on both a medical and personal level.  I could not find, so I wrote one.  I maintained a detailed journal.  I cover the first surgery, an awakecraniotomy, and the subsequent head infection that led to a second craniotomyand a near kidney failure.  I also covermy first year of treatments.  Inaddition, I discuss my struggles with relearning to speak and read.  Some personal and medical photos areincluded.

About this title

About the Author:

H. Charles Wolf is a husband, father, grandfather, formernuclear facility manager, and a brain tumor victim.  He has worked in America's most dangerous facility, as dubbed byPeter Jennings.  He has been on thefront page of the Wall Street Journal. His education includes a chemical engineering degree from the Ohio StateUniversity and an MBA from the University of South Carolina.  He continues to struggle with the aphasiacaused by the tumor surgery.  Writingthis book was great therapy.

About this edition

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1410786226
• ISBN 13: 9781410786227
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 108