A Salamander's Tale: My Story of Regeneration?Surviving 30 Years with Prostate Cancer - Couverture rigide

Steinberg, Paul

 
9781632205698: A Salamander's Tale: My Story of Regeneration?Surviving 30 Years with Prostate Cancer
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ISBN 10 : 1632205696 ISBN 13 : 9781632205698
Editeur : Skyhorse, 2015

Synopsis

Staring in the face of prostate cancer at age thirty-five and metastatic disease and proposed surgical castration at age forty, Paul Steinberg was forced to take two simultaneous journeys. The first was to transition from doctor to patient and surrender his physical health to a medical establishment he knew from firsthand knowledge would be using approaches that would be outdated within a few years. The second was a spiritual journey. His search for a higher meaning in his life sent him as far as walking over hot coals with Tony Robbins.

Using the salamander as his role model, Steinberg, a college-health and sports psychiatrist, takes a look at the evolution of the regenerative capabilities of cold-blooded vertebrates like the salamander and at what we as humans have lost and gained in our warm-bloodedness. How do human beings regenerate? How do we redeem ourselves when our capacity for regeneration is limited? How did the prostate evolve, and how does prostate cancer develop?

With wit and humor, Steinberg tackles lust and sex, and ultimately time and death and the gods. Having lived longer than virtually anyone else with metastatic prostate cancer, he uses his knowledge as a doctor and experience as a patient to provide a story of endurance and perseverance, weaving a tale of grace, regeneration, and redemption—just not the kind of regeneration and redemption that he or anyone else would expect.

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À propos de l'auteur

Paul Steinberg, MD, has survived metastatic prostate cancer possibly longer than any other man in history. He is a frequent contributor to the New York Times and Washington Post. He practices in Washington, DC, where he lives with his wife, Helen.

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Éditeur
Skyhorse
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1632205696
ISBN 13 
9781632205698
Reliure
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Nombre de pages
224
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