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Life in the Balance: A Physician's Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia
by Thomas Graboys

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At the age of 49, Dr. Thomas Graboys had reached the pinnacle of his career and was leading a charmed life. A nationally renowned Boston cardiologist popular for his attention to the hearts and souls of his patients, Graboys was part of “The Cardiology Dream Team” summoned to treat Boston Celtics star Reggie Lewis after he collapsed on the court in 1993.  He had a beautiful wife, two wonderful daughters, positions on both the faculty of Harvard Medical School and the staff of Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital, and a thriving private practice.

Today, Grayboys is battling a particularly aggressive form of Parkinson’s disease and progressive dementia, and can no longer see patients or give rounds.  He is stooped, and shuffles when he walks, the gait of a man much older than his 63 years. Despite the physical, mental and emotional toll he battles daily, Graboys continues his life-long mission of caring for the world one human being at a time by telling his story so that others may find comfort, inspiration, or validation in their own struggles.

This is an unflinching memoir of a devastating illness as only a consummate physician could write it. One can’t help but imagine what Dr. Graboys, the healer, would say to Tom Graboys, the patient—a face-to-face scene imagined in this inspiring book.  In his joint roles, Thomas Graboys finds a way to convey hope, optimism and an appreciation of what it means to be truly alive.

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jojofichtner, March 27, 2008 (view all comments by jojofichtner)
Twenty years ago, my husband was a patient of the Cardiovascular group at the Lown Institute, Dr. Graboy was one of the Doctors. After my husband had his heart attack he developed Parkinsoniam Syndrome and the dementia disease Lewy Bodies. I have read the synopsis of Dr. Graboy's book and look forward to reading it. I also wrote a memoir about my husband, recently published called "Have The Last Dance With Me". I wrote this book as seen through my eyes as his caregiver for seven years, and how Lewy Bodys progressed. Everything he writes in the synopsis is exactly how the disease progresses, it is a devastating disease.
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Product Details

ISBN:
9781402753411
Subtitle:
A Physician's Memoir of Life, Love, and Loss with Parkinson's Disease and Dementia
Author:
Graboys, Thomas
With:
Zheutlin, Peter
Author:
Zheutlin, Peter
Publisher:
Union Square Press
Subject:
BIO026000
Subject:
Personal Memoirs
Subject:
Parkinsonism
Subject:
Dementia
Publication Date:
20080401
Binding:
HC
Language:
English
Pages:
224
Dimensions:
8.16x5.90x.94 in. .85 lbs.
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