The moving story of a prominent neurologist who faced the terminal illness of her husband, a doctor.
In 2011, Dr Lisa Shulman's husband, Dr William Weiner, was diagnosed with cancer. He died seventeen months later.
They were both neurologists. Suddenly they went from being doctors to being patients.
The neurologist is an expert in brain science, but it turns out that no one is well prepared for the next steps in the fight against a fatal disease.
This book is a moving record of the reflections of both doctors. Dr Shulman's memories are interwoven with those of her husband, Bill.
We accompany them from the moment of diagnosis, through the various stages of their fight against the disease, until they come to terms with their situation.
So far they have both saved their patients, now they have to save themselves.
A moving book about love and medicine. About the workings of the brain in extreme circumstances. About the heroic struggle for family, dignity and hope.