From White Coat to Pink Ribbon
What happens when the doctor becomes the patient?
For years, Dr. Jyoti Sharma stood on the other side of the consultation table as a Radiation Oncologist—reading scans, explaining treatment, contouring radiation fields, and helping patients navigate the frightening language of cancer.
She knew what cancer looked like.
She knew how it was treated.
She knew what came next.
Then, one day, she read her own report.
The words that once belonged to her patients suddenly belonged to her.
A breast cancer diagnosis forced Jyoti out of the white coat she had worn for years and into a world she thought she understood. She knew the science. She knew the statistics. She knew what surgery, chemotherapy and radiation could do to a body.
But knowing the medicine did not prepare her for becoming the person lying on the treatment table.
From White Coat to Pink Ribbon is the intimate story of a radiation oncologist navigating breast cancer from the other side of medicine—from diagnosis and surgery through chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal treatment, and into the uncertain territory of life after treatment.
But this is not simply a book about cancer.
It is about identity—what remains when the doctor who has spent years caring for others must learn to accept care herself.
It is about marriage, and the quiet ways illness changes two people who have built a life together.
It is about fear—the kind that exists even when you know the statistics, understand the scans, and can explain every medical possibility.
It is about work, about returning to the hospital while still healing, and about seeing patients differently after becoming one yourself.
It is about the strange contradiction of being both doctor and patient: understanding every medical word while still being terrified by what that word means when it is attached to your own name.
And it is about what comes after treatment.
The world expects you to move forward. The appointments become less frequent. The treatment ends. People begin asking if you are “back to normal.”
But what does normal mean after cancer?
What happens to the woman beneath the white coat?
What remains when the diagnosis is no longer the only thing you are talking about—but you are no longer quite the person you were before it?
Written from inside the experience of a radiation oncologist who found herself receiving the very treatment she once prescribed, From White Coat to Pink Ribbon is a memoir of breast cancer, medicine, marriage, vulnerability, survival and the difficult, unfinished process of finding your way back to life.
Because surviving cancer is not the end of the story.
Sometimes, it is where the real story begins.
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. From White Coat to Pink RibbonWhat happens when the doctor becomes the patient?For years, Dr. Jyoti Sharma stood on the other side of the consultation table as a Radiation Oncologist-reading scans, explaining treatment, contouring radiation fields, and helping patients navigate the frightening language of cancer.She knew what cancer looked like.She knew how it was treated.She knew what came next.Then, one day, she read her own report.The words that once belonged to her patients suddenly belonged to her.A breast cancer diagnosis forced Jyoti out of the white coat she had worn for years and into a world she thought she understood. She knew the science. She knew the statistics. She knew what surgery, chemotherapy and radiation could do to a body.But knowing the medicine did not prepare her for becoming the person lying on the treatment table.From White Coat to Pink Ribbon is the intimate story of a radiation oncologist navigating breast cancer from the other side of medicine-from diagnosis and surgery through chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal treatment, and into the uncertain territory of life after treatment.But this is not simply a book about cancer.It is about identity-what remains when the doctor who has spent years caring for others must learn to accept care herself.It is about marriage, and the quiet ways illness changes two people who have built a life together.It is about fear-the kind that exists even when you know the statistics, understand the scans, and can explain every medical possibility.It is about work, about returning to the hospital while still healing, and about seeing patients differently after becoming one yourself.It is about the strange contradiction of being both doctor and patient: understanding every medical word while still being terrified by what that word means when it is attached to your own name.And it is about what comes after treatment.The world expects you to move forward. The appointments become less frequent. The treatment ends. People begin asking if you are "back to normal."But what does normal mean after cancer?What happens to the woman beneath the white coat?What remains when the diagnosis is no longer the only thing you are talking about-but you are no longer quite the person you were before it?Written from inside the experience of a radiation oncologist who found herself receiving the very treatment she once prescribed, From White Coat to Pink Ribbon is a memoir of breast cancer, medicine, marriage, vulnerability, survival and the difficult, unfinished process of finding your way back to life.Because surviving cancer is not the end of the story.Sometimes, it is where the real story begins. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798177659411
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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - From White Coat to Pink RibbonWhat happens when the doctor becomes the patient For years, Dr. Jyoti Sharma stood on the other side of the consultation table as a Radiation Oncologist-reading scans, explaining treatment, contouring radiation fields, and helping patients navigate the frightening language of cancer.She knew what cancer looked like.She knew how it was treated.She knew what came next.Then, one day, she read her own report.The words that once belonged to her patients suddenly belonged to her.A breast cancer diagnosis forced Jyoti out of the white coat she had worn for years and into a world she thought she understood. She knew the science. She knew the statistics. She knew what surgery, chemotherapy and radiation could do to a body.But knowing the medicine did not prepare her for becoming the person lying on the treatment table.From White Coat to Pink Ribbon is the intimate story of a radiation oncologist navigating breast cancer from the other side of medicine-from diagnosis and surgery through chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal treatment, and into the uncertain territory of life after treatment.But this is not simply a book about cancer.It is about identity-what remains when the doctor who has spent years caring for others must learn to accept care herself.It is about marriage, and the quiet ways illness changes two people who have built a life together.It is about fear-the kind that exists even when you know the statistics, understand the scans, and can explain every medical possibility.It is about work, about returning to the hospital while still healing, and about seeing patients differently after becoming one yourself.It is about the strange contradiction of being both doctor and patient: understanding every medical word while still being terrified by what that word means when it is attached to your own name.And it is about what comes after treatment.The world expects you to move forward. The appointments become less frequent. The treatment ends. People begin asking if you are 'back to normal.'But what does normal mean after cancer What happens to the woman beneath the white coat What remains when the diagnosis is no longer the only thing you are talking about-but you are no longer quite the person you were before it Written from inside the experience of a radiation oncologist who found herself receiving the very treatment she once prescribed, From White Coat to Pink Ribbon is a memoir of breast cancer, medicine, marriage, vulnerability, survival and the difficult, unfinished process of finding your way back to life.Because surviving cancer is not the end of the story.Sometimes, it is where the real story begins. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798177659411
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Paperback. Zustand: new. Paperback. From White Coat to Pink RibbonWhat happens when the doctor becomes the patient?For years, Dr. Jyoti Sharma stood on the other side of the consultation table as a Radiation Oncologist-reading scans, explaining treatment, contouring radiation fields, and helping patients navigate the frightening language of cancer.She knew what cancer looked like.She knew how it was treated.She knew what came next.Then, one day, she read her own report.The words that once belonged to her patients suddenly belonged to her.A breast cancer diagnosis forced Jyoti out of the white coat she had worn for years and into a world she thought she understood. She knew the science. She knew the statistics. She knew what surgery, chemotherapy and radiation could do to a body.But knowing the medicine did not prepare her for becoming the person lying on the treatment table.From White Coat to Pink Ribbon is the intimate story of a radiation oncologist navigating breast cancer from the other side of medicine-from diagnosis and surgery through chemotherapy, radiation and hormonal treatment, and into the uncertain territory of life after treatment.But this is not simply a book about cancer.It is about identity-what remains when the doctor who has spent years caring for others must learn to accept care herself.It is about marriage, and the quiet ways illness changes two people who have built a life together.It is about fear-the kind that exists even when you know the statistics, understand the scans, and can explain every medical possibility.It is about work, about returning to the hospital while still healing, and about seeing patients differently after becoming one yourself.It is about the strange contradiction of being both doctor and patient: understanding every medical word while still being terrified by what that word means when it is attached to your own name.And it is about what comes after treatment.The world expects you to move forward. The appointments become less frequent. The treatment ends. People begin asking if you are "back to normal."But what does normal mean after cancer?What happens to the woman beneath the white coat?What remains when the diagnosis is no longer the only thing you are talking about-but you are no longer quite the person you were before it?Written from inside the experience of a radiation oncologist who found herself receiving the very treatment she once prescribed, From White Coat to Pink Ribbon is a memoir of breast cancer, medicine, marriage, vulnerability, survival and the difficult, unfinished process of finding your way back to life.Because surviving cancer is not the end of the story.Sometimes, it is where the real story begins. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from our UK warehouse or from our Australian or US warehouses, depending on stock availability. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9798177659411
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