Life in the balance : a physician's memoir of life, love, and loss with Parkinson's disease and dementia

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. the New York Times - Abigail Zuger doctors Get Seriously Ill Just Like Ordinary People, And Some Of Them Never Recover From The Shock. If Of A Literary Bent, They Are Often Moved To Reflect For Posterity On This Disruption Of The Natural Order, Detailing Their Former Hubris And The Enlightening Misery Of Health Care Experienced From The Other Side Of The Bed. Against This Generally Lackluster Collection Of Memoirs, Dr. Thomas Graboys's Stands Out As A Small Wonder. Unsentimental And Unpretentious, It Manages To Hit All Its Marks Effortlessly, Creating A Version Of The Old Fable As Touching, Educational And Inspiring As If It Had Never Been Told Before. 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.

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, 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, Graboys is battling a particularly aggressive form of Parkinson’s disease and progressive dementia, and can no longer see patients or give rounds. 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.

Chronicles the author's descent from a top cardiologist to a patient slowly succumbing to Parkinson's disease and dementia, including how he struggles with the feelings he experiences daily and the impact of the diseases in his life.;My days -- Do they know? -- Love and marriage -- Doctors and patient -- My family -- Friends -- A body in motion -- End game -- A life beyond illness.