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1 comments about Journey of a Lifetime.

1. Excellent view of forty years of nursing a very interesting book enjoyed from cover to cover A must read if you are a nurse been in the military know the OVGH hospital in Wheeling WV this book was a delight

4 comments about Bull in the Ring.

1. Well written. As a Marine it's always good to hear what the Navy thinks about the Corps. For me the book had a tad too much medicine and not enough about coaching but it was still a good read and many of the stories were of the laugh out loud variety.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   



2. If you like riotous humor, then Bull In The Ring is for you.
   The collection of autobiographical episodes by Navy Surgeon
   Doctor Michael McCarthy will keep you laughing through each
   concise and easy to follow chapter. The lessons learned by
   Doctor McCarthy aboard a nuclear submarine, as coash of a football team of Navy corpsmen, and during his everyday practice
   as a military physician are things every doctor who served
   understands and loves to remember! I feel strongly that reading
   Bull In The Ring will help the reader broaden his outlook on life,and help the reader to understand the humor of medical life
   in the military.



3. To get an idea of what REALLY goes on in military medicine, read this humorous, well-written, tell-it-like-it-is story of 2 Navy Captains (both physicians) coaching a Navy Hospital football team in a Marine league. A moving admixture of heart-warming stories about TRUE military heroes, hilarious episodes and behind-the-scenes looks at Naval Hospital Camp Pendleton. Dr. McCarthy was cut from a different mold as is evident from his bold, entertaining literary style.



4. Dr. McCarthy is a great storyteller. "Bull in the Ring" is his autobiographical tale of a Navy doctor who is recruited to coach the hospital football team, a perennial doormat in a league of Marines. The book is a behind-the-scenes look at a down to earth doc who balances his life as a family man, intense football coach and compassionate physician. He throws in funny stories of military protocol and operating room pranks. You will love this book.

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5 comments about Breastless in the City: A Young Woman's Story of Love, Loss, and Breast Cancer.

1. A great book!
   
   A book not only of cancer survival Cathy digs deep in her heart pulling all the painful details before hand in her life as well. If you are looking for a good story here you have it. Life in general is so hard on a daily basis for all of us. To know there are others out there who have possible experience similar encounter is truly inspiring.
   
   Many of times I felt as if I was there experiencing your pain. I cried and rejoice with you. I received my book on a Monday finished by Wednesday only putting it down to see to my family. As a cancer survivor and writer as well your journey actually touched my heart assuring me to continue on sharing my own journey. A way of letting me know things I have thought and felt in the past I am not alone. You have inspired me in away you might not image.
   
   A must read!
   
   Thank you for sharing your journey.
   
   The cover is very catchy.
   
   ashley :)



2. Many brave women have overcome breat cancer as well as many other hardships in their lives, and I applaud them. However, I cannot bring myself to rate consider this book as anything but a study in functional illiteracy. I am sorry for the author's troubles, but this book taught me only that anyone can get anything published if they know the right people.
   The cover may be the worst I have ever seen.



3. This is the story of one woman's journey with breast cancer. Through the trials of loss, Cathy Bueti shares her experiences in a simple, honest, and heartfelt way. As I read this book, I thought that it is also a book about relationships, relationships with parents and other family, dating, friendships. It's about understanding the right things to say to someone and, as the author so wonderfully points out, forgiving people when they say the wrong thing because they don't know better. On the other hand, it's also about knowing when something is not right, trusting your instincts, honoring yourself, and setting boundaries.
   
   Ms Bueti learns a lot along the way and does not hold back from the reader, she shares what she learned and what she has yet to learn. She shares her humanity, her hopes and fears, and especially the love she wants to share with her readers, to help make anyone's life more meaningful and hopeful. I'm very touched by her sincerity.
   
   This isn't a book just for people with breast cancer, this is a book for anyone who wants to be be inspired through any hard time in life.
   
   Thanks to the author for letting us into your life with such honesty. I do believe that you give inspiration and support to all who will read your book. And may you be blessed as you bless others.
   
   Laya Saul, Author of "You Don't Have to Learn Everything the Hard Way"



4. Cathy Beuti paints the picture of a hopeful strong woman. Breastless in the City is an insightful look into living and surviving breast cancer.



5. Cathy Bueti's book about surviving breast cancer opens with the death of her first husband. This heartbreaking story about becoming a widow in her early 20's begins a book that is difficult, if not impossible to put down. After your husband, your high school sweetheart, dies unexpectedly - surely the worst of your life is behind you, no? Lightning doesn't strike twice, does it?
   
   And yet, for Cathy Bueti, lightning did strike twice. At the age of 31, WAY before the age most women even think about having a mammogram, she discovered a lump in her breast that once again brings her life to a temporary halt. She spent the next year fighting cancer, all the while attemtping to maintain a semblance of normalcy as a single, dating and professional woman.
   
   Bueti delivers her story with much honesty and good humor. Reading this book is like sitting down with the author personally to hear it directly from her mouth. Crafting a believable and approachable story of so much tragedy so early in life must have been a daunting task - yet, it is highly readable.
   
   The book is about much more than fighting and surviving cancer. I loved her stories of dates and brief relationships gone wrong - the fact that she had cancer while dating was almost incidental for me, simply because so many of my own funny and crazy experiences as a single person came to mind.
   
   There are many important books available to women over a certain age who are experiencing the terror of breast cancer. However, there are very few for women in their 20's and 30's, women who still have the possibility of marriage, motherhood and career ahead of them. Cathy Bueti's book speaks directly to those women.
   
   And yet, a common theme in the book is the importance of listening to the little voice inside your head, trusting your instincts at critical moments in your life. Bueti's little voice has played an important role in her self-reflection and quest for good health and long-lasting happiness in her life. Surely this message will have widespread appeal.
   
   I will remember this book for a long time to come.

2 comments about Memoirs Of A Medicine Man: What Medical School Forgot To Mention.

1. This Book I Read recently is a true Muse For My Health Care ideals It's Inspiring And a good read.



2. This book is the story of what we all wish our own doctors were. His pure love of humanity and devotion to his craft jumps off the pages and is truly inspiring. The book takes you from the trials of school and residency to the ultimate goal of saving lives. As a military hero (MASH Doctor in Santa Domingo and Vietnam with a Bronze Star for his service) as well as the kindly, loving doctor who cared more about his patients than his wealth, he was the FIRST doctor in the Atlanta area to open his waiting room to all patients equally. He literally risked his life to do what was right for all both in the Army as well as in private practice. We can all wish that our own doctors were Dr. Abernathy. This book is truly inspiring. This is my choice for Christmas gifts this year.

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4 comments about House Calls: Recollections of a Family Physician.

1. Dr. Thomas Stern's book "House Calls" is a stimulating story of rural medical practice in the 1950's and urban practice in the 1960's. It begins with excerpts from his personal story which are touching and inspiring. He went from being an orphan teenager on his own to a well respected physician. He began his practice in rural Oregon where he had many great adventures. The descriptions of his travails are funny and to the point. He cared for a wide variety of patients and acquired a great insight into the human condition. He describes the priorities and struggles of a young doctor with a growing family and a large practice. His personal, as well as, career aspirations are clearly described. There are many funny moments in the book and some of heartbreak. His joys and sorrows and the misfortunes and successes experienced by his patients are discussed in a very sensitive and caring way.

   The years in California provide insight into the visionary efforts of Dr. Stern, a pioneer in the specialty of Family Practice. He developed one of the early residency programs for family doctors in the Los Angeles area and worked for several years as the technical consultant to the hit TV series, Marcus Welby, M.D.

   Most readers will be lay people who will gain insight into the workings of a caring physician's heart and mind from the book. As a former rural and later urban family doctor myself, I can attest to the validity of the human drama which Dr. Stern so ably describes. Dr. Stern has textured this book with the art, as well as, the science of medicine as it was practiced in the 1950's and 1960's and provided us all with a good read.

   V. Franklin Colon, M.D.




2. The author practiced family medicine in rural Oregon and Southern California for over twenty years: his reflections and memoirs tell of delivering babies, struggling with heart attack victims and healing challenges, and becoming involved in his patients' lives. House Calls is a warm account of personal challenges and healing.



3. This is a great read for both the physician and the patient. Its stories are brief,interesting,humorous, and easily understood. A very pleasant experience to be enjoyed by all. Best wishes, Archie W. Bedell, M.D., Ph.D. Director Emeritus, Mercy Health Partners Family Practice Residency Program, Toledo, OH



4. "House Calls" is a thinly veiled autobiography, of a boy, orphaned at fifteen, who grows up to become a pioneer in the field of family practice medicine. Born and raised in California, Thomas L. Stern, after a stint in the navy, finds himself in the navy's V-12 program assigned to medical school in Salem, Oregon. After med school with his bride, Gladys, he begins his practice in a small rural town where his house calls begin in earnest. The author's recounting of his cases and adventures will make you laugh and sometimes cry. It will make you long for that time before HMO's when doctors knew their patients, were part of the family and made house calls.

   In 1960, with Gladys, three kids, a several pets in tow and armed with years of experience in rural Oregon, Dr. Stern heads back to California where he sets up his medical practice in Manhattan Beach, becomes the technical advisor on the television show, Marcus Welby, M.D., and creates a residency program in family practice at Santa Monica Hospital.

   A page turning read, "House Calls" is an endearing, humorous and sometimes tragic look at life through the eyes of a family physician. This is a book people will be talking about long after they've read it.