Dr. Joseph B. Michelson: the doctor becomes the patient

Friday, May 16, 2008 - 16:21 in Health & Medicine

Lymphoma turned him into a patient. Health insurance red tape turned him into an outspoken critic. The nonmobile, hard lump had been on my sternum (the bone in the center of the chest) for many months. As a physician, I had figured it was costochondritis -- an inflammation -- from years ago that had hardened with age.

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