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092    BIO|bFAJGENBA 
100 1  Fajgenbaum, David C.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Chasing my cure :|ba doctor's race to turn hope into 
       action : a memoir /|cDavid Fajgenbaum, M.D. 
250    First edition. 
264  1 New York :|bBallantine Books,|c[2019] 
300    241 pages :|bcolor illustrations ;|c22 cm 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
520    "The inspiring memoir of a young doctor and former college
       athlete who became a champion for people suffering from 
       rare, under-researched diseases--all while battling his 
       own.  A former Georgetown quarterback nicknamed "The Beast,
       " David Fajgenbaum was also a force in medical school, 
       where he was known for his unmatched mental stamina. But 
       things changed dramatically when he began suffering from 
       inexplicable fatigue. In a matter of weeks, his organs 
       were failing and he was read his last rites. Doctors were 
       baffled over a condition they had yet to even diagnose; 
       floating in and out of consciousness, Fajgenbaum prayed 
       for the equivalent of game day overtime: a second chance. 
       Miraculously, Fajgenbaum survived, but only to endure 
       repeated near-death relapses from what would eventually be
       identified as a form of Castleman disease--an extremely 
       deadly and rare condition that acts like a cross between 
       cancer and an autoimmune disease. When he relapsed on the 
       only drug in development and realized that the medical 
       community was unlikely to make progress in time to save 
       his life, Fajgenbaum turned his desperate hope for a cure 
       into concrete action: between hospitalizations he studied 
       his own charts and tested his own blood samples, looking 
       for clues that could unlock a new treatment. With the help
       of family, friends and mentors, he also reached out to 
       other Castleman disease patients and physicians, and 
       eventually came up with an ambitious plan to crowdsource 
       the most promising research questions and recruit world-
       class researchers to tackle them; instead of waiting for 
       the scientific stars to align, he proposed to align them 
       himself.  More than five years later and now married to 
       his college sweetheart, his hard work has paid off: a 
       treatment that he identified has induced a tentative 
       remission and his novel approach to collaborative 
       scientific inquiry has become a blueprint for advancing 
       rare disease research. His incredible story demonstrates 
       the potency of hope, and what can happen when forces of 
       determination, love, family, faith and serendipity 
       collide"--|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Fajgenbaum, David C.|xHealth. 
650  0 Lymph nodes|xCancer|xPatients|zUnited States|vBiography. 
650  0 Physicians|xDiseases|zUnited States. 
650  0 Physicians|zUnited States|vBiography.