At the age of 32, Katherine Russell Rich was a newly divorced magazine editor living in the Big Apple. However, her life changed dramatically over the course of the next 10 years as she struggled with breast cancer. THE RED DEVIL is the memoir she has chosen to write about those years in which her indefatigable spirit came up against many an obstacle and yet still seemed to persevere. She has survived a lumpectomy, radiation, several protocols of chemotherapy and hormones, a bone marrow transplant and alternative healing techniques. Her sharp eye for detail and sense of humor serve her well in this gripping account. Navigating the medical universe of a cancer patient Rich became dissatisfied with several medical professionals before she finally found a physician who had her best interests at heart: her first breast surgeon had been prepared to operate without doing a mammogram until her mother intervened; another oncologist did not return her phone calls and consistently undermined her until Rich finally got the message that she was no longer interested in treating her. Rich also explores the difficulties that having advanced cancer caused in her personal life. She is now involved in a combination of alternative treatments and chemotherapy that her oncologist is convinced will stabilize, if not cure, her disease.

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