Cancer on Five Dollars a Day *Chemo not Included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life

Schimmel, Robert/ Eisenstock, Alan

ISBN 10: 0738211583 / ISBN 13: 9780738211589

Published by Da Capo Pr, 2008

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1st edition. 240 pages. 8.50x5.75x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # 0738211583

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Cancer on Five Dollars a Day *Chemo not Included: How Humor Got Me Through the Toughest Journey of My Life
• Publisher: Da Capo Pr
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0738211583
• ISBN 13: 9780738211589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.41 kilograms

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Synopsis

In the spring of 2000, Robert Schimmel was riding high. He'd won the Stand-Up of the Year Award, his HBO special was a huge hit, and his sitcom had been picked up. And then it all came crashing down. Diagnosed with Stage III non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, he was told he would have to undergo chemotherapy immediately. The sitcom was dumped and the fire of his white-hot career started to go out. But Schimmel never lost his sense of humor, his knife-like edge, and most of all, his passion to entertain. Indeed, it was his basic need to laugh-even if the only people around him were suffering from cancer and the room he was playing was the Mayo Clinic infusion center-that carried him through his ordeal. From his colorful banter with nurses and other patients during chemo, to his hilarious conversation with a wig salesman, going for the laugh was Robert Schimmel's survival mechanism. Alternately laugh-out-loud funny and profound, Cancer on Five Dollars a Day is an honest account of how one man's face-off with a deadly disease helped him better understand himself.

About the Author

Robert Schimmel was named one of Comedy Central's 100 Greatest Comics. He is a regular on Howard Stern and Conan O'Brien. He lives in Los Angeles.

Alan Eisenstock is the author of several nonfiction works. He lives in Pacific Palisades, California.