Had an amazing day at the forum yesterday. Met wonderful people and heard talks from top speakers including Professor Justin Stubbins and others. My talk about dealing with breast cancer and getting the best care had really excellent feedback (slides attached)kthompson170916finalpublish
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Interview with Dr Kathleen Thompson on Zoom
Join @TCOrobin interview re my book about navigating #breastcancer this Sunday http://bit.ly/1RxiDr5 for details
Interest in ‘From Both Ends of the stethoscope’ at Voice at the Table conference
http://bit.ly/29LPbuR Dr Kathleen Thompson attended Voice at the Table conference. She was able to discuss her book to an interesting and eclectic mix of delegates http://amzn.to/20Y09pK
Book launch review Santiago Sisters by Victoria Fox – sometimes even Dr/Authors get out and about
Dr. Thompson will speak at Pink Ribbon’s third breast cancer forum
Pink Ribbon will be hosting the third breast cancer forum this September in London, and we’re proud to announce that our very own Dr. Kathleen Thompson will be giving a presentation there on the subject Reactions to diagnosis: getting the treatment you want.
Name: Breast cancer in the young, the pregnant and with family history
Date: Saturday 17th September 2016
Venue: Royal Society of Medicine, 1 Wimpole Street, London W1G 0AE, United Kingdom
Ticket price: £10
For more details and to book a place at the forum, please visit the official event page.
A pamphlet is also available for download here.
Join Dr. Thompson for an Anti-Cancer Club blab
Please join the #CancerBookClub blab on 21st August 2016 (13:00 PT/16:00 ET). Robin McGee, author of Cancer Olympics, will interview me about my book.
You can also participate in the discussion about the book at Anti-Cancer Club!
Dr. Thompson’s book wins first prize in the Words for the Wounded awards
We’re very proud to announce that From Both Ends of the Stethoscope by Dr Kathleen Thompson has been awarded first prize in Words for the Wounded’s 2016 Independent Author Book Award.
It’s a great honour to win this prestigious award!
Frost Magazine’s Margaret Graham has posted a review of the winning book here.
Frufrub, Amazon review
“If you know someone going through it, recommend it to them.
I was not looking forward to reading this and skipped bits here and there at first. The style is easy and honest and each chapter is divide into fact and experience (written in italic). At times I wanted to read her experience only and other times the facts only. In either case it is a good book to learn about breast cancer because knowledge is power. If you know someone going through it, recommend it to them. It is mostly uplifting.”
Amanda, Amazon review
“I can’t recommend this book highly enough. It is intimate, educational, emotional and riveting, all at the same time.
I would like to see it made compulsory reading for all healthcare professionals, because the very human story illustrates the wonderful good the NHS staff can do, the confusion they can cause, and all manner of variations in between. And it all plays out in this amazingly personal insight into Dr Thompson’s cancer and her life.
The book is an absolute must for breast cancer sufferers, their families and friends, but would be helpful to anyone touched by any form of cancer.
You don’t need to be impacted by cancer to get something out of it. I couldn’t put it down because it’s quite simply a darn good read.
Thank you Dr Thompson.”
Frostie, Amazon review
“I have to admit that I thought From Both Ends of the Stethoscope would be good. I also knew that it would educate me, but what I didn’t realise was that Dr Kathleen Thompson would make her book so entertaining and readable. The book is outstanding, an essential for anyone with breast cancer and their family. Dr Kathleen Thompson writes about her own experience in a graceful and poignant way while also giving you the inside track. You would only get this type of information from an insider and Dr Kathleen Thompson is an insider twice over; as a doctor and cancer survivor. I was incredibly impressed by her book. Her writing is so good she could write a novel.
Far from a fuddy medical book this guide takes you by the hand and tells you everything you need to know. It takes the process step-by-step, giving invaluable information at every point, all intertwined with Dr Kathleen Thompson’s fine prose on her own experience. I loved this book. Well done Dr Kathleen Thompson. Well done indeed.”