Chemotherapy is a scary thing to many people. Eugene O'Kelly, the chief executive officer of one of the world’s Big Four accounting firm KPMG, was diagnosed with brain cancer, (glioblastoma multiforme tumors); he had only 100 days to live. He underwent chemotherapy. Before his death, he wrote the book, “Chasing Daylight”. In his book he had this to say about his chemotherapy treatment: Three days after chemotherapy, I gave up because after a period of three days It began to affect my body, or rather it seems to begin to affect my body functions. In fact, the result of them are the same. Chemotherapy affects the functions of my body, affects all my body systems. I feel the reaction of my kidney and liver to it; I feel nauseating. I feel that my immune system is weakened and I am easily infected by other diseases….”
This globally distributed book written by a well known corporate figure who lived for three months and eleven days after being diagnosed with cancer has created a great impact on many patients as well as on the attitude of many doctors towards chemotherapy.