Shrinkage: Manhood, Marriage, and the Tumor That Tried to Kill Me
Bryan Bishop, Adam Carolla
Product Details
- Format:
- Paperback
- ISBN:
- 9781250067739
- Published:
- 01 Jun 2015
- Publisher:
- Macmillan
- Dimensions:
- 336 pages - 210 x 140 x 21mm
Categories:
In his alternately heart-breaking and hysterical New York Times bestselling memoir, Bishop shares the surreal experiences of writing his will with the bravado of a pulp novelist, taking chemo in a strip club, and (technically) the closest he ever got to achieving his lifelong dream of a threesome—when a physical therapist had to show his wife how to bathe him in the shower during his weakened state.
Whether recounting his search for the most aggressive form of treatment, how radiation treatment jeopardized his ability to (literally) walk down the aisle or even smile for his wedding photos, or recalling the time his wife inadvertently drugged him in a pool in Maui, Bishop’s inimitable voice radiates through his story.
Shrinkage reveals the resilience of the human spirit—and the power of laughter—during even the darkest times
In 2009, at thirty years old, Bryan Bishop’s life was right on track. Known to millions as “Bald Bryan,” the sidekick and soundman on the record-setting podcast, The Adam Carolla Show, his radio career was taking off. He was newly engaged. Then, he and his fiancée Christie were delivered a crushing blow when he was diagnosed with a brain stem glioma—an inoperable brain tumour.