The imaginative, hilarious, and moving memoir of a woman coping with multiple diseases.At forty-three, Robyn Levy was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease and breast cancer. With irreverent and at times mordant humor, Levy chronicles her early, mysterious symptoms of Parkinson's (a dragging left foot, a frozen left hand, and a crash into "downward dead dog? position), the devastating diagnosis, her discovery of two lumps in her breast, her mastectomy and oophorectomy, and her life since then dealing with her diverse disease portfolio.Levy is accompanied on her journey by a fantastic cast of characters, including her Cry Lady (who always makes appearances at inopportune times) and perky Dolores the Prosthesis, as well as her loyal dog and a convoy of health professionals, family members, friends, and neighbors.Both heartbreaking and hilarious, Most of Me offers a unique glimpse into a creative mind, an ailing body, and the restorative power of humor and fantasy.

Acknowledgments 1Prologue 51 The Bad Old Days 72 Breaking News Is Hard to Do 253 Ladies in Waning 554 Sex and Dogs and Crowd Control 715 Lost and Found 876 Kissing My Cleavage Good-bye 1157 In Search of Kick-Ass Clarity 1418 Travels with Dolores 1659 The Comeback Mama 18510 Some Don't Like It Hot 213