In this collection, very different writers talk about their encounters with the harsh world of illness, doctors and hospitals. Optimistic, sad, ironic, anxious, strange - in different ways. But all of them, without exception, are extremely sincere. In these stories and stories there is a lot of pain and a lot of hope, a sense of the edge, a heightened sense of the urgency of the moment and a desperate desire to live. Reading them, you begin to appreciate every moment in a new way, you find first a dark and cleansing catharsis, and then extraordinary relief, which only medicine and the heartfelt story of a sensitive, observant and fearless storyteller can give us. And to this we cannot but add: be healthy!Ulya Nova