“Doctors are not my favourite people. They tell you what you don’t want to hear, and make you wait hours to hear it!” Thus starts a lively tale in which Nancy-Gail Burns takes us through her very personal journey with breast cancer. Nancy takes the reader through her experiences from diagnosis to treatment in a frank and very real way. Ultimately optimism wins the days as she tries to rationalize how a cancer diagnosis not only impacts the patient but also all those around her including friends and family and fellow patients. As she puts it so eloquently: “Cancer is akin to joining a club. You don’t ask to join, but once you’re in the ranks, it’s forever.” Well done Nancy! -- Mark Clemons, M.D. Medical Oncologist and Clinical Investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Winner of the Dr. Michel Chrétien Researche