PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Finkelstein, Adi
TI  - You Will Have a New Life
AID  - 10.1370/afm.2181
DP  - 2018 Mar 01
TA  - The Annals of Family Medicine
PG  - 166--167
VI  - 16
IP  - 2
4099  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/16/2/166.short
4100  - http://www.annfammed.org/content/16/2/166.full
SO  - Ann Fam Med2018 Mar 01; 16
AB  - This narrative presents my personal reflections as a medical anthropology researcher, and my journey as a chronic patient suffering for 30 years from ulcerative colitis. My surgeon promised me “a new life” after recommending a total colectomy 20 years ago. Indeed, a new life did begin following surgery, but I find I must renegotiate the challenges and rewards of this new life nearly every day.