Kurt Langbein is a well-known medicine journalist, his book "Bitter Pills" a bestseller. As a journalist he had covered both the life and death of cancer patients and scientists' fight against the disease in magazines, books and documentaries.

Then, without warning, he received the dreaded diagnosis himself. This diary detailing months of desperation and hope and the fight for life gives insight into the situation of those affected by cancer. Langbein remembers the many encounters with cancer researchers and therapists and their takes on the state of knowledge on cancer, the success of treatments and how faith can heal.