Patient: The True Story of a Rare Illness Paperback – 1 Sept. 1998

I bought this on a whim, having heard a DJ recommend it late one night. Random.Anyway, one sunny day last week, I picked it up and continued to read until I'd finished it. I put it down briefly to carry out necessary things like eating etc but otherwise, it gripped me.It is so easily and beautifully written - lyrical and heart-wrenching. I truly loved this book. I love *him* - he's a brilliant person. (I didn't really know who he was until I read the book. Though of course, I listened to and loved "I don't wanna talk about it" for years.)Good on you, Ben.Your book reads like a funny, sad, thrilling song.

This is a painfully honest and extremely well written account of unexpected, unexplained serious illness in a young man and his diagnosis, treatment and recovery. It's very compelling, I read it one sitting. The style is very direct and you feel drawn into the situation. The time spent on hospital wards is very accurately portrayed, especially adjusting to ward life and how your world shrinks, distractions are few, boredom stretches endlessly and one becomes inevitably introspective. This is a very affecting book, it doesn't pull it's punches and is all the more powerful for it. Brilliant. So glad that he has made a good recovery.

This book takes you inside a rare and deeply unpleasant illness. The descriptions are enough to ensure you understand whats going on, theres enough technical detail to assist your understanding and critically, enough of Ben Watts personality for this to be a really human account of serious illness and how it affects the individual and families.A page turner.

It was very easy to read this book in one sitting even though the content is quite disturbing, particularly if you know someone who is suffering from Churg Strauss Syndrome. The author certainly was very lucky to have survived.

Well written, honest and informative, tho I finished the book feeling like I hadn't got to know Ben Watt in any real depth.

The story of a man's illness. Really interesting insight!

Tells the story of a man with Churg Strasse an illness that can affect any part of the body.

A great start but it developed into another 'hospital' saga. Shame , I thought it would be riveting but I got so bored that I skipped to the end.