I Think There's Something Wrong With Me

by Nigel Smith

Here's something I only learned later. When the radiologist was handed the scan, he asked, 'Righto, where's the body?'



Shame I missed that. I could have done with a laugh.



When Nigel Smith got rushed to hospital with a brain lesion so big that the radiologist assumed he'd died, he was understandably hacked off. After all, he was one of those blokes who had it a loving family, a wife his friends all fancied and a thriving TV comedy career.



I Think There's Something Wrong With Me is his amazing, hilarious account of his fight for survival. Battling a brutal illness, impossible bureaucracy and nurses that could only serve as fantasies to the writers of Doctor Who, Nigel Smith has produced a brilliant black comedy for our time. It is a book for everyone who's ever thought, 'there must be more to life than this'. Because sometime things have to go seriously wrong to make us realize just how much is right.

Genres: Biography, Nonfiction

Paperback

First published August 27, 2007

Reviews

[Sally · Rating 4 out of 5]

I started this book whilst in hospital, not because I thought I had anything nearly as traumatic as Nige. however, this was my first visit to the hospital, and early chapters felt very familiar, even 25 years later .

I enjoyed the irreverence of this book , it felt real and non PC , the rantings of a reluctant patient . This added to its charm, however it sometimes went so far off subject , I forgot the subject completely.

[Jenny (Bookbookowl) · Rating 5 out of 5]

I loved this book. I read it at a time when I really needed a laugh - and laugh out loud I did. Nigel Smith managed to turn a usually very unfunny subject into a sometimes touching, sometimes thought provoking but mostly hilarious read.

[Rob Jinkerson · Rating 4 out of 5]

An amusing book about a scary/queasy topic! So medically in depth in places I had to stop and take some deep breaths! The author has a rant about the NHS and the healthcare he receives while being treated for a serious illness.

It's a lot better than this short review makes it out to be!

[Carolyn Lochhead · Rating 2 out of 5]

Do not read this book while eating your dinner. Do read it when feeling sorry for yourself, as it will soon cure you of that. Nigel Smith went through the most ludicrously horrendous experience, and hasn't really come out of the other side of it yet. Funny, but also horrific.

[Mark Haberfield · Rating 4 out of 5]

You have to take your hat off to this guy who, having suffered a fate probably worse than death, not only had the will to pull through and be left in a permanent state of disability, but manages to find the humour running through this tragedy labelled "A Comedy Trauma". Good book.

[Fiona Watson · Rating 3 out of 5]

A scary but very funny read. It's incredible that someone can pack so much humour into a terrifying near-death experience and ongoing medical problems.

[Amy W · Rating 2 out of 5]

It was hard to know how to take this book; whether you were meant to be finding it funny, as some parts were written in an amusing way and others in a more serious way.