Prologue: life gets messy -- Before. Riptide ; Not-so-happy birthday ; The devil, magnified ; Roll tide ; Back to the future ; Malevolent ; The thing worse than fear ; Billy club biopsy ; Foxhole atheists ; Rats in the cellar ; Side effects ; Stupor, coma, science, and faith ; The living dead ; Level-of-care choices ; End-of-life decisions ; Why bother praying? ; Clean margins ; Even before you start ; First, do no harm ; Voices ; Not the whole story ; Believing is not the same as knowing ; Haikus are easy ; Storm brewing ; The best year ever ; Work in progress ; Writing my own story -- During. The difficult dark ; All or none ; Impossible ; A bag full of pictures -- After. Hacking my way through ; Believing is better than knowing -- Epilogue: both worse

Dr. W. Lee Warren, a practicing brain surgeon, assumed he knew most outcomes for people with glioblastoma, head injuries, and other health-care problems. Yet even as he tried to give patients hope, his own heart would sink as he realized, I've seen the end of you. But it became far more personal when the acclaimed doctor experienced an unimaginable family tragedy. That's when he reached the end of himself. Page-turning medical stories serve as the backdrop for a raw, honest look at how we can remain on solid ground when everything goes wrong and how we can find light in the darkest hours of life. I've Seen the End of You is the rare book that offers tender empathy and tangible hope for those who are suffering. No matter what you're facing, this doesn't have to be the end. Even when nothing seems to makes sense, God can transform your circumstances and your life. And he can offer a new beginning