Tristan has spent the last 6 years studying medicine, pragmatically splitting it into theory at the bar and anatomy under the sheets. During his Neurosurgery internship he is noticed by Dr. Mercier, who, however, discovers a tumour in Tristan’s nose. Suddenly, Tristan is no longer a brilliant medical student, but a cancer patient.Everyone around him responds differently, ranging from crying their eyes out to nervously bursting out laughing. Tristan refuses to give up his ambitious goals and intends to pick up the thread of his old life as soon as possible, casually trying to squeeze 25 radiation sessions and 6 chemo courses into his schedule. But things are far tougher than he had imagined: sharing a room with an old man with a giant brain tumour, freezing your sperm, unstoppable vomiting sessions, etc. Tristan’s hospital stay differs dramatically from the time he was living it up there as an intern who flirted with all the female assistants. The idea originated when screenwriter Leander Verdievel was diagnosed with cancer. In his experience, the hard, unreal consequences of the disease often had a comical side. As a first step in investigating this idea, thirty young former cancer patients were interviewed. Their testimonials form the basis of the series.
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