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The Dr. Laura Podcast

What's My Life's Purpose?

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

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4.66.3K Ratings

🗓️ 7 April 2023

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Since recovering from an illness that nearly took his life, David has been thinking of quitting his job as an airline pilot to do something with more meaning. Email questions or comments: drlaura@drlaura.com - Participate on the radio program: call 1-800-Dr-Laura / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment https://www.drlaura.com/make-an-appointment.

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Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast.

0:03.3

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heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern time

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on Sirius XM Triumph 411.

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David, welcome to the program.

0:16.0

Hi, Dr. Laura.

0:18.4

What can I do for you, sir?

0:21.0

Hi, well, first of all, I want to say that I listen to your podcast

0:26.0

and I'm often moved by your work with children,

0:30.0

which is a fantastic soldier.

0:32.0

I want to thank you for that, the children calls.

0:36.0

But my case, I am a 52-year-old gay man.

0:42.0

And seven years ago, actually eight years ago, in 2015,

0:48.0

I got really sick and the doctors all thought that I was not

0:53.0

going to make it.

0:54.0

They gave me a 33% chance of survival.

0:59.0

And I ended up making a full recovery.

1:03.0

They assumed I would lose part of my intestines and be on a

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coloste back if I did survive.

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But I'm not that ever took place.

1:12.0

I'm living a very healthy life now.

1:16.0

Don't we fur anybody to those doctors?

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