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The Mike Dillard Show

What To Do If Your Health Fails…with David Fajgenbaum

The Mike Dillard Show

Mike Dillard

Education, Entrepreneurship, Business, Self-improvement

4.8583 Ratings

🗓️ 19 December 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Imagine if you’re a doctor, and not only are you a doctor, but you’re an Oncologist who specializes in treating patients with cancer.

And one day you start to wake up with some strange symptoms… Fluid accumulating around your ankles, lower energy… And so you go into the hospital where you work to take some tests, and the next day you find out your body is quickly shutting down, organ by organ, but no one knows why.

Well that’s the position that Dr. David Fagenbaum found himself in.

Today you’re about to hear his amazing story as he fought to identify what was going wrong in his body, so he could have a chance to save it.

Today’s interview is a story of hope, perseverance, and of the fighting spirit.

If you or someone you know finds themselves in the midst of a health crisis, this incredible interview with David is going to provide you with critical hope, and the steps you need to take in order to heal.

Every challenge has a silver lining. Every challenge can become a win if you’re willing to shift the way you look at it. You are only a victim if you allow yourself to be, and David is living proof of what’s possible when you put your mind to work for you, instead of against you…

Resources:

Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope into Action; A Memoir
Follow David on Twitter
Castleman Disease Collaborative Network

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome back to the Mike Diller podcast, where we help entrepreneurs like you get the knowledge and skills that you need to bring your dreams to life.

0:12.4

Well, imagine if you were a doctor. And not only are you a doctor, but you're an oncologist who specializes in treating patients with cancer.

0:21.3

And then one day you wake up with some really strange and concerning symptoms, fluid

0:27.3

accumulating around your ankles, lower energy, you're starting to get some pain around

0:32.2

your stomach.

0:33.4

And so you go into the hospital where you were to take some tests, and the next day you

0:37.3

find out

0:37.9

that your body is quickly shutting down organ by organ, and nobody knows why.

0:44.2

Well, that's the position that Dr. David Faganbaum found himself in just a few years ago.

0:49.8

Today, you're about to hear his amazing story of how he fought to identify what was going wrong

0:54.8

inside of his body so that he could have a chance to save it. This is a story of hope. This is a story

1:00.7

of perseverance and of the fighting spirit. If you are someone, you know, finds themselves

1:06.1

in the midst of a health crisis, this incredible interview with David is going to provide

1:09.8

you with that critical

1:11.2

hope and the steps that you need to take in order to heal. I think the biggest message that you're

1:17.2

going to take away from this interview is the fact that every challenge has a silver lining.

1:22.1

Every challenge can become a win if you're willing to shift the way that you look at it. You are

1:26.6

only a victim if you allow yourself to become the way that you look at it. You are only a victim if you allow

1:28.4

yourself to become one. And David is living proof of what's possible when you put your mind to

1:33.4

work for you instead of against you. This is an absolutely incredibly inspiring interview.

1:40.1

I cannot wait for you to hear it. Without further ado, please help me welcome, Dr. David Faganbaum.

1:45.7

Dr. David Faganbaum, welcome to the podcast.

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