From his putative deathbed, DavidFajgenbaum had to find a cure to save his life. He did—and now helps others OpenFuture
IT WAS a case of doctor heal thyself. When told he would die and given the last rites, a medical student decided to hunt for a cure from his hospital bed. He found one and survived, though not after enduring three relapses that could have claimed him.
I would never get to marry Caitlin or have a family with her. Dr. van Rhee was the foremost expert in the world on Castleman disease—Santa himself— but the foremost expert in the world can only ever know as much as the accumulated knowledge in the world. If the answers have not yet been uncovered, then the foremost expert couldn’t possibly know them. These answers weren’t Google-able, and prayers couldn’t help to find the doctor who knew them. No one knew.
I interrupted the silence by saying something that I hadn’t ever voiced before but knew was my only choice. In hindsight, it reminds me of the final promise I made to my mom. “If I survive this, I’m going to dedicate the rest of my life—however long that may be—to answering these unknowns and curing this disease.”
But this was the moment when I realized that I was finally done with the passive kind of hope, the hope that waits for Santa Claus and gets in the way of action. […] I understood that hope on its own is often not enough. […]
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