HCL patients are lucky in that most of us respond well to the available treatments, but there’s no denying that it’s a serious disease, and there have been points when it brought death and mortality to the front of my mind. I tend to have pretty interesting conversations about this stuff with my brother Art so I asked him to join me on the podcast today to chat about different ways of thinking about death. Excuse our rambling.

HCL patients are lucky in that most of us respond well to the available treatments, but there’s no denying that it’s a serious disease, and there have been points when it brought death and mortality to the front of my mind. I tend to have pretty interesting conversations about this stuff with my brother Art so I asked him to join me on the podcast today to chat about different ways of thinking about death. Excuse our rambling.

HCL patients are lucky in that most of us respond well to the available treatments, but there’s no denying that it’s a serious disease, and there have been points when it brought death and mortality to the front of my mind. I tend to have pretty interesting conversations about this stuff with my brother Art so I asked him to join me on the podcast today to chat about different ways of thinking about death. Excuse our rambling.&nbsp;

The Gloomy Abyss

In July 2016, a few weeks before my 25th birthday, I was diagnosed with Hairy Cell Leukemia - a chronic, slow-growing blood cancer. Thankfully, HCL has a good prognosis. I'll be flying to Washington DC to participate in a clinical trial for HCL patients at the NIH. This podcast will be a diary of my treatment experience, as well as a place to explore some of the questions that this diagnosis has brought up for me: How do I cope with being faced with my mortality? How do I live with a chronic illness without letting it take over my life? What lessons can I take from this experience?

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The Gloomy Abyss

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