Dr. Lucy Kalanithi

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808 appearances 1 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 1 Jul

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Like, it started with, like, Nixon's war on cancer, but then now it extends to, like, individual level.

Like, we'll beat it.

We'll fight it.

We're going to win.

Surviving.

Yeah, surviving.

And I think that metaphor is so flimsy, you know?

Like it's sort of like there's winners and losers and there's like one thing you're supposed to do here.

And it's just like survive at all costs.

And I think there's like when you survey people with cancer, there's like so many things people hope for.

It's like people hope for dignity.

People hope for like functionality as long as possible.

People hope that their loved ones will be OK.

I don't know.

There was sort of just like this panoply of hopes there.

That I think like we knew to like sidestep the battle metaphor, which was really helpful.

And then I think part of that was just we knew how sick he was.

We couldn't get away from it.

We could not escape like understanding how sick he was, which was like the worst part, but in some ways the best part.

Because then we could decide what to do.

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