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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It was just like, this is how this person feels.

This is definitely how I feel.

Also, it's still funny.

Like even when you're dying, you're still you, you know, like,

You're still funny.

Like one thing that did that was really helpful for Paul, actually, when he was sick, you know, he was a 36 and 37 year old neurosurgeon.

Right.

So he's used to being like, like healthy, dominant, in charge, in control.

and then like loses all of that in an instant.

So when people would come to visit and hang out, they'd say like, okay, I'm coming to visit.

Like, what can I do that's helpful?

And I was like, just come and hang out and like be, just like be you, like be funny, like ask Paul for career advice.

You know, if that's what you would do anyway, like just because he's dying, like doesn't mean he doesn't want to know what's going on with you.

He's not like radioactive.

He's not different.

You know, I think illness can be so flattening.

It's like,

People get sick and it's like humor zips out of the room, like sexuality zips out of the room.

And like you're just like, I'm still me, like I'm still me, just the same.

And I'm losing all of these abilities, but I also still have all these capacities.

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