Molly Burke

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1,048 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Oct 2025 last heard 21 Dec

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The Checkup with Doctor Mike · She Doesn't Want To Cure Her Blindness | Molly Burke · 12 Oct 2025 podcast

And I shared it because A, it gave me an opportunity to help shape the marketing of the thing I'm very critical of and hopefully set a precedent and B,

it'll reach the people who do still want that information.

And I'm not here to gatekeep that.

I'm not here to say we shouldn't do it.

If you want that, I'm happy for you that it exists and you can do that.

And maybe one day I'll choose to, but right now I'm okay with who I am.

And I know it's so hard for non-disabled people to grasp that, that yes, my life is harder because I'm disabled, but also I'm okay with being disabled.

My disability has given me so much.

Yes, it is taken from me, but it is also given to me.

And I am good as I am.

And I think for me, what I would suggest to doctors is what my doctor eventually did.

From the moment I was diagnosed, her assumption was that I wanted to be cured.

And through some traumatic events of her own in her personal life, she really had an awakening.

And in my twenties, she sat down with me and she said, can I ask you a question?

I said, go for it.

She said, do you actually want to be cured?

Keep in mind, this is a world-class ophthalmologist who has spent her entire career being a part of the research.

to reverse RP.

That's her whole life.

And I said, no.

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