Surviving
After getting through a recurrence of lymphoma that damaged the base of my spine, I’m left pondering the concept of survival and how it's not as easy as it seems. In a series of interviews with people who have experienced all kinds of life-changing disease and trauma, I explore what it means to survive and perhaps, at some point, live happily ever after.
Surviving
Dan Powers: Redefining luck, cardiovascularly speaking
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Dan Klotz
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Season 1
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Episode 6
When Dan Powers relocated to Truckee, California, he was not expecting to test out the emergency room at the local hospital so quickly. But when he woke up with chest pain shortly after the winter holidays, he needed medical help. While the incident was a scare and not a life-threatening heart attack, he embraced the lessons it taught him--most importantly, the days of eating and drinking anything he wanted were over.