Share Your Story: Steven Sullivan

<p>Steven is a Confidence Coach helping people leverage their strengths to take action.</p> <ul><li>00:33: In November 1986, Stephen Sullivan was diagnosed with acute myelogenous leukemia, also known as AML. </li><li>02:23: I had him get on the phone and talk to my dad. </li><li>03:58: There's so much beauty around you, stop and appreciate it. </li><li>06:16: I didn't realize at the time is it nearly killed me. </li><li>08:26: The treatment plan was pretty standard back then. They said that they would do three rounds of induction with chemotherapy. </li><li>12:43: I came down with a serious illness that put me back in the hospital. </li><li>15:02: We discovered that I picked up hepatitis C. </li><li>17:33: I really questioned whether to even pursue any more treatment.</li><li>20:16: We've successfully achieved remission again, but because you relapsed, you're probably going to relapse again. </li><li>22:40: I was fortunate my father was a physician [and] had access to medical libraries. </li><li>26:04: I'm going to live with my remission as long as I have it.</li><li>27:34: Do you think that there's a tendency in that Hippocratic oath to do no harm, do you think there is a tendency specifically in cancer to overtreat?</li><li>31:53: What was your worst moment? </li><li>34:04: What was your best moment? </li><li>38:25: What is that one thing you wish you had known at the very beginning of your cancer journey? </li><li>39:20: If you could do only one thing to improve health care in the US, what would it be and why? </li><li>40:20: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions</li><li>41:47: Aside from Cancer U, what is one resource that you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers?</li></ul> <p><b>Resources</b></p> <ul><li><a href="https://www.cancer.org/" target="_blank">American Cancer Society</a></li><li><a href="https://www.lls.org/" target="_blank">Leukemia and Lymphoma Society</a></li><li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-sullivan-it/" target="_blank">Connect with Steven on LinkedIn</a></li></ul>