Stimulus Podcast 35 - Life, Death, and Medicine

<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Christiaan Maurer MD, was in his mid 40s when diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme -- terminal brain cancer. In this episode, he and Rob discuss: what terminal illness taught him about time, what people with cancer do and don’t need, preparing your family for a future without you, the most/least admirable traits in physicians, and the secret of life. </span></p> <div data-draftjs-conductor-fragment= "{"blocks":[{"key":"f5r7i","text":"We discuss:","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":11,"style":"{\"FG\":\"#000000\"}"},{"offset":0,"length":11,"style":"{\"BG\":\"#NaNNaNNaN\"}"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{"dynamicStyles":{"line-height":"1.38"}}},{"key":"2m8nb","text":"","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[],"entityRanges":[],"data":{}},{"key":"92fr9","text":"The life-threatening diagnosis that helped Christiaan gain wisdom about life, death, and the practice of medicine [02:30];","type":"unstyled","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":122,"style":"{\"FG\":\"#000000\"}"},{"offset":0,"length":122,"style":"{\"BG\":\"#NaNNaNNaN\"}"},{"offset":0,"length":122,"style":"BOLD"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{"dynamicStyles":{"line-height":"1.38"}}},{"key":"7fbr5","text":"Dr. Maurer was a 46 year old internal medicine hospitalist who was diagnosed with multicentric glioblastoma in February 2018. A neurosurgeon told him that without surgery, he had about a month to live. ","type":"unordered-list-item","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":203,"style":"{\"FG\":\"#000000\"}"},{"offset":0,"length":203,"style":"{\"BG\":\"#NaNNaNNaN\"}"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{"dynamicStyles":{"line-height":"1.38"}}},{"key":"a26qj","text":"Following resection, he completed chemotherapy and radiation. ","type":"unordered-list-item","depth":0,"inlineStyleRanges":[{"offset":0,"length":63,"style":"{\"FG\":\"#000000\"}"},{"offset":0,"length":63,"style":"{\"BG\":\"#NaNNaNNaN\"}"}],"entityRanges":[],"data":{"dynamicStyles":{"line-height":"1.38"}}},