Terri Tomoff wrote The Focused Fight, bringing a 2-year-old through 5 cancers over 20 years. We hear from whole family. Each star & supports. Help the Helpers.

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Proem (Preface) 1

Introducing Family Tomoff 02:24. 1

We're different. That's normal. 06:46. 2

Spiritual, mental, physical 13:40. 4

Pillow, pills, poop, and piss 19:57. 5

Freaking out. I've had enough. 23:32. 6

A generation! The experience over time. 27:37. 7

Reflection 35:09. 9

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Credits
Music by permission from Joey van Leeuwen, Boston Drummer, Composer, Arranger

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Inspired by and grateful to David Bourne, Karena De Souza, Natalie M. Esparza, Curtis Cates, Geri Lynn Baumblatt, Mary Anne Sterling, Pete Wendel

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Links
The Focused Fight by Terri Tomoff

Leukemia Lymphoma Society

The Hansel and Gretel Code, podcast from Curtis Cates

Spectacle by Natalie Esparza 

Tilt the Future from Karena deSouza

The Difference Collaborative
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Welcome to Health Hats, learning on the journey toward best health. I am Danny van Leeuwen, a two-legged, old, cisgender, white man with privilege, living in a food oasis, who can afford many hats and knows a little about a lot of healthcare and a lot about very little. Most people wear hats one at a time, but I wear them all at once. We will listen and learn about what it takes to adjust to life's realities in the awesome circus of healthcare. Let's make some sense of all this.

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The Show
Proem (Preface)
Health Hats: My first clinical rotation in nursing school in 1973 traumatically seeded my approach to health service. Assigned to a couple committed to natural childbirth with the father in the delivery room, unusual at that time and place, the mother had a normal pregnancy. But she delivered a squalling baby with its chord wrapped tightly around its waist, normal from waist up and withered from the waist down. Dad and green student (me) pushed to the wall in a daze with Mom and babe stars of the show, the centers of attention. Filling a vacuum,