1. Share Your Story: Danny Carroll Cancer U 40:29

Danny has survived cancer of the lung, testicle, and jaw. He has spent 20 years researching cancer solutions and the last 7 years helping terminally ill cancer patients to fully recover their health. Danny is British, educated at the London School of Economics, and lived in Mumbai India since 1996.

  • 02:02: In the year 2000, my lung collapsed. 
  • 04:13: It spontaneously exploded, and your lung collapsed. 
  • 06:03: I started smoking at the age of eight.  
  • 08:16: I decided to have a vasectomy. 
  • 11:08: I had the taste and the smell of rotting flesh for three months.  
  • 13:15: Cancer still destroyed a decent part of my jaw. 
  • 15:13: What kind of cancer did she have?  
  • 18:04: He didn’t know if there was any causal link between him getting cancer and his son dying.  
  • 21:14: Doctors think that cancer is abnormal cell growth.  
  • 22:54: Who made an impact on your life? 
  • 26:24: She was given 17 rounds of chemo on a blood test.  
  • 28:11: Some people just do not have the capacity to heal themselves. 
  • 31:30: If you could only do one thing to change healthcare, what would it be and why? 
  • 34:42: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions
  • 37:23: Aside from Cancer U, what is one resource that you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers? 

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Andrea Wilson Woods is a writer who loves to tell stories, and a patient advocate who founded the nonprofit Blue Faery: The Adrienne Wilson Liver Cancer Association. Andrea is the CEO and co-founder of Cancer University, a for-profit, social-benefit, digital health company. With Cancer U, Andrea synergizes her talents of coaching, writing, teaching, and advocacy. For over ten years, Andrea worked in the education field as a teacher and professor for public and private schools as well as universities. Andrea obtained her master’s degree in professional writing from the University of Southern California; her nonfiction writing has won national awards. Her new book, a medical memoir titled Better Off Bald: A Life in 147 Days, is a #1 Bestseller on Amazon in multiple categories.