FATAL to FEARLESS
“Kathy is a badass cancer-fighting whiz, who never lost her humanity. Fatal to Fearless is her road map for every patient who hears those three words: you have cancer.” —Katie Couric
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Endorsements
“Kathy is the quintessential boss when it comes to leadership and treating your healthcare with a business mindset. If I had not been the CEO of my health when diagnosed with stage 2 pancreatic cancer, I more than likely would not be here today. FATAL TO FEARLESS will change how you think about and approach a disease. It’s the ultimate guide to go from WTF to What To Do.”
MARIA MENOUNOS
"When cancer comes knocking on your door as it did for me, you’ll want Kathy Giusti in your war chest to have a fighting chance. She knows our fractured system better than anyone. FATAL TO FEARLESS will be your best friend as she takes you and your loved ones step by step through the battle, with highly actionable information. Nobody prepares you to hear the words “You have cancer,” but with Kathy’s words of inspiration and practical know-how, you can rise to meet the challenge.”
TOM BROKAW
“It’s one thing for someone to survive 2 deadly cancers. It’s another for the patient, a citizen-scientist, to put all her patient-advocacy knowledge and wisdom out there for all to benefit from, as Kathy Giusti has masterfully done in FATAL to FEARLESS.”
ERIC TOPOL, MD, MACP, author of Deep Medicine, Professor and EVP, Scripps Research
"FATAL TO FEARLESS converts Kathy Giusti’s experience into a 12-step master plan that is a must read for patients, caregivers, and practitioners alike seeking to understand how to best navigate the challenges of a cancer diagnosis."
DR. CLIFFORD HUDIS, CEO, American Society of Clinical Oncology
“This book is filled with practical, actionable information - because when you get a diagnosis like cancer, you freeze. I have been beside Kathy since she began her fight against multiple myeloma - the first cancer she’s conquered because Kathy wasn’t afraid to challenge traditional thinking. In FATAL TO FEARLESS she teaches readers to be confident as they confront their own cancer diagnosis: To confidently advocate for themselves, that there are no wrong questions to ask, and how to learn about alternative options. Essential info for anyone dealing with any medical issue.”
DEBORAH NORVILLE
“I’ve known Kathy as a vulnerable patient, fierce leader, and inspiration for scores of other patients. She’s broken through every barrier. Based on lessons from her own experiences, she provides a clear roadmap and actionable playbook for beating cancer. Follow her lead in FATAL TO FEARLESS. It’s your 12-step path to survival.”
KENNETH ANDERSON, MD, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
About the Book
An empowering, soul-baring personal account from a two-time cancer survivor, a must-read for patients, caregivers, and anyone facing a challenging disease in today’s deeply broken medical system.
“I will never forget the doctor looking at me and saying, ‘I’m sorry, you have cancer.’ And not just any cancer, one of the lousy ones. Three years to live.”
Kathy Giusti was a new mom and successful businesswoman when a terminal cancer diagnosis stopped her in her tracks. But with so much to live for, she refused to give up, turning a three-year death sentence into a 30-year crusade that not only saved her own life, but has since helped millions facing a life-changing diagnosis.
Part memoir and part how-to, Fatal to Fearless tells the gripping story of how Giusti took on the system and turned it to her advantage. It is a crash course in surviving a difficult diagnosis, organized around twelve essential steps. Each step includes What To Dos (WTDs) built on years of hands-on experience, both as a patient with a front-row seat to the American healthcare system, and a professional disrupting it from within. Her hard-fought wisdom ranges from how to access the best diagnostics and treatments, to preventing disease in the first place. Accompanying each step is practical advice from experts Kathy has met along the way—top medical insiders on the frontlines of physical and emotional care.
But at its center, Fatal to Fearless is an eye-opening personal story that reveals difficult, yet honest truths about illness, family, friendship, and marriage. Pulled from her thirty journals—a journal for every year she wasn’t supposed to live—Giusti lays bare what she did right, what she did wrong, and what she didn’t do at all, sharing what we all need to know about the impact health has on relationships and how to protect them.
She believes everyone deserves a fighting chance and her mission to democratize healthcare has never been more urgent. Hopeful, wise, and packed with hard-won knowledge, Fatal to Fearless gives you the concrete tools and inspiration to fear less and live more.
Fatal to Fearless
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