'Chasing My Cure': Doctor fights to find cure for rare illness that nearly killed him

Saturday, September 14, 2019
NEW YORK (WABC) -- David Fajgenbaum is a doctor on a mission -- to save his own life.

Dr. Fajgenbaum, a former Georgetown quarterback nicknamed "the Beast," was in medical school when his organs suddenly started to fail, and he was read his last rites.
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It turns out he had Castleman disease, a rare immune system disorder, so he took matters into his own hands to find a treatment that could save his life.

Dr. Fajgenbaum sat down with the Eyewitness News anchors Rob Nelson and Toni Yates to talk about his new book "Chasing My Cure: A Doctor's Race to Turn Hope Into Action."
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