Steve Garraty’s Grapefruit Miracle: Resilience, Reflection, and Giving Back After Cancer
About this episode
Steve Garrity shares his journey through cancer and how it transformed his life.
On this episode of Cancer and Comedy , host Dr. Brad Miller and co-host Deb Krier talk with Steve Garrity , author of Great Fruit: How Cancer Led to Living a More Fruitful Life . At just 18 years old, Steve was diagnosed with stage 3 Hodgkin’s lymphoma after discovering a lump in his neck that had quietly grown into a grapefruit-sized tumor. What followed was nearly a year of chemotherapy, the loss of his social circle, a breakup with his girlfriend, and a total disruption of the life he thought he wanted. Steve openly shares how, at that time, he wasn’t a “good teenager.” His life revolved around partying, bad decisions, and a crowd that quickly vanished once cancer entered the picture. Amid that isolation, his parents—especially his mother—encouraged him to journal . That journal became his lifeline during treatment and, decades later, the foundation of his book. Over 37 years , Steve’s raw cancer journal grew into a two-part book: Part One covers his life leading up to cancer and his treatment journey. Part Two explores how cancer shaped his life afterward as a husband, father, business leader, and man of faith , and how it led him to focus on empathy, gratitude, and giving…
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