Brain Surgery, Setbacks, And Second Chances (EP 101)

About this episode

Dan MacQueen shares his harrowing experience of undergoing emergency brain surgery and the challenges he faced during recovery.

Dan MacQueen thought he just had savage headaches and a stressful tech job in London. Within days, he was blind on a tube platform, rushed into emergency brain surgery, and dropped into a month‑long coma while his family flew in from Canada not knowing if he would still be alive. When he finally woke up, he couldn’t walk, talk, or even smile, and the guy who used to run his own schedule at Hootsuite suddenly needed help just to make it down a hallway.

People in this episode

Host: Uncle Marv

Guest: Dan MacQueen

Topics covered

• brain surgery
• health setbacks
• second chances
• personal recovery
• mental health
• life challenges

Keywords

• brain surgery
• health
• recovery
• Dan MacQueen
• Hootsuite
• London
• coma
• setbacks
• second chances

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hootsuite

Places: London, Canada

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