Steve Garraty’s Grapefruit Miracle: Resilience, Reflection, and Giving Back After Cancer

S1E117 - Steve Garraty’s Grapefruit Miracle: Resilience, Reflection, and Giving Back After Cancer

Published: February 19, 2026

Duration: 56:36

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 wa...