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A Courageous Recovery

Journey Through Illness

A powerful memoir of diabetes, dialysis, transplant recovery, resilience, hope, and the lessons learned through life-changing medical battles.

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About Author

D.R. Crotzer brings the perspective of an engineer, inventor, entrepreneur, and survivor to this deeply personal health memoir. After building a career developing technologies for major companies and his own startups, Dave found himself facing a different kind of challenge: diabetes, dialysis, open heart surgery, kidney transplant, and the long discipline of recovery. His story is honest, practical, and often surprisingly humorous, showing readers how information, persistence, medical guidance, fitness, and family support can help a person keep moving forward through difficult seasons. Alongside coauthor David Tabatsky, Dave shares the lessons, mistakes, fears, and small victories that shaped his journey. Diabetes to Dialysis to Transplant is not just his story; it is a compassionate reminder that recovery begins with awareness and courage, one honest step at a time.
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About The Book

Diabetes to Dialysis to Transplant shares D. R. Crotzer’s honest journey through pancreatitis, type 2 diabetes, dialysis, open heart surgery, kidney transplant, and the long road back to strength. Written with David Tabatsky, the book blends personal storytelling, practical health awareness, humor, and hard-earned lessons for readers facing chronic illness or supporting someone who is. Dave does not write as a doctor; he writes as a survivor who made mistakes, asked questions, learned from medical professionals, and rebuilt his life one step at a time. From hospital fears to YMCA fitness, from painful setbacks to renewed purpose, this memoir encourages readers to pay attention to their bodies, advocate for care, and believe that recovery can begin even after overwhelming challenges, with courage, patience, and steady, informed personal responsibility.

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What Our Authors Say

Real voices reflect Dave Crotzer’s courage, practical insight, and steady hope, showing how this memoir can support patients, families, caregivers, and readers facing difficult health journeys today.

His commitment to rebuilding strength shows what small goals, discipline, and community support can achieve during recovery, even when the medical journey feels overwhelming, frightening, uncertain, and deeply personal.

Dave’s story offers compassionate perspective for patients and families navigating chronic illness, making emotional challenges feel understood while giving readers courage to keep asking questions and seeking support wisely.

This memoir blends humor, honesty, and hard-earned wisdom, helping readers find purpose while learning how one survivor faced serious disease with remarkable resilience, patience, courage, and practical optimism daily.

Dave’s progress reminds readers that healthy change often begins with one brave step, then grows through consistency, encouragement, and a willingness to try again after every difficult setback faced.

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