Bachelor in Paradise’s Joe Amabile and Serena Pitt on His Brain Tumor Diagnosis and Marathon Comeback
More Life with Carl RadkeShow Notes
Bachelor in Paradise’s Joe Amabile had no symptoms, no warning, and no reason to think anything was wrong. Then a scan found a brain tumor, and everything else they’d been worried about didn't matter anymore.
Joe and his wife, Serena Pitt, met on Bachelor in Paradise and now host the podcast Not Married to This. On this episode of More Life , they sit down with Carl, a good friend who ran last year’s New York City Marathon alongside Joe, to talk about the phone call that changed their year. They get into the decision to have surgery, the recovery that followed, and what it was like for Serena to become Joe’s caretaker. Joe also shares why he’s still planning to run this year’s NYC Marathon, where he and Carl will start the race side by side. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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