<description>&lt;p&gt;Jake Bailey was just like any other Year 12 student in 2015, until a persistent toothache lead to a devastating diagnosis. What doctors initially thought was Jake's wisdom teeth was actually an aggressive form of cancer invading his jaw and spreading throughout his body. Initially given just two weeks to live, an aggressive treatment plan and Jake's positive attitude saw him soon in remission and on a path to understand the psychology of resilience.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;LINKS&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Get a copy of Jake's book '&lt;a href="https://www.allenandunwin.com/browse/book/Jake-Bailey-Comeback-Code-9781991142252"&gt;The Comeback Code&lt;/a&gt;'&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Follow Jake on &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/jakebaiiley/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9G1Swk26ac"&gt;Watch&lt;/a&gt; Jake's viral school speech&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Follow Richard Richard De Crespigny on &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/richard_de_crespigny/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/richard-de-crespigny-am-3bb33"&gt;Linkedin&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Buy Richard's book '&lt;a href="https://flythebookcom.wordpress.com/buy-fly/"&gt;Fly! The Elements Of Resilience&lt;/a&gt;'&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Follow Nova Podcasts on Instagram for videos from the podcast and behind the scenes content &amp;ndash; &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/novapodcastsofficial/"&gt;@novapodcastsofficial&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;CREDITS&lt;br&gt;Host:&lt;/strong&gt; Richard De Crespigny&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Editor:&lt;/strong&gt; Adrian Walton&lt;br&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Executive Producer: &lt;/strong&gt;Damien Haffenden&amp;nbsp;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;Managing Producer: &lt;/strong&gt;Ricardo Bardon&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;See &lt;a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener"&gt;omnystudio.com/listener&lt;/a&gt; for privacy information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

FLY with Richard De Crespigny

Nova Podcasts

Jake Bailey's Devastating Diagnosis At Just 18

DEC 31, 202533 MIN
FLY with Richard De Crespigny

Jake Bailey's Devastating Diagnosis At Just 18

DEC 31, 202533 MIN

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Jake Bailey was just like any other Year 12 student in 2015, until a persistent toothache lead to a devastating diagnosis. What doctors initially thought was Jake's wisdom teeth was actually an aggressive form of cancer invading his jaw and spreading throughout his body. Initially given just two weeks to live, an aggressive treatment plan and Jake's positive attitude saw him soon in remission and on a path to understand the psychology of resilience.  LINKS Get a copy of Jake's book 'The Comeback Code'  Follow Jake on Instagram Watch Jake's viral school speech Follow Richard Richard De Crespigny on Instagram and Linkedin Buy Richard's book 'Fly! The Elements Of Resilience' Follow Nova Podcasts on Instagram for videos from the podcast and behind the scenes content – @novapodcastsofficial. CREDITSHost: Richard De CrespignyEditor: Adrian WaltonExecutive Producer: Damien Haffenden Managing Producer: Ricardo Bardon Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.