At twelve years old, Hadley Ott weighed 53 pounds and was told he would be sick for the rest of his life. For the next fourteen years, he lived the way doctors told him to — steroids, feeding tubes, infusions every six weeks, and eventually surgery to remove part of his intestine.
Then one day in April 2024, he walked out of his doctor’s office and never went back.
Hadley is an American Moment alum who worked at the White House Council of Economic Advisers before leaving D.C. to write Drug-Free Crohn’s, the story of what happened when he walked away from the mainstream medical establishment and took his health into his own hands. He sits down with Nick to talk about the moment he decided to bet on himself, what he did instead, and why he believes a medical system built around managing symptoms has convinced millions of Americans they can never get better.
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