Dwayne Morton: 18 Year Misdiagnosis | Bending, Not Breaking

Choose The Better Story Podcast · Aug 21, 2026 · 41m

Dwayne Morton is a former international basketball player, an author, and a resilience coach — but his real story starts after the game ended. In 2006, he was diagnosed with a rare blood cancer that reshaped his entire life: relationships lost, a handicap parking tag, and the unknown future. Then, 18 years later, a new oncologist delivered the twist no one saw coming — Dwayne had been misdiagnosed all along.

In this episode, Dwayne shares how he rebuilt his identity from the ground up, why "bending, not breaking" became his life's philosophy. Instead of being bitter about 18 years of…