When you get cancer, it's like really time to look at what your life was and is, and I decided that everything I've done so far is not as important as what I'm going to do now.
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Cancer stops you in your tracks. It really makes you think about what's important. In a second, life can change. Don't ever forget to say thank you for love and family. What good is your success without them?
Once you have a disease like cancer, you look at life a bit differently. Some things that were important no longer seem as important as they were.
When I found out I had cancer, I just said one thing: 'I want to hold on to life' and that changed everything for me.
My philosophy, don't let cancer ruin your life. You get up every day and use what you have and what time you have left.
Cancer taught me to stop saving things for a special occasion. Every day is special. You don't have to get cancer to start living life to the fullest. My post-cancer philosophy? No wasted time. No ugly clothes. No boring movies.
Once cancer happens it changes the way you live for the rest of your life.
One thing you have to realize is that cancer is not something you necessarily cure, but you want to just take care of yourself and extend your life as long as you can.
What I've learned from my own journey, and from my family's experience with cancer, is how important it is to stay positive and move forward. Not every day is going to be perfect; that's life. But staying positive is going to get you to the next day.
Now I'm fighting cancer, everybody knows that. People ask me all the time about how you go through your life and how's your day, and nothing is changed for me.
I took on cancer like I take on everything - like a mission and a job to accomplish.