One day, I had a patient who was going through chemotherapy who came to me and said, 'I'm going to go on with what I'm doing, but I need you to tell me what it is that I'm fighting.'
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Chemotherapy is an opponent in itself - simultaneously curing you and hurting you.
I'm battling cancer. It's another battle I intend to win.
When they told me I had cancer - a very rare form called appendiceal cancer - I was shocked. But I went straight into battle mode. Every morning, I'd wake up and have an internal conversation with cancer. 'All right, dude,' I'd tell it, 'go ahead and hit me. But I'm going to hit you back even harder.'
Fighting's not me - it's just something that I do.
I'm fighting not only for myself and for my family, but I feel I am fighting for everybody who has cancer.
You know, once you've stood up to cancer, everything else feels like a pretty easy fight.
You know what the doctors call me? 'The Cancer Warrior.'
Who I have fought and how I have fought, it says something about me.
I want to fight and win the war on cancer.
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.