Fighting Cancer The Bender Way.

 Hi, friends. When I was first diagnosed with having cancer, I was so shocked. I was actually going to the hospital. I thought I had kidney stones. And when the doctor said I had cancer, I looked at my wife and literally said, Oh, shit. I was so shocked that this had happened to me. It's not something that I thought would happen to me.

But the approach I took was the same way I take everything that happens to me in life is. I have this mythical country that I've created called Bendervania, and I'm the president of Bendervania, and I'm responsible for everything that's happened. In Bendervania or is going to happen in Bendervania and Bendervania is made up of three states, the United States, state of mind, body and soul.

So when I was diagnosed with cancer, I really looked at this as an invasion of my body. This cancer invaded my body and I needed my body to fight back and be strong, but I also needed my mind and soul. to really fight back as well. Now I've got this incredible team at the Cleveland clinic that's helping my body fight this.

Now I'm getting therapy to fight this and I know I'll keep my body strong and fight this off. But then I also need my mind and soul to do the same thing. And I count on my family for that. I have an amazing wife that. Keeps me positive all the time and is truly the reason why I wake up every day. And then my soul is everyone that's touched me.

My family, my, my children are fantastic. They keep me very positive, my extended family. And then the folks that I work with. I've all sent me so many good vibes that I know I'll get through this and I'm very positive towards this. I know I will get through this. As a matter of fact, when I was diagnosed with cancer, I started YouTubing and learning as much as I could about this and reading about it.

And a lot of people experience that when they're told they have cancer, they've said it's the worst day of their life. And I don't want to diminish anybody's experience. or how they feel about this. But for me, it really wasn't. It wasn't the worst thing It really wasn't even the top five worst days of my life, my father passing away, my mother passing away, my sister in law passing away, my brother in law passing away, and my mother in law passing away were much more traumatic for me than this was.

I got through all of those as painful as they were, and I knew I'd get through this. So I need to keep my body strong, so I want to exercise every day. I want to have a healthy diet. But I really need to have a strong mind and soul. So I want to keep feeding myself great information to my mind to fight this thing off.

And then I want to keep positive and have everybody that cares about me keep pushing to, to really stay positive as well. And I know I'm going to beat this. I've got a terrific life. I'm blessed. Like I said, I've got an amazing wife, amazing kids. Amazing family and then an extended family at Gulfstream Goodwills.

I, uh, feel very good about this. I'm gonna do very well, and I'm gonna attack this just like anything else. It's, it's an invader to benia and, and we, we can't have that, so we'll get rid of 'em. So I hope in some way, shape, or form, this helps. Any, anyone out there that's going through the same type of thing, I'm, I hope that, uh, helps a little bit.

So go on out, make it a great day. Go coach him up and make it a great day. Thanks for listening.