‘“Right from the get-go they said, ‘You’re going to beat it,’” he said. “They just made me be positive, and it was as simple as that. Some of the times it was tough to be positive, because you sure as heck didn’t feel like. … But I’m here to be able to tell you – successfully be able to tell you – anybody who’s suffering from the same disease or one of the same ilk, it can be beaten and you can make it back, and you’ll be smiling like I am today.”’