Ben Cooper is a Christian, husband, father of five, author, speaker, and beekeeper. Ben used his second cancer diagnosis as a therapy to launch his writing journey of Christian devotionals and children's books. His love of farming and nature is the backdrop of his writing.

• 01:13: Take us back to the beginning of that first cancer diagnosis and tell us where your journey began.  
• 03:52: I was already scheduled to have a specialist in Baltimore look at me.  
• 06:29: Was it considered throat cancer? 
• 08:20: My step-grandfather had had neck cancer.  
• 10:07: I don't want my kids to be shocked to see a different dad come home from the hospital.  
• 12:07: My percentage with the surgery was a 35% survival rate. 
• 15:07: Did you make it to five years? 
• 18:49: Why couldn't they get you in sooner?  
• 20:28: Writing was my second therapy. 
• 22:42: If I'm involved, I'm 120% involved. 
• 23:42: What was your worst moment? 
• 26:15: I was not wrong in challenging the hospital and saying, why didn't you tell me this? 
• 28:09: My wife was in tears. 
• 30:05: Almost 20 years later, I have a sinus infection every day of my life. 
• 32:27: People I didn’t even know sent me letters of encouragement. 
• 33:18: What is one thing you wish you had known at the very beginning? 
• 34:19: If you could only do one thing to improve health care in the U. S., what would it be and why? 
• 35:05: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions.  
• 36:19: Aside from Cancer U, what is one resource you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers? 

Resources

• Ben's website
• Ben on LinkedIn
• Ben on Amazon (links to his books)
• Email Ben: [email protected]
• National Organization of Rare Diseases (NORD)