Nine months ago, Tony Bristol was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma cancer of the esophagus. He likes to say it’s easier to give than receive.

• 00:37: Tony was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma, cancer of the esophagus.
• 02:20: I started getting these night sweats.
• 04:05: It had metastasized in three locations in my liver.
• 05:41: I went to Austria for a week for experimental treatment.
• 06:56: I'm a religious man and I say God show me the right path.
• 07:39: Even the times that I struggle, I look at it as a blessing.
• 12:05: I thought I was at low risk and in great health.
• 13:06: We're all terminal, right? We just don't know when that date is right.
• 14:10: I cried a lot in the first six months.
• 19:06: I wake up every morning, I get on my little exercise bike and do 30 minutes.
• 21:21: I want to see them grow old. I want to see their children.
• 23:34: I'm just gonna love this cancer and let it be my friend too.
• 25:30: And it's weird how it just starts showing up when you start being public.
• 29:25: Magic Johnson was like, Tony, I got you, man. it's 100 [percent] attitude.
• 31:30: We're as a collective humanity; we're all in this together.
• 32:10: What advice would you give your 16-year-old self?
• 35:52: I wanted to show young men that it is okay to be authentic.
• 38:25: What is one thing that you wish you had known at the very beginning of your cancer journey?
• 40:25: If you could do one thing to improve health care in the US and what would it be and why?
• 42:45: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions
• 45:46: What is one resource that you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers?

Resources

• Love, Marriage, and Update on Brain Cancer (Tony interviews his wife)
• Tony’s Caring Bridge Blog