1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:02,480 Speaker 1: This is just a great story. It's just one of 2 00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,400 Speaker 1: those things that will make you feel better today. I 3 00:00:05,440 --> 00:00:09,160 Speaker 1: think his name is Alex Para. He goes goes by 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,800 Speaker 1: Alex one leg on TikTok that's right, and call out, 5 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:14,160 Speaker 1: how did you did you find him? Did you see 6 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:14,760 Speaker 1: him on TikTok? 7 00:00:14,840 --> 00:00:16,720 Speaker 2: Yeah, he just showed up on my for you page 8 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:18,840 Speaker 2: and it was like originally because he does a lot 9 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 2: of because he has a prosthetic, so I saw some 10 00:00:20,760 --> 00:00:22,599 Speaker 2: of those, and then I saw this cancer bucket list 11 00:00:22,640 --> 00:00:25,239 Speaker 2: thing and you're gonna love his energy. He's like, it's 12 00:00:25,280 --> 00:00:26,560 Speaker 2: like an infectious energy. 13 00:00:26,600 --> 00:00:30,680 Speaker 1: He's the sweetest. Okay, let's bring him in here, Alex Para. 14 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,199 Speaker 1: So his story goes, he was always athletic, and he 15 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:38,880 Speaker 1: was diagnosed with stage two bone cancer in high school 16 00:00:39,040 --> 00:00:41,479 Speaker 1: and his right leg had to be amputated. When he 17 00:00:41,520 --> 00:00:44,199 Speaker 1: was sixteen years old, the cancer came back in the 18 00:00:44,240 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 1: form of stage four lung cancer and Alex, at that 19 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: point they told you had three months to live. 20 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 2: Correct. Yeah, it's been a still long stort of journey 21 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:55,000 Speaker 2: that I've had for the past couple of years. 22 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:59,480 Speaker 1: And how can you tell us when you hear that 23 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: what happens, your. 24 00:01:03,040 --> 00:01:05,440 Speaker 2: Whole world honestly just sort of stops. Like I mean, 25 00:01:05,520 --> 00:01:07,800 Speaker 2: especially at fifteen when I had cancer for the first time, 26 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:10,960 Speaker 2: I honestly didn't want cancer, you know, I kind of 27 00:01:11,040 --> 00:01:13,000 Speaker 2: wanted a normal life. And then I beat that for 28 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:15,920 Speaker 2: the first time, and then I kind of had this mindset. 29 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 2: I'm like, Okay, I'm never gonna have cancer again and 30 00:01:17,560 --> 00:01:19,720 Speaker 2: never to deal with that. And then fast forward a 31 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: year and a half later and then I told I 32 00:01:21,360 --> 00:01:23,040 Speaker 2: have stage four lung cancer and three months up to 33 00:01:23,080 --> 00:01:25,200 Speaker 2: live in a ten percent chance and I'm terminal. So 34 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,440 Speaker 2: it's just like, what am I supposed to do if 35 00:01:27,440 --> 00:01:30,080 Speaker 2: that is bro Like, I'm ready to do college and 36 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:31,720 Speaker 2: have this new life. And then it was just a 37 00:01:31,720 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 2: new life in the hospital again. So it was just 38 00:01:33,600 --> 00:01:36,640 Speaker 2: a really scary moment, but you kind of just do 39 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 2: your best to keep your head u through it all 40 00:01:38,040 --> 00:01:41,440 Speaker 2: and you beat it. Yeah, I'm officially cancer free as 41 00:01:41,440 --> 00:01:45,520 Speaker 2: of January eleventh. So yeahssing. 42 00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: And what's so cool is that you started crossing off 43 00:01:50,320 --> 00:01:53,000 Speaker 1: things on your bucket list? Right when did you start 44 00:01:53,000 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: doing some of these things? 45 00:01:55,080 --> 00:01:57,600 Speaker 2: Yeah? So, I you know, when you're told you have 46 00:01:57,640 --> 00:01:59,960 Speaker 2: three months luf to live, you kind of you know, 47 00:02:00,160 --> 00:02:02,160 Speaker 2: like what would you do for totally going to die soon? 48 00:02:02,200 --> 00:02:03,400 Speaker 2: Like you kind of want to do all these things 49 00:02:03,440 --> 00:02:11,079 Speaker 2: that you want to do lists exactly, And I made 50 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,799 Speaker 2: this list of things that I knew I was never 51 00:02:12,880 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 2: going to be able to accomplish because I was gonna 52 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,600 Speaker 2: be passing away soon. So I made this list of 53 00:02:16,919 --> 00:02:18,359 Speaker 2: all these things that I, like, you know, that I 54 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,680 Speaker 2: would dream of and I would just imagine being there. 55 00:02:20,720 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 2: So I had this huge cancer scare in twenty twenty three, 56 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 2: like for the third time I thought it was going 57 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:27,640 Speaker 2: to happen, and I'm like, oh my gosh, Like what 58 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:29,360 Speaker 2: am I waiting for? Like why am I waiting to 59 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:32,040 Speaker 2: cross things off my cancer bucket list? I told myself 60 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:34,239 Speaker 2: I was going to accomplish, or you know, I wish 61 00:02:34,280 --> 00:02:36,560 Speaker 2: I was going to accomplish when I was dying, Like 62 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 2: what am I waiting for my waiting to start dying 63 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,720 Speaker 2: again to do all these things that I've dreamed of, 64 00:02:40,760 --> 00:02:43,720 Speaker 2: Like why am I waiting for that at my door? Like? 65 00:02:43,720 --> 00:02:47,440 Speaker 2: Why not do it now? So I started doing sorry. 66 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:50,640 Speaker 1: With the prosthetic leg. You started like doing cool stuff 67 00:02:50,680 --> 00:02:52,280 Speaker 1: right like reading? Are you hammicked in? 68 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 2: Like Tahoe Yeah, Hamilton Tahoe went to point Raise went 69 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,959 Speaker 2: to an aquarium, just like either it with small stuff, 70 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:01,000 Speaker 2: big stuff. It would it wouldn't matter. It would just 71 00:03:01,040 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 2: be things that I would want to do out of 72 00:03:03,480 --> 00:03:06,000 Speaker 2: the hospital, because that's all you would be cooped up in, 73 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,639 Speaker 2: you know, whether I'm emutotherapy or chemo, like, that's all 74 00:03:08,680 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: you would be. You would just be in the hospitals. Like, 75 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 2: I just want to do something out of here. And 76 00:03:13,560 --> 00:03:15,680 Speaker 2: I remember writing all these things down, this lists and stuff. 77 00:03:15,680 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 2: So I've been doing all the driven stuff ever since 78 00:03:17,680 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: your seventy A big outdoors guy. 79 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: So and you ran the San Francisco Marathon on crutches, Yeah, 80 00:03:25,040 --> 00:03:25,799 Speaker 1: tell me about that. 81 00:03:26,960 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 2: Yeah. So I wanted to bring awareness to how much 82 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,480 Speaker 2: prosthetics cost, because the prosthetic leg that I have is 83 00:03:32,800 --> 00:03:35,600 Speaker 2: one hundred and twenty thousand dollars without insurance. So I 84 00:03:35,600 --> 00:03:37,360 Speaker 2: wanted to bring awareness to how much we have to 85 00:03:37,360 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 2: pay as a as a community. And I wanted to 86 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:42,360 Speaker 2: attempt the San Francisco Marathon on crutches. And I only 87 00:03:42,400 --> 00:03:48,000 Speaker 2: trained for five days, which isn't that much. Yeah, Because 88 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:50,600 Speaker 2: I decided to do the marathon about a month before 89 00:03:50,680 --> 00:03:52,720 Speaker 2: and then I injured my hands because you never realized 90 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:54,720 Speaker 2: how much you use your hands on crutches. 91 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,000 Speaker 1: And it's amazing exactly and. 92 00:03:56,960 --> 00:03:58,880 Speaker 2: I only made it sixteen miles which took me like 93 00:03:58,960 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 2: nine hours. 94 00:04:02,240 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: Wow, that dude, what a great story. This is Like 95 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,560 Speaker 1: your energy is so good too. If you want to 96 00:04:08,640 --> 00:04:10,760 Speaker 1: check him out, look him up on TikTok and Instagram. 97 00:04:10,840 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: Alex one leg at, alex one legs what he goes 98 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,560 Speaker 1: by And thank you for inspiring. Thank you for your 99 00:04:16,760 --> 00:04:21,159 Speaker 1: your your positive attitude and sharing all that bro continued happiness. 100 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,560 Speaker 2: Thank you so much. I appreciate that so much. Thank you. 101 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 1: Nice to meet you by. I mean, there is that 102 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,599 Speaker 1: song live like you were dying and you start listening 103 00:04:31,600 --> 00:04:33,040 Speaker 1: to that and you start going, yeah, you know what, 104 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,960 Speaker 1: why put stuff off? I mean think about saying today 105 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: even putting off and get. 106 00:04:38,279 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 2: It done when you have to deal with something like that. 107 00:04:42,600 --> 00:04:45,120 Speaker 1: In a flash, Yeah, in a flash. Well, thank you 108 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:47,680 Speaker 1: call that for finding him and passing him along. That 109 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:49,800 Speaker 1: he's just I get it. He's just awesome. Yeah, he's 110 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:55,719 Speaker 1: a sweetie. See I would not say that myself, but 111 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: it sounds exactly right. I would not hang up with 112 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 1: Alex and go he's just sweetie. But you're right, he 113 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:07,440 Speaker 1: is a sweetie. Sorry, it's natural and it sounds right 114 00:05:07,480 --> 00:05:09,880 Speaker 1: coming from you, not me. But yes, he's a sweetie. 115 00:05:09,920 --> 00:05:11,919 Speaker 1: That's what he is. Work it in, work it in.