Boy, do we have an inspirational story for you.

Yeah, be prepared to be motivated, because we're gonna meet

Peter Hedgemont. Now, when he was only 31 years old, so young,

doctors had told him that they discovered a cancerous tumor

on his liver. Now, for most people that would be just devastating news

looking forward to the years of painful surgeries and treatments.

But not Peter. No, Peter stood up to the doctors,

and he said no. He refused to accept that he had cancer.

And now, Peter and his wife Rhonda are here this morning

to share with us how he bravely overcame

his cancer diagnosis.

Welcome to the both of you. - It's nice to be here.

Good to see you, Peter. Now, when most people

are diagnosed with cancer, they just give up.

But you, you decided to fight.

Six different doctors told me I had cancer,

but I didn't listen to any of them.

How did you find that courage to ignore them?

I made this promise to myself to never, ever

look at those x-rays.

And, well, I never did.

And, you know, I never will, ever.

That's amazing resolve you have because - Yeah.

they try and shove them right in front of your face. - That's right.

those doctors sometimes. - That's right. Here, take a look.

If I listened to those doctors,

I'd probably be in a hospital bed right now.

Instead I'm here with you guys.

That takes so much courage. - Mm, wow. Because those hospitals,

boy, they can be negative places. - Yeah, oh yeah.

You go there to get sick. - That's right.

It's such a heroic thing you're doing, Peter. - Yes.

No, I'm not a hero.

The men and women who actually have cancer,

they're the real heroes.

Peter, I think you're a hero. - No, I don't see any expiration date

written on here. - And he's kept his sense of humor, too.

That's incredible. So Peter, from what I understand, you've just completely

lived your life after the diagnosis as you did before.

No changes in anything, not even your diet.

Nope, I didn't take even a single vitamin.

Not even medicine, because you know,

medicine is what sick people take. - Exactly.

Rhonda, he must be such an inspiration to you. - Yes.

Right, I understand you've been going to hospitals with him

to visit other cancer patients?

Yes, yes. Well, Peter talks to all the patients.

He talks to anyone who's diagnosed with cancer.

He just says to them, you don't have to listen

to what the doctors tell you.

Just look at me.

It must be such an inspiring story for them to hear. Wow.

Peter, what kind of... - Peter.

Peter? - Well, that's all the time we have

for this segment. Now Peter, we want to thank you very much

for coming in. We're going to take a little break, right now.

That's right. Coming up we're gonna be ignoring Iraq some more.

Stay tuned for that.

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