Share Your Story: Tony Bristol

<p>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.</p> <ul><li>00:37: Tony was diagnosed with small cell carcinoma, cancer of the esophagus.</li><li>02:20: I started getting these night sweats.</li><li>04:05: It had metastasized in three locations in my liver.</li><li>05:41: I went to Austria for a week for experimental treatment.</li><li>06:56: I'm a religious man and I say God show me the right path.</li><li>07:39: Even the times that I struggle, I look at it as a blessing.</li><li>12:05: I thought I was at low risk and in great health.</li><li>13:06: We're all terminal, right? We just don't know when that date is right.</li><li>14:10: I cried a lot in the first six months.</li><li>19:06: I wake up every morning, I get on my little exercise bike and do 30 minutes.</li><li>21:21: I want to see them grow old. I want to see their children.</li><li>23:34: I'm just gonna love this cancer and let it be my friend too.</li><li>25:30: And it's weird how it just starts showing up when you start being public.</li><li>29:25: Magic Johnson was like, Tony, I got you, man. it's 100 [percent] attitude.</li><li>31:30: We're as a collective humanity; we're all in this together.</li><li>32:10: What advice would you give your 16-year-old self?</li><li>35:52: I wanted to show young men that it is okay to be authentic.</li><li>38:25: What is one thing that you wish you had known at the very beginning of your cancer journey?</li><li>40:25: If you could do one thing to improve health care in the US and what would it be and why?</li><li>42:45: Thriver Rapid Fire Questions</li><li>45:46: What is one resource that you would recommend for cancer patients and caregivers?</li></ul> <p>Resources</p> <ul><li><a href="https://youtu.be/znz2tiJhtEI" target="_blank">Love, Marriage, and Update on Brain Cancer (Tony interviews his wife)</a></li><li><a href="https://www.caringbridge.org/public/tonybristol" target="_blank">Tony’s Caring Bridge Blo