My name is Bhavesh, and I discovered I had stage 4 lung cancer without experiencing any symptoms.

I wasn’t short of breath. I didn’t have a cough. I didn’t feel bad.

I didn’t have any symptoms for lung cancer at all. I wasn’t short of breath. I didn’t have a cough. I didn’t feel bad. At first, they told me I had cancer in the cervical spine, clavicles, lymph nodes around my neck, lymph nodes around my aorta, my adrenal glands and liver, and that there was really very little that anybody could do.

They gave me six to eight months. When I went to another hospital, they repeated all the scans. They weren’t sure that the cancer was as advanced as I was first told, but they still thought it was Stage 4. I agreed to do a thoracoscopy procedure. The cancer was in the right lung and was Stage 4.

After I was diagnosed, I made an effort to eat healthier every day.

A week after having the right thoracoscopy, we did the left lower lobectomy. Deciding on it made me quite relieved and motivated. In the end, I took two months and recovered from the surgery.

I didn’t experience major side effects.

I tried my best to commit to eating better.

I don't want my cancer to show up again so I will do whatever I can. I want to be fit, so that it doesn’t. My wife took a lot of care of me and did everything she could. She kept on researching the whole day. Seeing her work so hard, I was also motivated. At the end of the day, I just want to stay healthy and see my twin girls grow up.

I have a fear of the cancer showing up again, I still struggle with this fear.

Now, I feel optimistic, thankful, confident and full of courage.

To others, I would say: “I don’t think that you can rely solely on the doctors. You have to also see what you can do for yourself. That includes eating right, getting adequate rest, getting exercise, and actually taking care of yourself. You have to build your strength up. You have to increase your own immunities. You have to make yourself as strong as you can, so your body can fight the cancer.”