[0:00] SPEAKER_00: recovery was really not nearly as bad as previous recovery and of course I had a stoma so I have a new thing to deal with but had I known even when I first got diagnosed with cancer that this would be the outcome and this would be as manageable as it is For the sake of not having to deal with the cancer anymore, I would have opted for a total angiectomy all the way back in 2016, just knowing what I know now.

[0:33] SPEAKER_00: Which is why I like to be involved and meet with patients and people that are facing that kind of surgery outcome. To encourage them that this is really... With the TEP and the quality of my voice, of course we couldn't have predicted that, but I consider this outcome to be fantastic.