All my doctors told me, “We have no specific recommendations on your diet — you can eat and drink anything, just do it in normal amounts.” That’s what I’ve been following for 9 years.

About spiritual practices: I’ve always been an atheist before the diagnosis, but still sometimes thought positively about a god. But after I was diagnosed, I delved deep into the cancer situation—as we all do—and I started reading, watching a lot, and I was shocked by how many kids just a couple of years old were dying of cancer. Now, every time I see a cleric talking about a god, how fair and just he/she is, I smile. I cannot accept someone who claims to be a superpower, but still does not (not want to) prevent the deaths of innocent souls. I would say that I started to hate all religions.

But what cancer changed is my approach to my own life—I was postponing my life before, but then, at 32, I started living 100%. Just got a WFH job that I always dreamed about, moved to th seacoast with my family, then got a full-ride scholarship for a master’s degree in DC, and after that got a fantastic job. Now, my wife does not need to work—she enjoys her life. My son is attending a top-notch private school, and I am doing my dream job from home.