00:00:00.000,00:00:03.000 Captions by www.SubPLY.com . . . . . . . . . . . . . 00:00:07.880,00:00:11.050 Boy, do we have an inspirational story for you. 00:00:11.750,00:00:14.820 Yeah, be prepared to be motivated, because we're gonna meet 00:00:15.020,00:00:18.860 Peter Hedgemont. Now, when he was only 31 years old, so young, 00:00:19.290,00:00:21.860 doctors had told him that they discovered a cancerous tumor 00:00:22.290,00:00:25.430 on his liver. Now, for most people that would be just devastating news 00:00:25.830,00:00:28.200 looking forward to the years of painful surgeries and treatments. 00:00:28.600,00:00:30.640 But not Peter. No, Peter stood up to the doctors, 00:00:31.030,00:00:34.030 and he said no. He refused to accept that he had cancer. 00:00:34.430,00:00:37.200 And now, Peter and his wife Rhonda are here this morning 00:00:37.400,00:00:39.670 to share with us how he bravely overcame 00:00:39.870,00:00:41.170 his cancer diagnosis. 00:00:41.610,00:00:43.950 Welcome to the both of you. - It's nice to be here. 00:00:44.650,00:00:45.880 Good to see you, Peter. Now, when most people 00:00:46.310,00:00:48.580 are diagnosed with cancer, they just give up. 00:00:49.020,00:00:50.690 But you, you decided to fight. 00:00:51.440,00:00:54.060 Six different doctors told me I had cancer, 00:00:54.250,00:00:56.050 but I didn't listen to any of them. 00:00:56.460,00:00:58.430 How did you find that courage to ignore them? 00:00:58.630,00:01:02.630 I made this promise to myself to never, ever 00:01:02.830,00:01:04.800 look at those x-rays. 00:01:05.000,00:01:06.370 And, well, I never did. 00:01:06.830,00:01:08.930 And, you know, I never will, ever. 00:01:09.370,00:01:10.970 That's amazing resolve you have because - Yeah. 00:01:11.410,00:01:12.440 they try and shove them right in front of your face. - That's right. 00:01:12.910,00:01:14.210 those doctors sometimes. - That's right. Here, take a look. 00:01:14.790,00:01:16.280 If I listened to those doctors, 00:01:16.770,00:01:19.480 I'd probably be in a hospital bed right now. 00:01:20.310,00:01:21.850 Instead I'm here with you guys. 00:01:22.280,00:01:24.050 That takes so much courage. - Mm, wow. Because those hospitals, 00:01:24.250,00:01:26.220 boy, they can be negative places. - Yeah, oh yeah. 00:01:26.690,00:01:28.690 You go there to get sick. - That's right. 00:01:29.190,00:01:32.160 It's such a heroic thing you're doing, Peter. - Yes. 00:01:32.590,00:01:33.820 No, I'm not a hero. 00:01:34.860,00:01:36.430 The men and women who actually have cancer, 00:01:36.630,00:01:37.560 they're the real heroes. 00:01:37.760,00:01:41.260 Peter, I think you're a hero. - No, I don't see any expiration date 00:01:42.370,00:01:45.640 written on here. - And he's kept his sense of humor, too. 00:01:46.170,00:01:48.670 That's incredible. So Peter, from what I understand, you've just completely 00:01:49.210,00:01:52.610 lived your life after the diagnosis as you did before. 00:01:52.810,00:01:55.250 No changes in anything, not even your diet. 00:01:55.880,00:01:58.180 Nope, I didn't take even a single vitamin. 00:01:59.150,00:02:01.160 Not even medicine, because you know, 00:02:01.360,00:02:04.190 medicine is what sick people take. - Exactly. 00:02:05.060,00:02:08.860 Rhonda, he must be such an inspiration to you. - Yes. 00:02:09.060,00:02:11.900 Right, I understand you've been going to hospitals with him 00:02:12.370,00:02:13.700 to visit other cancer patients? 00:02:14.400,00:02:16.540 Yes, yes. Well, Peter talks to all the patients. 00:02:17.000,00:02:19.100 He talks to anyone who's diagnosed with cancer. 00:02:19.310,00:02:21.280 He just says to them, you don't have to listen 00:02:21.710,00:02:22.850 to what the doctors tell you. 00:02:23.310,00:02:24.210 Just look at me. 00:02:24.410,00:02:27.250 It must be such an inspiring story for them to hear. Wow. 00:02:27.450,00:02:31.050 Peter, what kind of... - Peter. 00:02:31.450,00:02:32.780 Peter? - Well, that's all the time we have 00:02:33.190,00:02:35.260 for this segment. Now Peter, we want to thank you very much 00:02:35.460,00:02:37.560 for coming in. We're going to take a little break, right now. 00:02:37.760,00:02:40.260 That's right. Coming up we're gonna be ignoring Iraq some more. 00:02:40.460,00:02:41.460 Stay tuned for that. 00:02:42.630,00:02:48.170 Still Ahead This Hour... 2 LIVES LOST IN TRAGIC MARRIAGE