“Being in the military for 26 years, I’m that gung ho, hard—core guy, like, ‘That’s not going to happen to me.’ Well, it just happened to me. I’m not going to sit over here and feel sorry for myself.”

JAIME SAINZ, 50, Clayton, North Carolina, an Army First Sargent at Fort Bragg, has colon cancer that has spread to his liver, abdomen and lymph nodes. He is photographed at home playing with his baby daughter, Andrea.  
Hear more from Jaime: dukecancerinstitute.org/jamie