Ear ache leads to cancer diagnosis for WFU security guard
WXII 12 News
[{'start': '0.566', 'end': '4.036', 'text': "ON THE JOB.  NEW AT FIVE A TRIAD MAN JUST HIT  A REMARKABLE MILESTONE.  HE HAS BEEN CANCER FREE NOW FOR  ONE FULL YEAR.  AND THIS COMES AFTER HIS  DIAGNOSIS THROUGH AN UNEXPECTED  SYMPTOM.  WXII 12 JACKIE PASCALE HAS HIS  STORY.  HEY.  GOOD MORNING.  SCOTT SMITH IS THE FRIENDLY FACE  OF SECURITY ON WAKE FOREST  UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS.  HEY.  GOOD MORNING.  AND YOU'LL SEE HIM EVERYWHERE.  HE WALKS EIGHT MILES A DAY,  READY FOR EXAMS.  YEAH, BUT.  STAFF, STUDENTS.  OH, MY GOSH, EVEN ME WALKING  WITH HIM, WE DON'T SEE THE STORY  BEHIND HIS SMILE.  A YEAR AND A HALF AGO NOW, I HAD  AN EARACHE.  IT FELT LIKE AN EAR INFECTION.  THE PAIN FROM HIS EAR TO HIS  THROAT WOULD NOT GO AWAY.  EVEN WITH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF  ANTIBIOTICS.  FINALLY, SMITH SAW AN EAR, NOSE  AND THROAT DOCTOR WITH NOVANT  HEALTH.  I WAS IN THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE FOR  FIVE MINUTES AND HE SAID, YOU DO  NOT HAVE AN EAR INFECTION.  YOU HAVE A LUMP AT THE BASE OF  YOUR TONGUE.  A BIOPSY CONFIRMED IT WAS STAGE  ONE LUNG CANCER.  THE DOCTOR SAID THAT THE LUMUMP  WAS PUSHING ON THE EAR CANAL AND  HE JUST VERY UNUSUAL.  HE SAID THAT'S NOT USUALLY HOW  WE FIND IT, BUT LUCKILY, BY THE  GRACE OF GOD, THEY FOUND IT.  SMITH SAYS HIS FAITH IS ALSO  WHAT GOT HIM THROUGH AN INTENSE  TREATMENT.  CHEMO WAS ONCE A WEEK.  RADIATION WAS FIVE TIMES A WEEK  AT 35 DAYS STRAIGHT.  THAT WAS PROBABLY THE HARDEST  THING I WENT THROUGH.  I TOLD MY WIFE, I SAID, I CAN'T  DO THIS ANYMORE.  I'M DONE.  I DON'T WANT TO GO ANYMORE.  AND SHE PULLED ME THROUGH IT.  SHE SAID, DON'T WORRY, GOD'S GOT  THISIS.  WE GOT THIS TOGETHER.  WE'RE GOING TO GET THROUGH THIS  AS A FAMILY.  IT WAS ALL WORTH IT FOR THIS  MOMENT.  I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TELL.  TELL Y'ALL.  WITH HIS FAMILY.  I'M CANCER FREE.  OH, YAY!  JULY 22ND.  SMITH WAS DECLARED CANCER FREE.  56 AT THE TIME, THINKING, YOU  KNOW WHY?  ME?  BUT YOU KNOW.  BUT WHY NOT ME?  YOU KNOW, GOD PUT THIS PUT THIS  TRIAL IN FRONT OF ME.  AND I LEANED ON HIM AND MY  FAMILY AND MY FAITH, AND I WAS  ABLE TO GET THROUGH IT.  HE ENDED UP BEING THANKFUL FOR  THAT EARACHE AND HIS DOCTORS FOR  MAKING THE CONNECTION.  JUST LISTEN TO YOUR BODY AND  LISTEN TO YOUR DOCTORS.  BECAUSE NOW HE'S BACK TO WORK.  THANK YOU.  THANK YOU.  AND HIS WALKS, WHICH HE NEVER  TAKES FOR GRANTED IN"}]