Hi, Shaline. I just wanted to leave you a quick message to let you know how much I love you and appreciate everything that you do for all of us listeners to your podcast, all of your fitness,

lifers, and you are just amazing.

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And then after that, I discovered your podcast, which you are like my BFF, who goes on daily walks with me every day.

I really feel like you and I could be BFFs forever. Love ya and you are thebombe.com.

How would you handle it? And what would you do differently? If today you were told you had just 18 months left to live.

It might seem like a heavy topic, but that's what we're going to talk about today on the Shaline Show.

Welcome to the Shaline Show. Shaline is a New York Times bestselling author, celebrity fitness trainer, and obsessed with helping you live your dream life.

It was Jen's birthday. She and her husband, Darren, were kind of excited about spending the night out on the town.

In fact, they had made certain that their kids were taking care of for the night so they could really enjoy themselves.

Like go out and have a nice dinner, maybe a few cocktails, maybe even spend the night at a hotel and really enjoy that kind of freedom that sometimes only a parent can understand and relate to what it feels like to be free for the night.

They were pretty excited. But in the month leading up to Jen's birthday, Darren had been suffering some kind of strange cognitive symptoms.

Like words weren't coming to him the right way. His brain just wasn't working the way he felt like it should.

You know, he was a pharmacist and he's a super smart, funny, witty guy. And suddenly he was struggling to find words and remember things.

He shared his concerns with his doctor and his doctor thought, well, just be safe. Why don't we just schedule an MRI for you?

Well, it just so happened that the MRI was scheduled because MRIs are scheduled like on the hour. And it just so happened that the MRI ended up being scheduled on the same day as Jen's birthday at 9 p.m.

So they decided to enjoy themselves a little bit. They would go have the MRI and then anticipating that would take just an hour or so.

They would be able to go back and enjoy the rest of their evening. They head to the hospital and Jen waits patiently in the waiting area for her husband to return.

Hoping this would be just about an hour, but an hour passed and an hour and a half.

And eventually the doctors returned with news that would change their lives forever.

Jen also happens to be one of my closest and dearest friends. This is Jen Delvo and her husband, Darren.

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