GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — At age 39, Aaron Torres never expected he would be a cancer survivor and a recipient of a full lung transplant.

Treatment for a rare form of testicular cancer left Torres in need of a full lung transplant. Now, he's an advocate for early detection.

“I’m going to do whatever I can control to give myself the best possible outcome to just live a long fulfilling life after this,” Torres, who is from Highland in southeastern Michigan, said.

The first diagnosis came last year, not long after viewing the house he was planning to buy with his fiancée.

“I got off my motorcycle and my abdomen hurt a little bit. Honestly, I thought it was appendicitis, so we went to the doctors and after some bloodwork found out early July that it was testicular cancer,” Torres said.

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