VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — George Barlow from Virginia Beach has no shortage of stories over the years, but his most important one might be about a conversation that saved his life.

"My lifestyle was kind of wild," Barlow said. "I [was going to] Vegas or to the islands."

Barlow smoked for 20 years but put down the cigarettes in 2023 after a routine screening with his doctor revealed something concerning.

"She goes, ‘Wow, I see something I don't like,’" Barlow said. "She saw something on my right lung."

After more tests, doctors confirmed Barlow had stage one lung cancer.

"I'm thinking, ‘oh god, that's like the kiss of death,’" Barlow said.

"I was talking with my wife, who I undoubtedly got the best wife in the world, I really do. And she goes, ‘Well, we'll just have to fight it,’" he said

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