Jim Brown likes a good challenge. The 49-year-old has spent much of his life seeking thrills on mountaintops, bike trails, and even in his job as a firefighter and paramedic in Olympia.
But the biggest challenge of Brown’s life began two years ago when he was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer.
“I cried everyday for probably the first month,” said Brown. “You can run me through the ringer all you want, but making my daughters hurt and creating pain for my wife was hard.”
Brown has had 30 rounds of chemotherapy since his diagnosis, and doctors say he’ll never go into remission.
“I detest it, I hate going through chemo,” said Brown. “You just relive it every time you go up there.”