 My name is Officer Dave Barry from the Avon by the Sea Police Department. Being a canine officer, it's very demanding. You have to be ready to run to go on long tracks with the dog. You can be sent out anywhere at any time. When they gave me the diagnosis of cancer, papillary carcinoma, my world came crashing down, not knowing where it was going to go from there. Prior to even finding out about my diagnosis, I'm in great health. Young guy, I'm active. I do a lot of workout training, especially being a canine officer. I just randomly had check-ups and finding this was actually an accidental fine of a small nodule in my thyroid. After they find the nodule on my thyroid, I ended up going to several different doctors not knowing what the actual path would be. And all three doctors recommended Dr. Alec Schifrin. After meeting with Dr. Schifrin and the Meridian staff, I was very confident of whatever procedure I was going to undergo. It was the right one and the right path for me. The day of surgery, I arrived at the surgery center. They made me very comfortable. They explained everything that was going to happen. The surgery was extremely quick. Within a couple hours, I was out. The team at Dr. Schifrin's office followed up with me weekly and within three weeks, I was back at work, fully recovered. I am 100%. I am back to my normal duty of coming to work, training with my dog and spending time with my family. I never thought at 36 years old I would ever have cancer. Prior to this, you go to work every day not knowing what's going to happen. You have to be mentally and physically prepared for what you're doing. And that word cancer, it just means so much no matter what type of cancer it is. It hurts. It's everything crushing down on you. And the way the staff and Dr. Schifrin handled it, they made it so easy for me to go through the procedure and be back at my everyday job seeing my family coming to work and doing my duty.