 But you can't ever judge a book by its cover because internally I've got some major stuff going on and it definitely has pain going on internally and people with cancer sometimes you wouldn't even think that what's going on inside and it's like oh my god. So you do the clock? That's not a five minute timer. That's a five minute timer, I believe it. Yeah, so my name is Ty. Ty, hi I'm Heather. Hi Heather, it's nice to meet you. I have a hobby where I talk about anything anyone wants to talk about for five minutes. I think it's important to show if anyone can talk to each other. Is there anything that you really are motivated by or like something like you really want to talk about or strongly believe or like a movie that you just saw or something like that? I'm actually kind of motivated right now about my health. Oh, okay. It's just getting it in check because I've got health issues. Okay. So I've got, also I am motivated by getting my little girl who's mouthy getting her in check but my health is at issue so I'm trying to get that in check so I've also had a colitis. What does that mean? It's where your colon, it's autoimmune disease and your colon can flare up at any time and so getting that under control is a big motivator for me. Okay, okay. How do you go about doing that? Is it like walking or like a medicine that you take? It's medicine, it's stress management. Stress management? Mm-hmm. I can learn some stuff from that. How do you manage your stress? By not letting things get me stressed out. If anyone could do that, that would be like the best book slash music tape slash whatever. What's kind of tips to like keep your stress in check? Well, finding it struggling especially with children that a child that sometimes doesn't want to listen. I can imagine. Especially a child that just knocked my coffee over. Oh, you're fine. And didn't want to help pick it up. So managing stress is one and trying to come out here today, which we haven't done in a long time and going on a walk is something we are trying to do and start. Nice. So also I do, I'm a veteran. Oh, thank you for your service. My whole family is military. Oh, is it? My whole family is military. Okay, even yourself? Not myself, though, but I work for the government. Oh, you do? What do you do? I'm a scientist. I'm breaking down the chemical weapons in Richmond. Oh, wow. Yeah. Okay. Nice. All right. Wow. But yeah, so I'm medically retired because I'm having ulcerative colitis. Okay, okay. So it actually made me have to get out of the military. I was in the Navy, so it's something that's, you know, it doesn't go into remission for me. So I have to get medical infusions or infusions at the VA here at Cooper. So, and then I get therapy as well. So, but, you know, trying to stay healthy is an issue. And so also my mom has a health issues as well. We are wanting to try to start walking and bless you. And so, you know, that's something we're trying to do. And, you know, that's trying to get stress under control is a big thing. Can I ask you a question? Yeah. Why are you going through any of this trouble? Why is it important for you to stay healthy? Because if I don't, my stress will go up really high and this can get more. I control my ulcerative colitis. It can flare up really bad. And if it does, it could be to a point where ulcerative colitis can lead to, if you don't get it under control, it can lead to a serious flare. Or, and as you get older, you can, it can actually lead to cancer if you don't have it. Ah, I see, Aki. It could be life-threatening. Yes, yes. Okay. So not only is it really painful, but it could shorten the amount of time that you have with your family and stuff like that. Oh, yeah. And also to, you know, my mom, she just had surgery not too long ago and I had to help her with that. So I felt responsibility to help not only my little daughter, but my mom as well. But it's, if I don't take care of myself, I can't help out anybody. So. You know, what's interesting is, like I show some of these videos to a lot of different people. And when you look at a person, you can't necessarily judge, like, what they would say. Right. And then say they don't look sick. Yeah. Yeah. But they could be really, really managing a medical situation. Oh, yeah. What do you think would be good as, like, an advice to people who, like, look at someone and, like, make an assessment based on their views? Yeah, it's, you know, especially people too. You don't know what's going on inside internally. I try every day now to just at least try and get up and, you know, get ready. You have to, really, for my daughter because she's got a long life to lead. Yeah, she appreciates the investment you're making, for sure. Especially, you know, I still have a long life to lead too. It's like, I've got to do something, but you can't ever judge a book by its cover because internally I've got some major stuff going on and it definitely has pain going on internally. And people with cancer sometimes you wouldn't even think that what's going on inside and it's like, oh my God, you know, but, you know, the internal pain I've got going on, it's a struggle every day to get up sometimes. And, you know, I've had a lot of people say, well, you look okay. It's like, you have no idea what has to, you know, go through every day to get up because, basically, there are days, it's almost every day I don't feel like getting up and getting out of bed, but, and, you know, it's kind of hard just being here, but, yeah, you can never judge somebody just by looking at them. I guess it would be the last question. Do you think if people took more time to understand people on an apathetic level and weren't judging based on their appearance, it would be less stress, which would be even better for your situation? Oh, yeah. Is that a fair? Yeah. Oh, yeah. I mean, yeah, you can never just look at somebody and say, oh, you know, she looks good. Her hair's died. Her hair looks good. What are you talking about? Yeah. It's a, you know, if somebody... Oh, it's kind of white. Oh, I just shaved it today. That's right. Oh, that's right. Yeah. What about that? Yeah. Sometimes, you know, the reason I get my hair done is because if I did it, I would feel like the way, you know, you look sometimes it's like it really does motivate you to feel better. So you do your makeup, you do some of those things. It actually does help you, you know, feel better. So if you put on some makeup... It puts you in the right mindset. Yeah. It does psychologically make you feel better. So if you sometimes, if you fake it until you make it, that's kind of mind over matter stuff. Yeah. It kind of puts you in the right mindset. I'm totally fine with that. It does. So you kind of have to do that. And you got to treat yourself too. Yeah. Yeah. If you don't, because if you feel, you know, it's, you know, if you don't get some of those things done, it's, it really does, it can help you. I think so. Yeah. It can really help you if you do some of those things. But I have heard several times, like you said, and I know our time's up, but you don't look like you don't feel good. You look like you feel great. And I'm like, it infuriates me when I hear that sometimes because I'm like, you have no idea. That could be even more exacerbating, like comets like that, that make, that is its own cycle of stuff. Yeah. What we need is more people just willing to be like, hey, I don't know what your situation is. I'm willing to ask questions. Right. Right. And I don't know until they figure it out. Yes. Exactly. You're a scientist, right? Yeah. So you got your degree in biology? Biochemistry. How'd you know? Wow. How'd you even go for biology? That's pretty good. Well, because I've got a couple of degrees of biology. Oh, look at you. Yeah. And I have my degree in biology, too. Would you want to do a quick chat with me? No. It's up to you, Mom. It's up to you. Okay. Yeah. Do I have to talk myself and tell myself? Yeah. Oh, yeah. Do you ask questions? I ask questions. Do you want to do it now? Or do you want to wait until we come back? You can do it. No. Let's do it. No. Okay. You want us to give you some privacy? No. Oh. That was a great chat, Heather. I really appreciate it. Oh, yes. Nice to meet you. Tell me your name. My name's Ty. Ty. Yes. And I think people will really enjoy that. Oh, thank you. Yeah, for sure. I like that name. Yeah. Ty, suit you. Thanks. I appreciate it.