 don't really know how to start today's video amongst all the life things that have been going on here lately you know off my fishing YouTube videos been just seeing a lot of tumor stuff lately and I just feel like I need to make a video about it so this is completely not about fishing so if you're excited about an awesome fishing video today this is not the one for you that's gonna be tomorrow as this channel has grown over the past couple years and everything that happened last year with my brain tumor in my ongoing saga with Willis I guess we'll call him little Willis now I've sort of inadvertently become a brain tumor sort of ambassador I feel like I get a lot of messages get a ton of emails and just people reaching out about tumors and my story and it just kind of blew up and you guys have been extremely extremely supportive try to be supportive of others and just that's always something that's in the back of my mind now man you know I'm not the only one out there so many tumors going on it's crazy I honestly keeps me up at times thinking about why the heck are so many people getting these tumors I don't know I'd love to know hopefully you would want to know if you had something going on with you or someone in your family who knows the real cost I really don't know I was told it's bad luck I kind of refuse to believe that but anyway so in some ways I feel like it's my duty to share this information obviously I've shared my story continue to share my story and it's brought a lot of other people to this channel that were never really interested in in fishing but this video is not about me I wanted to share some other stories about these these tumors that I've just been in my life this week and I've just been thinking about and I just want to share with you guys so a lot of you reached out to me about Simone I got a lot of messages a lot of comments about her and if you guys don't know her she has a very creative channel I've since subscribed to her I've been watching her videos I think she's super creative really funny she has an excellent positive attitude and she's known for making in her words robots so on her channel it's very entertaining she makes these robots she does commentary she does build she recently did a TED talk and she is just a scientific girl that's it's really good to have her on the YouTube community as a creator and she recently had a video that was literally titled the same as mine almost a year ago I guess it'd be about eight months ago or so where it just says I have a brain tumor and it is literally just shocking I watched the video and it was such a flashback to when I first got diagnosed because it's just so shocking you they tell you you got a brain tumor like what I didn't know how can I have this daggum golf ball sized tumor in my face in my brain and I'm walking around I don't even know it and I've got the video link down below if you guys are gonna go watch it and she's got another video posted of her TED talk everything that she was talking about it just sent me back to memory lane and thinking about all the things that I was asking like I had to reach out to other people and ask these sort of things and there's not that many people you can really talk to that you know that have these tumors there's really nobody I had one big youtuber Charles Trippie he reached out to me he talked me through what was gonna happen I feel like I needed to do the same thing with Simone so I've reached out to her and let her know everything I went through and it's gonna be okay I'm just what to expect but here's what I want you guys to do this is the sole purpose of this video I want you guys to go to her channel and I want you guys to leave her massive support on her latest videos just great great positive comments that are gonna uplift her okay because it's a scary time her surgery schedule I think for May 30th it's at the end of the month she's probably like me she got tons and tons and tons of tons of mail and email and comments and everything beforehand and I just couldn't get to everybody but I tried during my downtime what after the surgery when I literally just had nothing to do with lay there and it was just amazing to hear and read all the positive notes comments that you guys left lifted my spirits just so much so thank you guys so much and I want you guys to do the same exact thing for her so go do that that's linked here go check her out and leave a great great positive comment now in other tumor news it's not just big youtubers they get tumors right so if you guys follow the channel you know that I picked the contest winner for the make every cast count contest to to come fish with me and that is Elijah Barry so if you guys don't know who Elijah is I'm gonna link him down below as well link his Instagram he is a young teenage kid super positive attitude great great example of just a good outdoorsman he loves to hunt he loves to fish I was just very very impressed with his attitude and the way he carried himself for such young man when I went up to Missouri for a meetup I got to meet him and spend some time with him and his mom and he named his his tumor Willis Jr. and I'm wearing these sunglasses for a reason right now it's so tough to watch other people go through this stuff you almost just want to take take on that burden again because I've I've been to that place and I know I just want to take it I'm like just give it to me but I've been praying for him this is a tough topic guys I'm sorry I'm struggling with a little bit but I make all these fishing videos you know and it's it's great I I'm living the dream doing that it's funny it's educational and and it's just it's great but honestly what makes me feel like a better human being is sharing this kind of stuff and if you guys can help someone someone helps someone else like you just you just never know whose life that is going to change that's why I want to share this because I know it's already it's already happening I've heard the stories I just want to share this again so please this will honestly this is gonna make my day it's gonna make my week it's gonna make my month the rest of the rest of the year okay go give Elijah super support on his Instagram it's gonna be linked here flood his comments messages all that with positivity with love and encouragement I just really want him to be okay I know he can handle it that's just what you need to do as a great human and I know there is plenty of other people out there but this is just what's in my in my life this week what's going on and I just I had this feeling like I needed to share it put it on video for you guys because you're freaking awesome I love you guys you guys give me tons of support and I know you'll do the same for other people as well so those are just two special people I wanted to let you guys know about Elijah and Simone and just to end on a positive note if you're here for fishing and you listen to this message and you're like I want more fishing that is coming tomorrow and it's a spectacular video it really is never done what we did yesterday on this channel there was a lot of new things happening and it was it was great so stay tuned for that and off of the fishing videos me Stephanie and our little baby that's growing inside of her doing fantastic we're gonna have some good news to report to you very soon I hope things have been going well with the house and I've really been thinking more about starting another channel plenty of people have asked for hey Stephanie should have her own her own channel she has like a cooking channel that she does with stuff every once in a while but us getting settled in at a new house finally when that happens I'm really thinking about starting a just a family channel the way YouTube works really with their algorithms and with so so many creators they really focus attention on you know every video being about the category that you're you're kind of in the algorithm of so this channel will be more and more just straight-up fishing videos and then I'd also like to have a family channel where I can talk about this stuff show you guys all the family stuff and it makes sense on on both parts of the algorithm so YouTube likes it and everyone's happy I know some of you have come here to this channel from the brain tumor stuff don't care about fishing vice versa some people just only care about fishing don't care about family stuff and tumor stuff we're just gonna try to make everyone happy there I think that would be a good idea but I want to hear from you guys down below I do see a lot of comments from you guys we'll probably end up doing it if I'm seeing a lot of comments like nope don't care never would watch it don't don't do it I'll probably hold back on that so you let me know you decide life is good guys I love you don't forget to go send some mom and Elijah your support and you can subscribe right here if you want more of this I don't really know what that was but just felt it and my soul I'll see you guys tomorrow and thanks for being great human beings