NEWS IN NOVEMBER IS NATIONAL FAMILY CAREGIVERS MONTH. GENEVIEVE GLASS JOINS US BACK IN STUDIO. AND JAN, AS WE WRAP UP THIS MONTH, YOU HAVE A BITTERSWEET STORY FOR US ON SOMETHING THAT IMPACTS SO MANY NEW MEXICANS. YEAH, I DO, DARLENE. SO EACH YEAR, NEARLY. 420,000 NEW MEXICANS PROVIDE UNPAID FAMILY CARE TO LOVED ONES. THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE DEPARTMENT OF AGING AND LONG TERM SERVICES. BUT TODAY WE’RE INTRODUCING YOU TO A LOCAL COUPLE WHO’S FIGHTING A CANCER DIAGNOSIS TOGETHER. I MET A MAN WHO CREDITS OUTLIVING HIS INITIAL PROGNOSIS BY YEARS TO HIS WIFE. IT’S A STORY YOU’RE ONLY GOING TO SEE RIGHT HERE ON SEVEN. FOUR YEARS AGO, HANK WAS IN GREAT HEALTH UNTIL HE STARTED LOSING WEIGHT AND DIDN’T KNOW WHY. I DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS THIS CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA AND SO IT HAS BEEN PROGRESSING. IT’S AN EXTREMELY RARE DISEASE AND HE WAS DIAGNOSED AND STAGE FOUR OF THE CANCER AND GIVEN JUST A YEAR TO LIVE BUT THAT WAS FOUR YEARS AGO. HE CREDITS HIS WIFE AND CAREGIVER BETH WITH EXTENDING THAT NUMBER. I’LL HAVE TO SAY THAT IF IT WEREN’T FOR HER. I’D PROBABLY BE DEAD NOW. SO SHE HAS BEEN THE ONE THAT HAS DONE ALL THE BACKGROUND RESEARCH AND THAT’S EXTENDED YOUR LIFE AS LONG AS WE CAN AND MAKE IT AS PLEASANT AS POSSIBLE, BETH SAYS. YOU NEED TO ADVOCATE FOR YOUR LOVED ONE. WE ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS SITTING DOWN. WE HAVE TO BE PROACTIVE AND AND I GIVE HER SO MUCH CREDIT FOR BEING SO POSITIVE. MY ATTITUDE IS WHEN TO GO IN GETS TOUGH. THE TOUGH GO DANCING. HIS GOAL IS TO GO DANCING IN ALL 50 STATES AND WITH JUST ONE LEFT, WE’LL DO NORTH DAKOTA IN THE SPRING. SHE’S MY ROCK. THANK GOODNESS I HAVE HER. THEY SAY CAREGIVERS AND THOSE DEALING WITH CHALLENGING ILLNESSES LIKE THESE MUST WORK TOGETHER AND DO THEIR OWN RESEARCH AND FIND THE DOCTOR. THAT’S THE RIGHT FIT. ALSO IMPORTANT, THEY SAY, IS WRITING DOWN QUESTIONS BEFORE YOU VISIT YOUR DOCTOR TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THI