you know, time is running out. and when i was on survivor, i learned how to live with nature. depend on nature. you know, it was for 39 days. but then again, here, this rosy periwinkle, which helped save my life, that s a huge deal. and if we keep destroying these areas, you know, it could be a potentially horrible situation. jeff: where are you at right now with everything? you ve been through a lot of treatments. you and i have stayed in touch via texting and e-mails and phone calls, and there were times i couldn t reach you at all because you were in the bubble. you look good, you sound good. what s the complete update on the cancer? the complete update is, i had a rough year. i went through multiple different forms of chemotherapy. you know, some of them didn t work, some of them did work. i went through a full stem cell transplant where i was in isolation for 30 days. and that really got the cancer into remission, in addition to
conservation act, and they re trying to protect these endangered areas. what s going to happen when these environmental areas are destroyed, and potentially life-saving drugs will go along with it. you know, it s scary. jeff: what s the percentage, what have you learned in terms of how many drugs originate with plants that are found in the rain forest, for instance? yeah. 50% of all the drugs in the past 25 years have been derived from nature. so you can just imagine how many more are still out there that have been undiscovered. and if through, you know, pollution, deforestation, overfishing, human, you know, destruction, we have the ability to really make a horrible impact on these areas, which could potentially save millions of people. jeff: from your journeys through africa and other places, how concerned do you think we should be right now? you know, time is running out. and when i was on survivor, i learned how to live with nature. depend on nature. you know, it was for