full-blown multiple myeloma. >> steve asked him at one point, what are our options? and he said, you need to start this drug immediately. >> or? >> or you will die. >> he said you would die? >> absolutely. >> before starting chemotherapy, monica and her husband steve booked a vacation to costa rica. >> we needed to get away and regroup and start our life of cancer. >> how was that trip? >> fabulous. >> wonderful. >> we had a blast. >> in the back of your mind, this was, we get back, here we go, i'm going to be on chemo, being treated for cancer? >> lifetime. >> monica had her frustrations with dr. fata. and his aggressive style of treatment. but she decided to stick with him. after all, he was considered the best cancer doctor in michigan. and very hands on. there were two other oncologists working for him, but monica was always treated by dr. fata personally. he worked at his other clinic, an hour away from the main hub in detroit. dr. fata was so hands on, he even personally patients that treated closer to where the other doctor worked. >> make the patient drive mo

multiple myeloma and a type of brain cancer?meningioma. for some of these, like esophageal cancer, being obese can make your risk go up almost five times the normal rate? what's worse, as the pounds add up, so does the risk? being slightly overweight can make your risk for uterine cancer the line into obesity?can increase your risk seven times. obviously losing weight is important for many reasons. now we know it can lower your risk for many cancers. with this medical minute, i'm dr. timothy johnson. still ahead...a final look at your forecast! and.. before we head to break.. a look at tonight's abc primetime lineup. 8:00 the goldbergs 10:00 modern family 10:30 black-ish 11:00 13 action news chopper 13. .bringing you breaking news fast and first. we'll be right back. several buildings have been damaged from two tornadoes that no word yet on any injuries. the desperate search for survivors after an earthquake in italy is just beginning. 159 people are aleady confired dead. that number is expected to rise. and a local man has been arrested o

eight other cancers, stomach, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, ovarian, thyroid, a type of blood cancer myeloma and a brain cancer. what's worse, pounds add up, so does the risk. being slightly overweight can make your risk for uterine cancer almost doubled but having an eastern bmi or crossing into obesity can increase your risk seven times. obviously losing suite important for many reasons. but now we know it can also lower our risk for many cancers. >> we have breaking news from salem. >> news us in a -- break news at 6:00 starts right now. >> what we're learning. >> new video the day a terrorism suspect was killed by police. what else we're seeing as investigators close this case. >> a couple of tropical threats. which one could affect a portion of the united states. straight ahead. >> aenld early woman found by surprise. in this home, the allegations against a to take care of her. >> we begin at 6:00 with some breaking news, explosive surveillance video showing vandals targeting the box. >> here are the breaking details. >> salem police are looking for sort of device put into a rape go tim

after she knew it was likely she would lose her battle with myeloma, she called her employer regarding her life insurance policies. her beneficiary forms. >> reporter: margie was on medical leave from her job at the legal aid society, so she e- mailed back the forms including the four grandchildren as beneficiaries. >> we thought last year they filled out their papers and everything was fine. >> reporter: margie died days after this video celebrating her 67th person. >> she was a remarkable person. >> reporter: while settling her estate the family got shocking new. >> they just said sorry, policy. >> reporter: mort was told her life insurance terminated when she was 65, yet she had sent the change forms a year later when she was 66. >> they didn't say you don't have a life insurance policy. >> reporter: they say they never got anything from legal aid or metlife letting them know the policy was lapsing. >> we could have continued the premiums ourselves. >> she left thinking everything was okay. so now she must be beside herself. >> reporter: until we got involved contacting metlife and

increasings the risk of stomach, liver, gal badder, pancreatic and ovarian and thyroid cancers and multiple myeloma, brain tumors and it leads to overproduction of hormones causing inflammation and that can drive cancer growth. >>> all right, light talk about the most still enjoying the 70s in many spots across the valley. you get ready to head out of the door. it will feel comfortable out there. that is dry with sun no mostly sunny sky. across the -- sunny and mostly sunny skies. the accurate forecast, despite our start in the 70s, we will warm back into the upper 80s by 9 a.m. the mid-90s by lunchtime and feeling toasty by noon. and still looking at sunny skies. a few high clouds drifting in and we get storms in the look for gusty winds that can come out. temperatures up to 101 by 2:00 and today's high, a repeat of yesterday's high, up to 103 degrees and i maked the storms in the surrounding areas. they will be across that higher terrain and unlike yesterday, it's not looking look we'll see them move off of the higher terrain into the valley, it looks like they will go away and keep an eye on the