Summary: By now, we all know someone who has had COVID. Most of us know someone who has been extremely sick and facing death or has passed away from it.<br> In this episode, Brian talks with a man who had COVID, was hospitalized and on a ventilator, came to terms with his imminent death, and still managed to pull himself out of it.<br> Brian speaks with authors and podcasters Glen Tate and Shelby Gallagher from Prepping 2.0 about Glen's battle with not only COVID but cancer and a home move to a new state. All at the same time.<br> We also talk about Shelby's own battle with COVID and her fight with the establishment to save her husband. <br> <br> Facing Death:<br> What does it mean to truly accept death?<br> Not accepting death as something that will happen to you eventually, but accepting death because you realize it's here, staring you in the face. You're out of options, and it's time to check out.<br> Do you accept it?<br> Do you pray?<br> Do you say what you can to the people you love if you're lucky enough to have the chance? Or do you fight it?<br> Where do you find the motivation to fight?<br> As preppers or preparedness-minded people, we make sure we have our beans and bullets. But have you prepared your mind, heart, and soul for the possibility of death? <br> <br> Glen and Shelby's Journey<br> Glen and Shelby dive into their unbelievable year.<br> 2021 began with Glen's colon cancer diagnosis, which led to emergency surgery and months of chemotherapy.<br> During his treatments, Shelby was faced with packing up all of their belongings for a move from Washington to Montana. Not an easy task for seasoned preppers with a considerable amount of food and supplies.<br> In October, Glen faced another surgery to have his ostomy bag removed. During that surgery, he tested positive for COVID, and during this time, Shelby did as well.<br> With his body weakened from two surgeries and chemotherapy, he was given some oxygen and sent home to recover. Sadly, his return home did not last long.<br> Within days he was back in the hospital. <br> With a blood oxygen level of just fifty-one, the doctors decided Glen needed to go on a ventilator.<br> His chances of survival were a devastating twenty percent, but they told him he was out of options.<br> He made a phone call to Shelby to say his goodbyes, and began accepting his death. <br> <br> <br> Find Your Motivation<br> We all have that one thing that motivates us, that one thing that gets us.<br> For Glen, it's Shelby.<br> He realized he couldn't leave her behind. She was the motivation behind changing his mindset from accepting death to fighting it with all he had.<br> It was not easy.<br> Getting off the ventilator was just the first step. He had a long road to recovery.<br> Gaining the strength and ability to do basic things like walk… and swallow. He worked hard. He pushed his way through it with his wife's help and from thousands of people and their prayers. <br> This year was shared on Glen and Shelby's podcast, Prepping 2.0. The listeners and the viewers were able to track Glen's battle for his life and Shelby's battle for her husband.<br> Shelby gave updates on Glen when he wasn't well enough to join her on the podcast.<br> And when she decided to take on a fight of her own, she allowed her Prepping 2.0 community to watch how she navigated her battle with the establishment. <br> <br> Have You Done Your Research?<br> Shelby did her research.<br> She knew what Glen needed to get better. She knew he needed Ivermectin and zinc with quercetin and vitamins. And she tried to get those to Glen in the hospital.<br> But the doctors treating Glen confiscated them and then admitted they didn't know what the drugs were!<br> Shelby had done her due diligence and research. But the doctors had not done the same. And they were standing in the way of her attempts to help her husba...
