- Greetings, everyone.
It's a lovely day in the summer of 2023.
- Right.
- And Bob is here to give a update on his condition.
So sit back, and let's see what's going on with him.
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- I have ataxia,
which affects just one part of my brain,
my cerebellum.
It affects my speech, of course,
coordination and my balance.
They think mine is genetic.
It does not affect my thinking.
They expect it to get worse.
But in my correspondence with a guy in Florida,
who has the same thing,
he is 76.
He still gets around with a walker.
So when I heard that, I thought, I can do that.
- That's right.
- So right now, I can still walk a mile every morning.
If you see me on the street, I look drunk.
(Brad laughs)
I walk slow, and I stumble a bit.
I stopped doing videos because I thought I sounded awful.
- You sound darn good today, Bob, I'm telling ya.
But no, really, you know, his mind is there,
and, of course, I always wondered if it was there before.
- That's true. (Brad laughs)
Agreed.
So we will talk about my replacement, Mike,
at the end of the video.
- So Bob, I don't know if I wanna just clarify
some of that technical. - Sure.
- So with Bob's ataxia, it affects his cerebellum,
which is your coordination in your body.
And then with him, it's his speech, his balance.
- And-
- His walking. - I have trouble writing.
- Writing, right.
- I can type, but I never could.
- You know, but as far as "The Bob and Brad Show"
and our whole business,
he has always been the leader of the ship.
He's steering the ship, and he still is.
He's giving us excellent guidance.
So he's always sitting back there.
We're looking up to him and his guidance,
and we're ready to go.
So, Bob, what do you say?
- So I wanna discuss three things
that help me get through this.
- Okay.
- So number one, I have three children, two girls and a boy.
So they have a ringside seat to what I'm going through.
They're watching me very closely to see how I handle this.
It's the best lesson in life I can teach them.
They will have challenges.
Everyone does.
So this is a great opportunity
to teach them one of life's hard lessons.
Number two, my daughter was diagnosed
with Non-Hodgkins lymphoma, a cancer, when she was 23.
She's now 31 and cancer free.
Her best compliment to me
when she was going through chemo was she said,
"I don't worry about that cancer
because I know you will do the worrying for me."
And I did.
(Brad laughs)
So I would go through what I have 100 times over
rather than go through
another one of my children with cancer.
Number three,
I'm so thankful for all the blessings of my life,
including all of you.
Thank you for your well wishes and prayers.
Anything else, friend?
- It's hard to follow up with that.
Bob, you're doing an excellent job.
You know, Bob is a family man.
He's,
everyone here knows that,
and if your family has a problem,
you have all the time off of work you need
to take care of your family.
- That's right. - But when it comes to work,
you gotta get your work done.
- That's right.
Crack the whip.
- All right, so with Bob's complications with his speech,
we talked about who can replace him.
Obviously, a big decision,
but it wasn't so hard
because we had an employee and a friend
who's been working with us together
for the last 10 or 12 years.
It's Mike, he's a physical therapist assistant.
He has worked with both of us in the clinic
with patients hand in hand for over a decade.
And then when we started the video channel,
he started working us in the background.
He knows what we are doing, he understands things,
and he's the guy- - And the podcast.
- Oh, and the podcast that we've been working on.
He is right on with that.
He's doing excellent job with that.
And so, he's got some big shoes to fill,
and he's doing a excellent job.
Mike, can you tell everyone
a little bit more about yourself?
- Well, you took all my talking points away from me, so.
- There's a lot more.
- Oh, I started working for them in 2012.
I had a internship,
and later on, they ended up hiring me,
probably against Bob's wishes, but it happened anyway.
And in 2019, I started working on YouTube with them.
I had some video editing experience,
and one of our coworkers was off
for a prolonged period of time.
So I came in, and one thing led to another,
and here I am, I guess.
- What do you mean, "you guess"?
You are here.
- You're here. - Yes. Yes.
So give Mike some encouragement,
and tell him, you know, he's doing a nice job.
There is an issue.
We've got this high voice,
but I'm thinking it's a really good thing.
- I don't know if we can fix that at this age.
(Brad laughs)
- Yeah, everyone, this is what I want everyone to do.
Make a comment.
How old do you think Mike is?
(Brad, Mike, and Bob laugh)
- I'm 35.
We're just gonna clarify it.
- Oh, come on. - Oh, come on.
- That's, well, that's over half of our age, so yeah.
He's doing great.
- Well, thanks for watching.
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