From Surviving to Thriving

S cott P etinga

S uperhero. 10x E ntrepreneur. 3x P hilanthropis t.

Advisor. Activis t. Author. Thriver.

Survive

Continue to exist.

sur·vive/sərˈvīv/

verb

Thrive

F lourish.

thrive/THrīv/noun

SURVIVINGP ROHIBTS US FROM

A LIF E OFLIVING

MEANING

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Survivorship – My Story

⚫ 2004 – Diagnosed w/s ta ge 1 tes ticula r cancer. S urgery

followed

by 10 rounds of radia tion therapy.

⚫ 2009 – S perm production cea ses to regenera te

⚫ 2013 – Hormone production vanishes

⚫ 2016 – Bra in functiona lity diminished

⚫ 2019-2020 – Muscle and tendon a trophy

Being your Own Advocate to

Receive the Best Poss ible

Care

Advocacy⚫ Increa se your understanding of the

condition-Journal of American Medical Assoc.

-New England Journal of Medicine

-Medline and Goog le Scholar

⚫ S eek out an Angel for one-on-one

support (www.imermanangels .org)

⚫ Know the most effective treatment

options

-NIH

-AS CO (American S ociety of Clinica l

Oncolog y)

-BIO (Biotech Innovation Organiza tion)

⚫ Pra ctice makes perfect

-doctors, institutions or collaborative

groups that trea t many patients,

achieve

better and more cons is tent results at

lower cost with fewer complica tions

Advocacy

Advocacy⚫ There are 20 million articles on Medline and

the volume of medica l literature grows by

10 percent every year

⚫ Twitter fosters innovative idea s

-Globa l interaction

-Lifelong learning

-Research dis semination

Advocacy⚫ 48 percent

of phys icians

accepted some

kind of pa yment

from a device

manufa cturing or

pharmaceutica l

company

-Open Payments

(www.cms .gov)

Advocacy⚫ Doctor or Dictator?

-A review of the literature revea l tha t when pa tients are more actively involved in their own care, they

experience better trea tment outcomes .

⚫ S hare information — you know your body

better than anyone else

⚫ Ask questions like a toddler

⚫ Know the benefits and consequences

of a ll the treatment options ava ila ble

Biohacking to a Better

Recovery

Biohacking

The art and science of

chang ing the

environment around

you and ins ide you so

that you have full

control over your own

biolog y

bi·o·hacking/ˈbīōˈhakiNG/noun

Biohacking —Red Light TherapyPhotobiomodulaton is the use of red or near-

infrared light to hea l, restore and stimulate

multiple phys iolog ica l processes and to repa ir

damage caused by injury or disea se .

⚫ Testosterone/S exua l Libido

⚫ Hair Growth

⚫ Collagen

⚫ S leep Optimization

⚫ Memory and Learning

⚫ Wound Care/Inflammation

⚫ Bone Hea lth

Biohacking — Calorie RestrictionFa sting for two days protected hea lthy cells ag a inst the toxicity of chemotherapy . Further,

researchers have clinica lly demonstrated that brief cycles of periodic fa sting -mimicking

diets (FMD) have a range of beneficia l effects on ag ing and on risk fa ctors for cancer,

diabetes , heart disea se and other age-related disea ses in mice and humans .

⚫ TIME -RE S TRICTE D FE E DING — Restrict your ea ting to 10 hours a day.

⚫ THE 16/8 PLAN — Eat during an eight-hour window, and fa st for the rest of the da y.

⚫ THE 12-6 PLAN — Eat only between noon and 6 p.m.

⚫ WARRIOR DIET — To mimic the ea ting habits of warriors in his tory, fa s t for 20 hours during the day, and

consume any foods in a four-hour window.

⚫ THE 5-2 PLAN — Fa st two nonconsecutive days of the week and eat hea lthy on the other five days .

⚫ ALTE RNATE-DAY FAS TING — Fa st every other day, and ea t hea lthy on the in-between days .

Biohacking —Meditation

Meditation is a habitua l

process of training your mind

to focus and redirect your

thoughts.

⚫ Reduce S tress

⚫ Controls Anxiety

⚫ Promotes Emotion Hea lth

⚫ May Reduce Age-Rela ted Memory Loss

⚫ Improves S leep

⚫ Helps Control Pa in

⚫ Can Decrea se Pressure

Biohacking — SupplementsThe depletion of our soil ha s caused a nutritiona l deficiency in our food today.

⚫ Understands your micronutrient levels (vitamins , minera ls , antioxidants and other nutrients.

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⚫ Use genetics to create a custom blend and added a few additiona l components to off -set the deficient

above.

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⚫ ApoE 4 GE NOTYP E can influence your risk for the more common late-onset type of Alzheimer’s. Current

data provides substantiated evidence in support of DHA being a beneficia l bioactive compound for heart,

cardiova scular and brain function.

Nordic Naturals — 1180 mg of DHA + 710mg of EP A

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Biohacking — Cold Thermogenesis⚫ Our core body temperature should natura lly drop

every night. Room temperature should be between

60- and 67-degrees Fahrenheit for optima l s leep.

- Improved sleep duration, sleep hyg iene, and sleep qua lity

⚫ During water immers ion therapy, a person immerses

their body, or a part of their body, in a vat of water for

a specified amount of time.- S hower off a little warmer than usua l, (about 2-3 mins )

- Crank the dia l to cold as much as you can bear it!) and

cover your entire body (including head & face) with cold water

(20-30

seconds before turning it back to hot.

- Sta nd for another 2-3 mins in hot, then crank it to cold.

- Repea t this cycle for a total of 3-5 cycles of hot/cold.

Biohacking —Hot Exposure⚫ Improve cardiova scular

performance

⚫ F lush Toxins

⚫ Relax muscles and soothe

aches /pa ins in muscles and

joints

⚫ Reduces incidences of

Alzheimer’s by 65%

⚫ Relieve stress

⚫ Can Induce a Deeper S leep

Sta ying Res ilient and

Tenacious with the Bumpy

Roads Ahead

Resilience

The rebounding energy which

a llows us to bounce back from

life’s many defeats .

re·s il·ience/rəˈzilyəns/

noun

Tenacity

The staying power which

ultimately determines how

hard we fig ht.

te·nac·i·ty/təˈnasədē/noun

Survivorship – Lessons Learned⚫ “My life ha s purpose”

⚫ Renewed life priorities

⚫ Augmented feeling s

⚫ S ocia l support

⚫ Live for the present

⚫ You have a sense of coherence

(mixture of optimism and control)

Survivorship – Lessons Learned“Rea l-life ha s no signs , and no straight lines . There’s just a maze of infinite options .”

-Oliver Emberton

“In life there are a lot of forks in the road, yet no path is the wrong one as they a ll lead to

where

we were meant to be.”

-S cott Peting a

“It is not the strongest of species that survive; nor the most intellig ent that survives . It is the

most

adaptable to change.”

-Charles Darwin

KEEP PUSHINGYOU HAVE TO HAVE THE

GUTS TO GE T OUT THE RE ,

AND THE TE NACITY TO CHAS E YOUR DRE AMS AND NOT LE T GO!

THE RE S ILIE NCE TO KE E P MARCHING FORWARD,

THE INITIATIVE TO KE E P THINGS MOVING ALONE IF NE ED BE ,

KEEP FIGHTING

KEEP THRIVING

Advancing Knowledge, Enhancing Care

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