00:00The great out of doors, restful, calm, majestic, there's nothing like it to give you the feeling
00:24that it's great to be alive. Everyone shares in the feeling. Everyone, that is, except Ed Parmalee.
00:31Ed has a problem. No, it isn't Marion, his wife. It's this. Ed doesn't know what's making that noise.
00:42What's more, he's afraid to find out. Why? He's scared it might be something serious, and his fear has frozen his judgment.
00:51He knows something is the matter with the engine, but because he's scared of what it might be, he won't admit anything's wrong.
00:59That's what a simple fear can do. Here are some other things it can do.
01:05Ed, what's that noise?
01:07Noise? What noise?
01:09Ed's not really an idiot. He's simply denying the source of anxiety, pretending there's nothing there.
01:15Fear can also make us project... Knock, knock. Knock, knock.
01:19Oh, I get it. Knock, knock. Who's there?
01:23Marion. Marion who? Marion Haste. Repent at leisure.
01:27Or, if that doesn't work, there's the camouflage called I see disdain.
01:32Why don't you go back to Glasner's garage?
01:39Now, Ed, you're just being stubborn. Just the way you are about your stomach trouble.
01:44Oh, for crying out loud, lay off, will you?
01:46And that was the last refuge in ducking the issue. Anger. Unreasoning anger.
01:52But you can't drive away anxiety about your car or your stomach by denial, sarcasm, or anger.
02:00There are always reminders.
02:15Forget it.
02:17And there comes a time when it's impossible to ignore the trouble any longer.
02:41So you may want advice. It's easy to get.
02:44Looks bad. Once they start to go, it's curtains.
02:48Foul vlog. Going to camp shaft.
02:51Ah, report a widget fittings.
02:53My brother-in-law had the same trouble. Bluey.
02:58Ed is now more confused and worried than he was before.
03:02But what's this? Hmm. Save expensive repair bills.
03:06Recondition your own motor. Results guaranteed.
03:09Well, there are the results. And they're guaranteed.
03:15Now, will you take it to Glasner's, Ed?
03:19Well...
03:20I'll tell you what I do, Mac.
03:22A place down the road of ways, a fellow named Clyde.
03:24Got a special system for taking a motor down.
03:28Save you some dough.
03:30This is Clyde.
03:38Got a special system for taking a motor apart.
03:40A little worse shape than I figured, Jack.
03:50I gotta put in king-sized ring flanges, ammo distillate pump suppressors, and mill the casing mount.
03:56Mm-hmm.
03:58Ed didn't save a dime by going to Clyde.
04:06Too bad, Mr. Parmalee.
04:08Wish you'd brought it in when the trouble first started.
04:10Now...
04:15Well, here's the tariff. We replaced it.
04:18What's the matter, Mr. Parmalee? Something bothering you?
04:22Yes, something's bothering Ed. His stomach.
04:26As Marion said, it's been on the blink for a couple of weeks now.
04:31Again, Ed's worried and scared.
04:34Worried that his indigestion might be something serious, and scared to face the problem.
04:39So, when the subject comes up...
04:42Why do you take that stuff all the time, Ed?
04:44He uses the same bag of tricks.
04:47Denial.
04:48What do you mean? I don't take it all the time.
04:51Laughing it off.
04:53I don't think it does you any good.
04:55Well, well. The Florence Nightingale of Blake Street.
04:59We were talking about your stomach.
05:01Icy disdain.
05:10And finally, anger.
05:11Ed.
05:13Ed, I wish you'd go and see a doctor.
05:15Out! Get out!
05:17Just a minute, Ed.
05:19Oh.
05:20You're being pretty difficult, you know.
05:22I'm being difficult?
05:23Right.
05:24The same as you were about your, uh, car.
05:28Oh.
05:30You know, your body's a lot like your car motor, except that it's a little harder to buy new parts for it.
05:35When your motor's in good shape, it runs like this.
05:39When something goes wrong, it usually gives you a warning.
05:44Your body usually gives you a warning, too.
05:47When it does, it's best to pay attention and do something about it.
05:51Do something?
05:53My medicine cabinet is loaded with stuff.
05:55Ed, using that in your stomach is like using this in your engine.
06:00It's dangerous.
06:02Look, Ed. You've had indigestion for more than a couple of weeks.
06:06Remember that signboard?
06:08It's something that could mean cancer.
06:10Yeah.
06:11Well, I might as well give up, then.
06:14Like the fellas were saying just the other day.
06:17Cancer? Once it starts in, it's curtains.
06:21Runs in the family.
06:23Contagious, too.
06:24The uncle had it.
06:25Bluey.
06:27You've heard amateur diagnosis before.
06:29You ought to know what it's worth.
06:31Nothing.
06:33Well, what can I do?
06:35Very simple.
06:36Get your clothes on and go, right now, to see a doctor.
06:41Yeah.
06:43Yeah!
06:45It's perfectly right and normal to be afraid of cancer.
06:48Cancer is an enemy, but you don't fight it by getting panicky.
06:51Instead, you take positive action.
06:55You go to a man who has the weapons to fight the enemy.
06:59Wait a minute.
07:01Ed!
07:03Ed! That's not the man!
07:05Remember Clyde, the mechanic with the special system?
07:09This is the same type of operator.
07:12Yes, the only man to trust is a recognized physician.
07:17Ed's still pretty nervous.
07:18All right, Mr. Parmalee.
07:21You're always more scared of something you know nothing about.
07:24And Ed has a lot to learn about cancer.
07:27Here are the facts.
07:29Cancer is not contagious.
07:31Cancer is not hereditary.
07:34Cancer is curable.
07:36Thousands of Americans are cured of cancer every year by one or more of three recognized cures.
07:41Surgery, x-ray, and radium.
07:43You see, a cancer is a group of cells within your body whose growth is uncontrolled and very rapid.
07:57At first, the cancer may be localized.
07:59But unless its growth is checked quickly, it spreads.
08:05It may spread this way by direct extension.
08:08Or, which is even more dangerous, it may spread like this, with cells leaving the main part of the cancer and entering the bloodstream to lodge and grow in other parts of the body.
08:19This is called metastasis.
08:22It can happen to a cancer at any time.
08:24When it does, the problems of locating and attacking the cancer are greatly increased.
08:29Cancer must be found and treated before it extends too far or metastasizes.
08:35Early examination is half the battle in successful cancer treatment.
08:41That means going to a doctor.
08:44With new scientific methods, we can accurately detect cancer much earlier than we could even five years ago.
08:51But in order to get to a doctor early, we must constantly be on the lookout for cancer's danger signals.
08:59Watch for these.
09:00Any sore that does not heal.
09:03A lump or thickening in the breast or elsewhere.
09:07Unusual bleeding or discharge.
09:09Any change in a wart or mold.
09:12Persistent indigestion or difficulty in swallowing.
09:16Persistent hoarseness or cough.
09:19Any change in normal bowel habits.
09:23Thousands of people are enjoying life today because they went to their doctors early.
09:28But the fact is that twice as many people could be cured of cancer every year if we would all do these things.
09:35Watch for the danger signals.
09:38Ignore rumor mongers.
09:40Keep away from quacks.
09:42Put no trust in so-called home remedies for cancer.
09:46Go to the doctor regularly for checkups and go immediately when a symptom shows up that might.
09:51But here's Ed again a few days later waiting for the results of his examination.
09:57All right, Mr. Parmalee.
10:01Well, Ed, here are the answers you've been waiting for.
10:04Ed realizes now how valuable was the time he wasted in denial, sarcasm and anger.
10:09I fear and worry to get to the point you're most concerned about, though, Ed.
10:14You do not have cancer.
10:16I don't, I don't have that.
10:19Oh, what a knucklehead I've been.
10:21Oh, I didn't like it down here weeks ago.
10:23Oh, boy, no more worrying.
10:26Hold it, Ed.
10:28It is foolish to worry day and night about cancer, but it's just as foolish not to worry about it at all.
10:34Be on guard.
10:36Don't let fear make a mess of your life again, but use your good common sense.
10:41Well, Ed's not making the same mistake twice.
10:45Now he watches for warning signals and goes to a doctor every six months for a checkup, no matter how well he may feel.
10:51Oh, yes, and so does Marion.
10:54And what a difference it makes, ensuring their health, their peace of mind, and their dispositions.
11:00Ed and Marion are able to enjoy life to its fullest.
