GILBERT, Ariz. (KNXV) – A Navy veteran who partially credits ice cream with helping him survive testicular cancer is now spreading joy to the medical team that saved his life.
Evan Skarbek and his wife, Holly Myers, are both cancer survivors. The owners of Stella’s Ice Cream in Gilbert, Arizona, the couple spent Thursday giving out free scoops to caretakers at Banner MD Anderson Cancer Center.
“I like putting smiles on faces… This is a perfect business where when people come in, they can be in a good mood, bad mood, neutral, [but] they’re going to walk out with a smile on their face,” Skarbek said.
Thanks to his medical team, Skarbek, who is a Navy veteran, is now in remission from testicular cancer and hopes to be fully cured within the next couple of years. It was a journey that included chemotherapy and radiation treatment…