great overall shape physically, spiritually, mentally, and financially.

Then one day he goes to the doctor for a routine checkup. Something seems off even though he's feeling great. They do some x-rays and find spots on his lungs. Biopsies confirm it's cancer. Never smoked a day in his life and he has cancer.

You can be 9-0 or 9-1 but that doesn't mean there aren't problems. Even major problems. And sometimes you just have to cut those problems out 9f an otherwise healthy body to get better.