SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (KABC) -- For Jose Espinoza, peace has always been found in the quiet moments from tending to his garden, cherishing time with family, to dancing with his wife. But in 2022, a persistent pain in his back began to steal that peace away.

After multiple trips to doctors and emergency rooms, Espinoza still had no answers. It wasn't until his wife urged him to seek care at Loma Linda University Medical Center that he learned the cause.

"My wife said this isn't normal. Let's go to Loma Linda because they are the best," Espinoza recalled.

Following a series of tests, doctors delivered the devastating news.

"It was there that they found I had stage four cancer," he said. "It had already metastasized from my prostate to my bones."

Espinoza underwent six rounds of chemot

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