90 Days Diaries’ Chuck Potthast Has Emotional Talk About Surviving Cancer and Finding Love With Help of Relationship Coach: Watch

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Opening yourself up to love is never easy, but for Elizabeth Potthast‘s father, Chuck Potthast, things are even more difficult as a cancer survivor.“I’m cancer free, but the cancer that I was diagnosed with … it affected my life and it’s going to affect me forever,” the 60-year-old tells relationship coach Joy in Us Weekly‘s exclusive sneak peek at the Monday, April 25 episode of 90 Day Diaries.

Chuck explains that he was first diagnosed in 2016 and has since made a full recovery.However, his doctors needed to remove and reconstruct his bladder as part of his treatment, leaving Chuck insecure about the prospect of sharing his changed life with someone new. “I have something called an ostomy bag. … And it’s not something that you really want to share with people and be intimate [with] when you have this condition,” he says.“You didn’t say, ‘I want to have cancer.’ You didn’t select that for your life.

You didn’t choose this for yourself,” Joy responds. “And you can’t continue to penalize yourself for what happened to you. … Before anyone can be OK with what you have going on with you, you have to come to terms and be OK with it.”After hearing her advice, an emotional Chuck takes a moment to reflect on all he has accomplished since surviving cancer. “I’ve walked Libby down the aisle, I’ve walked [her sister] Becky down the aisle,” he says, wiping away tears. “I’ve seen three of my grandkids be born … And when I think about that, I thank the Lord every day.”He continued: “I’m still here.

And I’m in their lives and that’s really important to me.”While the Florida resident is only just opening up about his health battle, Chuck has been much happier to share adventures with his grandchildren — in particular, Elizabeth and