Mike Seese was stationed at Camp Lejeune for years as a Navy medic. He retired in 2006, got married and moved to Garner, where he and his wife planned to start a family.
Seese said he went to a doctor to have his vasectomy reversed and learned he would never have children.
"I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. What they found was I also had cancer of the bladder," he said. "When you get surprised with something like this, with two cancers, it changes your life."
Donna Seese said she feels like she has to fight for her husband, noting "he just sort of shut down."
"We've been hit really hard with this, not only emotionally but in financial ways," she said.The military has denied many of their medical claims, so the couple pays most bills for treatment themselves.
U.S. Sens. Richard Burr and Kay Hagan are backing legislation to provide care for veterans and their family members who have experienced health problems because of Camp Lejeune's contaminated well water.
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