BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Getting the news you have been diagnosed with cancer for the first time can be devastating, but what about hearing for the third time?

Two months ago, ABC23’s sales manager received that news.

ABC23's southwest reporter will be joining Eric Porter, 40, on his journey for the next six months as he battles his way back to health.

Two years ago, Porter received the news everybody dreads; he was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer.

After surgeries, radiation and chemotherapy, he was cancer free, but after a check-up, he received news that shook up his world.

The tumor that now sits in Porter's pelvic area, within a few months, grew to the size of a baseball.

Despite having gone through two bouts with cancer before, Porter said the diagnosis really hit him hard.

Porter said, "To hear those words you think, oh my God, do I just fold up? Do I just lay down in bed, do I just not go on with my life?"

Porter decided he had to go on with his life and is living every day like he normally would, despite his chemo and radiation treatments.

Porter still works every day as the sales manager at ABC23.

Porter said, "It's only human and only natural. You think oh my gosh, is this it? But you got to dust yourself off, take maybe 15 minutes and pity yourself. I have to fight. I'm going to go to work every day. What do I need to do? I'm telling you it is a war. It is a war you prepare yourself for. Unlike anything else my mental preparedness is like its crazy."

Porter was diagnosed with a malignant neurosarcoma, a rare tumor only seen in 1 percent or less of all different types of cancer cases.

Dr. Shawn Shambaugh, a hematologist said, “It is specifically in the outer insulation sheath of the actual nerve cable if you will. It tends to affect more commonly the nerves of the extremities, the arms and the legs, although it can affect the nerves of the back coming off the spine at times."

In Porter's case, it has affected his right leg.

And because the tumor presses on nerves, Porter has a difficult time walking.

Even though he is forced to use crutches to get around he is taking this all in stride.

Porter said, "I have 2 inches of my body that is not healthy, but the other 99 percent of my body is healthy and that's how I visualize cancer. All I have to do is fix that little 2-inch area."