His cancer returned after he had been in remission. His wife, Denise, has stayed by his side through a fight the couple thought was behind them. What keeps him going? Gomez points to her.
Denise said watching him face cancer again has raised difficult questions. "Life throws these curveballs and you don't understand why this is happening," she said.
The treatment is moving in the right direction. "After six treatments they've actually shrunk the tumors. So it's actually working right now," Gomez said. A recent hospital stay shows the road has not been smooth.
Thousands of men get a breast cancer diagnosis every year, but many people hear the words and never picture a man. "We have breasts just like women. We just don't lactate," Gomez said. "The reason I do that is maybe I can get through to some guy."
His plan for each day is simple: "You just keep on keeping on."