From making lunch, to just sitting on the couch, Tim and Julie Disanto make a good team.

"We just feel we've got this battle ahead of us and we're going to fight,” said Julie.

The fight started in February, when Julie was diagnosed with a rare form of thyroid cancer.

"I remember vividly asking god to give me the cancer and take it away from her, which is kind of ironic,” said Tim.

Ironic because a month later Tim noticed a growth in his lower abdomen. Only 45 years old, he was diagnosed with colon cancer.

"I remember putting my head in my hands and saying this can't be happening. This just can't be happening,” said Julie. "That was devastating for a period of time just in the fact that we were thinking of our kids first and foremost.”

Through surgeries, and treatments the couple took care of each other and the family. They hope to set an example for their three kids.

"Make this impact a positive one. You know where they can learn resilience learn compassion, and learn to fight the good fight,” said Julie.

This fight is far from over. Julie’s cancer has spread. Follow-up radiation treatments have made it impossible for her to return to work.

"With her being a music therapist, a musician, if she didn't have the use of her voice she could essentially become disabled,” said Tim.

To make matters worse, Tim’s father recently died from prostate cancer.

"2009s been an unusual year,” said Tim.

Unusual but not impossible and no matter what lies ahead the couple is focusing on the good things.

"We have a new mantra. It is what it is and we're going to move on and so far we've done that and then some,” said Julie.