Randy Schmitz, 30, from Orland Park, Illinois, thanks a bottle of hot sauce for saving his life. The special education job coach got a toothpick sample of Pepper Palace's Flashbang sauce from the retailer's branch in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

The extra hot sauce sent him to the hospital where doctors detected a dangerous tumor on Schmitz, reports the New York Daily News.

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He tried the sauce and then suddenly felt ill just when his sister was about to try Flashbang. As Schmitz sat outside the shop, he suffered a seizure. A trip to the emergency room led to doctors ordering him to have an MRI scan. The doctors told him that the hot sauce, which has four fiery types of pepper, sparked the seizure.

Schmitz informed Pepper Sauce through an email that the doctors did not know how long the cancerous tumor had been in his body but was not activated, although it kept growing and expanding.

He continued, "I had surgery, got the tumor removed, went on radiation and chemotherapy, and I am now cancer free! Your Flashbang Pepper Sauce SAVED MY LIFE!!!!"

The trip to the emergency room led to early detection, which according to a year-long study by federal health researchers, extends the life of two of three invasive cancer patients by a minimum of five years. Improvement in early detection and treatment after the doctor identifies fatal diseases are life extenders, said the study which was released last week.

Dr. Lisa Richardson, director of the Centers for Disease Control's Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, said in a statement, "These data are an important reminder that a key to surviving with cancer is making sure everyone has access to care from early diagnosis to treatment."

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