An Oxford Village resident is using his musical talent to support a neighbor who’s fighting the battle of his life.

Michael Young will be performing his brand of rock and indie rock music at Collier Lanes (879 S. Lapeer Rd.) on Friday, April 28, beginning at 9 p.m., to help raise funds for fellow village resident Mark Terrian.

Terrian had surgery last week to remove cancer from his rectal area and give him a permanent colostomy.

“I’ll be playing some guitar and singing a little bit,” Young said. “We’re going to have a few guest artists come out and do a short-to-medium-sized set.”

Admission is free, but Young will be selling copies of his new 20-track album “One by One” for $10 each. One hundred percent of the album sales that night will go toward helping pay Terrian’s medical bills and his family’s living expenses.

“There’s a track on the record I wrote about his battle with cancer,” Young said.

The song is called, “It’s Going Down (Cancer).”

“(His family) came up with a campaign called ‘Terrian Tough,’ where they’re going to kick cancer’s ass, so that’s what (this song’s) about – cancer’s going down. It can try to take me down, but I’m stronger than that,” Young explained.

“I think it’s wonderful,” said Terrian’s wife Teresa. “It surprised us. I mean, we know him, but I didn’t realize how much this impacted him, to write a song about it.”

Following the performance at Collier Lanes, Young plans to dedicate all the proceeds from his album sales to Terrian for a period of 30 days. Folks can get a copy by mailing a $15 check (payable to Michael Young) to P.O. Box 629, Oxford, MI 48371.

This is Young’s second album. He released his first, “Here in My Hole,” in 2013. A multi-talented artist, he plays guitar, drums, keyboard and sings.

“I do it all,” he said. “I’ve been playing since I was 10.”

Once he learned of Terrian’s medical situation, Young wanted to do something to help because they’re neighbors in the Oxford Lakes subdivision and he’s no stranger to cancer.

“My mom went through it. My sister’s gone through it. My cousin’s gone through it. My biking friends have gone through it,” Young said.

Terrian was diagnosed with stage four rectal cancer in August 2015. The cancer spread to his liver as well.

The following month, a GoFundMe.com page (#TERRIANTOUGH Cancer Battle) was set up to raise $20,000 to help Terrian and his family, which includes three children – Dylan, a 2016 OHS graduate; Carson, a freshman at OHS; and Baillie, a 2012 OHS graduate.

As of April 18, a total of 135 people have contributed $12,140.

“We are so grateful to the community and we’re overwhelmed by all the support we’re getting,” Teresa said. “Any little thing that anybody does for us, we’re very, very grateful for it and very appreciative.”

Terrian’s cancer diagnosis came as quite a shock given he does not drink or smoke and he’s very active guy who enjoys bicycling 80-to-100 miles per week and competing in races. He spent 22 years with the Michigan Air National Guard at the Selfridge base in Harrison Twp.

His battle with cancer has been a long one, filled with ups and downs.

After 12 rounds of chemotherapy that lasted six months, Teresa said the tumors in her husband’s liver reduced by 80 percent and the cancer is his rectal area shrunk by 30 percent.

Terrian then underwent ablation, a treatment that destroys liver tumors without removing them. Teresa said it worked.

With the liver clear, it was time to go after the cancer in the rectal area. He underwent 31 rounds of radiation treatments and responded “quite well to it,” according to Teresa.

Unfortunately, while the radiation eliminated the tumor, it left an ulcer in its place, which put Terrian in a lot of pain.

To help heal this sore, Terrian received 25 rounds of hyperbaric oxygen therapy, which involves breathing pure oxygen in a pressurized tube. Following these treatments, Teresa said her husband was “feeling amazing.”

Unfortunately, this streak of good news did not last. Three spots of cancer were found on Terrian’s liver and “the tumor was back in the rectal area,” Teresa said.

Given his active lifestyle and love of biking, Terrian was hoping to avoid the surgery on his rectal area and the permanent colostomy, but he simply ran out of options.

“This was the last thing he wanted to do,” said Teresa, “but he understands.”

“It’s a life changing surgery, but it’s also a life-saving surgery,” she noted.

Once Terrian recovers, he will resume his fight against the rest of the cancer. “We’re hoping we can go in guns-a-blazin’ to do some more chemo on the liver,” Teresa said.

This will hopefully shrink the tumors, so he can undergo another ablation.

Teresa wants to make sure the community knows just how much its support has meant and helped during this difficult battle.

“All the well wishes and all the prayers give us the strength that we need to get through this,” she said. “The outpouring of love is just amazing.”