Between 1991 and 1996 I underwent four bouts of bone cancer. Initially I was diagnosed with stage four lymphoma and given six months to live. I was 32, and my sons were aged two and six months. I was determined to live. I researched how survivors of terminal illnesses survived, and the common thread was meditation and visualization. So I meditated three times a day and in six months I was cancer free.
Unfortunately, the cancer relapsed three times during the next five years. The doctors put me through two bone marrow transplants, but the disease relaped again. In the middle of this process I decided to go deeper into meditation and contacted a kung fu master from Boston. He took me on as his personal student and taught me the secrets of qigong--chinese mind/body exercises designed to boost energy in the body. I practiced several hours a day and I beat the disease. I've been cancer-free for twelve years and I continue to practice every day. My oncologist calls me her "miracle man" and says that according to medical science, I shouldn't be alive. My sons are aged 21 and 18. I met my goal of seeing them grow up to be men.
Writing experience: I worked as a writer/editor for four years at a division of Simon & Schuster. I jumped to the corporate world and worked for four years as a writer at Aetna Life & Casualty. Since then I've freelanced for the corporate world, writing articles and public relations materials. I've written articles for Black Belt and Inside Kung Fu magazines.My ex-wife was an herbalist and we owned an herb farm for several years. I developed an understanding of the use of herbs and used them to bolster my immune system and energy.
