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A Lymphoma Patient's Life is Saved by Practicing Falun Dafa
By a Falun Dafa practitioner in Heilongjiang (Clearwisdom.net) I am a student in a college in Heilongjiang
Province. In August 2002, after I had completed my first year of high school and was
about to begin my sophomore year, I began to feel pain from swollen lymph nodes
in my lower jaw. My father took me to the hospital for a check up and the
hospital confirmed that it was cancer originating in the lymph nodes and that
the cancer had already spread to other parts of the body. I had to withdraw from
school. My father took me to a military hospital in Beijing for medical treatment,
and through a friend, he found a well-known cancer specialist to treat me. The
specialist said after examining me, "I cannot treat the cancer with
surgery, so you may return to Harbin for treatment." Therefore, I returned
to Harbin's Provincial Hospital for Cancer Treatment. Beginning in November, the
doctor prescribed a total of 38 radiation treatments and I was sent home in
January 2003. A month later, I returned to the hospital for a check up and this
time the doctor prescribed two chemotherapy treatments. I felt particularly ill
from the medicine injected into my body through an intravenous drip. Despite the radiation therapy and chemotherapy, my condition worsened. When I
went back in August 2003 for a re-examination, the doctor confirmed that the
cancer had spread to my bones, and they administered more than 20 radiation
treatments. My condition continued to worsen and by February 2004, my whole body
ached. I went back to the hospital for another check-up, the doctor found the
cancer had already spread throughout my body and I went through more than 20
radiation treatments again. Returning home afterwards, I could not eat or drink
and any amount of food made me feel bloated. I became emaciated, dropping to
about 53 kg (equivalent to about 116 lbs). My aching body kept me awake at night
and neither sitting nor lying down gave me any relief. The medical specialist
thought that the only thing for me to do was to wait to die. Just when all seemed hopeless, suddenly the idea came to mind, "I should
try practicing Falun Gong. Only the Fa can save me now." My mother was very
pleased with my decision, as she is a Falun Gong practitioner. In the past, she
had tried many times to urge me to practice Falun Gong, but I had not been
receptive to her suggestion. Now, I began to practice Falun Gong. Not long
afterward, I began to notice a change in my body; I could eat and drink all
kinds of food. The yearly college entrance examination was approaching, and I decided to
participate in the examination. When I told others, everyone thought I was
crazy, including my parents, my teachers and my classmates from high school.
They wondered how a late-stage cancer patient who had only one year of high
school education could possibly pass the entrance exams? However, I was very
confident and I started to review and study for the tests. I worked hard for
over a month and was accepted into a college in Heilongjiang Province. Classes
started in September, and I also began military training. For two weeks I went
to the training field everyday to deliver drinking water to my classmates.
Amazingly, I found my weight had increased from about 53 kg to 59.5 kg
(approximately 131 lbs.). My experience again validates the splendor of Falun Dafa. I am grateful and
thankful to Falun Dafa and our Teacher. It was Dafa that gave me a new life.
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