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Cancer: everyone has either experienced cancer or knows someone who has. It is the most feared word in the English language. I thought I was the last person who would ever get cancer, much less die from it. When cancer interrupted my life, I was a young man of 36, with a family, who was about... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Linda: Daniel's lovely and beautiful wife who was a tireless source of support and comfort.
- Daniel: At thirty six years of age and seemingly healthy, Daniel thought he was the last person in the world who would get cancer.
- Russ: Russ was a dear friend of Daniel who gave him some profound advice that helped him make the life or death decision: bone marrow transplant - yes or no?
- Dusty: Dusty was our Golden Retriever. he passed away in November of 2008; we miss him dearly. Dusty was the best dog ever, in the history of the world. There is not enough room here to detail all the amazing things he did. He was a solid, quiet source of love and comfort during a very difficult time.
Quotes edit
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“The cancer tried to take me, but God said, “Not Yet!”
Daniel -
“As we made our way through South Atlanta on I-85, Dan turned and looked over his right shoulder to make a lane change. It hit me like hand bells ringing...my dream from that past February. {I dreamt that I was in a van full of teens, with my feet propped up on the cooler. “Greg Brady” was driving the van and turned back to look at me!”
Linda -
“While I had many interesting and painful experiences through my first six months of treatment, the most dramatic was yet to come.”
Daniel -
“It seems that I was faced with two choices: submit to the bone marrow transplant and probably die, or refuse the bone marrow transplant and certainly die.”
Daniel -
“Before we even finished praying, I was filled with a peace (from God), the peace that passes/transcends/defies understanding.”
Daniel
First Sentence edit
The date was December 10, 2000; my condition had gone downhill rapidly, necessitating another admission to the hospital and another open lung biopsy.
Table of Contents edit
Table of Contents
1. He Stopped Breathingpage 1
2. The Salad Dayspage 7
3. Why am I Herepage 19
4. Married With Childpage 41
5. Cancer, the Most Feared Word in the English Languagepage 53
6. I Will Never Leave You Nor Forsake Youpage 63
7. Chemotherapy and Other Adventurespage 69
8. Not Exactly the Most Wonderful Time of the Yearpage 77
9. This is Your Last Hopepage 85
10. The Peace of Godpage 91
11. A Leap of Faithpage 97
12. An All-Encompassing Approachpage 105
13. Perfect love casts out fearpage 113
14. A Foolproof Diet page 119
15. A Place for Kidspage 127
Recommended Readingpage 143
Footnotespage 145
Themes & Symbolism edit
- Inspirational Journey: My faith played an integral role in my battle with cancer. From enduring through the trying times, to knowing which direction to take when faced with a life-or-death decision (submit to the bone marrow transplant procedure or die), God never left me when I needed Him most.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Daniel Edward Neff (Author)
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 920
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