My story
The statistics say that one in four Americans at one time in their life will be faced with cancer. Breast cancer will affect one in eight women. I never expected to be one of them.
I was a forty-four-year-old medical doctor turned minister when I was diagnosed with breast cancer on January 25, 1999. I have never been one to remember dates, but this is one I have not forgotten. It was a date that was to change my life in ways that I could never imagine.
With my background in medicine and as a minister, I knew that I wanted to combine the best of conventional and alternative therapies with spiritual healing techniques. I started looking for a book or a website, something to help me navigate through the bewildering array of alternatives.
I couldn't find what I was looking for, so I had to find my own way, putting it all together as I went along. I learned a lot—about cancer, about healing, about myself, about the mind-body connection, and about illness as a challenge on the spiritual path.
A few years after my treatment concluded, I wrote a book, born out of a desire to share what I learned. The book contains specific keys that not only apply to breast cancer or cancer in general but which can help anyone who desires to find healing. I called it A Journey through Cancer not only because it outlined my own journey in healing, but also in the hope that it might provide a roadmap for others who want to follow a similar path.
Material on this site is excerpted from Journey through Cancer
a
publication of Darjeeling Press
