The morning my oncologist said the words “No Evidence of Disease”, something inside me stilled—like the universe finally exhaled after holding its breath for 2½ years. NED. Three letters that felt like a sunrise breaking open after an endless night.
This battle wasn’t just medical; it was a long, treacherous clash with the very edge of existence. For more than two years, I went blow-for-blow with death itself, always searching for the beauty in the darkness—and somehow, always finding it. Not because the path was gentle… but because I refused to stop walking it.
Through every hour, every wound, every moment when my life drifted toward something metaphysical and celestial, my friends stood beside me. From the bottom of my heart, the depths of my soul, to the core of my existence—thank you. Your support formed a shield around me. Your love gave me strength I did not know a human body could hold.
Inside the hospital walls, the people fighting beside me saw something in my spirit that I couldn’t always see myself. The doctors, nurses, and medical staff began calling me “The Wolverine,” “The Loma Linda Miracle,” and “The Viking.”
To them, these weren’t just names—they were symbols of strength, perseverance, and a will that refused to break, no matter how brutal the battle became.
What happened here… it feels nothing short of a miracle.
I am alive because of you.
Together, we were a force. ️️
A record carved in bone, soul, willpower — and moments crossing the threshold of the beyond.
• 7 highly difficult surgeries
• 18 hours for surgery #7
• 70 hours under anesthesia
• Surgery 1: Tumor and lymph nodes removed
• Surgery 2: Emergency—sepsis
• Surgery 3: Emergency—sepsis
• Surgery 4: Damaged kidney
• Surgery 5: Threatened heart attack
• Surgery 6: Damaged intestine
• Surgery 7: Extensive reconstruction
• Stage 3 cancer in lymph nodes
• 12 rounds of chemotherapy
• 56 rounds of radiation
• Sepsis infection—life slipping away
• No immune system to fight it
• Stabilizer machines keeping vital functions alive
• 4 drains stitched into my body
• A profound out-of-body experience as life thinned to a near-invisible metaphysical thread—so faint it felt like I was suspended between two worlds, held only by a single, delicate celestial strand keeping me here.
• 4 months in a hospital bed
• 18 months in my own bed
• Lost 80 healthy pounds
• Wheelchairs
• Walkers
• Endless physical therapy
Yet here I stand.
A man who loves life so fiercely that even death stepped aside.
A survivor of battles both physical and metaphysical.
I am alive.
I am grateful.
And I will continue to fight for this precious life with everything I have. ️
“Inspiration Move Me Brightly…”
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