Miracle Survivor on TV

Nancy and her son Keith

I was proud and happy to see that Nancy Hamm, one of the incredible survivors I have interviewed, was on the popular TV show The Doctors today. They were talking about a cutting-edge radiation therapy that erradicated her liver cancer after doctors told her she had little more than seven months to live.  You can check it out at: http://www.thedoctorstv.com/main/procedure_list/571.

There is much more to her story than they were able to fit on a TV segment. Nancy’s experience was a journey of ups and downs, of overcoming major disappointments and setbacks:

I started the chemotherapy the day before Thanksgiving. The next day, I fixed a family dinner thinking deep down it would be my last. We were devastated. I was so depressed that I couldn’t stop crying. I got my affairs in order and started giving away things to my family. But we didn’t give up hope.

I always believed people could heal themselves if they knew how to do it. During my treatments, I spent a lot of time visualizing that my “soldiers” were attacking the cancer. I also listened to relaxation tapes, healing music and prayed unceasingly.

Nancy had the advantage of a loving family supporting her, including her son Keith who discovered the radiation therapy on the Internet. Her prayers were answered. She has been cancer-free for two years.

On a personal note, I was considering not even posting today. Worry and self-pity started sinking in about my recurrence.  Yet I keep hearing messages about holding on and having hope. 

Nancy’s story is an example. She started off feeling depressed and hopeless, but she held strong to her faith and eventually a miracle happened. It didn’t happen overnight. There were dark and scary times. But today she is on a national TV show talking about being cancer-free.

I’ve heard that faith is believing in something that is unseen. It’s easy to have faith when things are going well; it’s during hard times that faith is most difficult and important. I believe.