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    Survived, Endured and Beaten Cancer: God’s Grace Saved Me
    Survived, Endured and Beaten Cancer: God’s Grace Saved Me
    Survived, Endured and Beaten Cancer: God’s Grace Saved Me
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    Survived, Endured and Beaten Cancer: God’s Grace Saved Me

    By Peter King

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    The story of how the author's life with bowel cancer first began, after the diagnosis and operation, how he coped with many years of pain due to abdominal adhesions plus the twisted colon at a later stage, how he overcame it and eventually beat it altogether and became pain free. It is also a reminder to cancer survivors and sufferers that at any stage of cancer and in whatever pain they are in, they must not give in to it or become negative or pessimistic. It brings hope, positivity, encouragement, confidence, inspiration and optimism to all who are struggling to cope with cancer and the aftereffects. The author also explains how big the difference in being alive, living and having his life saved is compared to not having his life saved and being dead. The excitement of the author has been there right from the beginning because to him it is a miracle. This is also education as well and may help people when reacting to an initial diagnosis, how to exercise while in pain, how not to eat and drink certain things when given advice by a professional and how to adapt to living while in pain. It also says that anyone affected by cancer should be strong-willed, believe in themselves and try as hard as possible to find a solution when they are going through hard times. It may also be of a big help to medical professionals plus anyone studying cancer and similar related conditions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAustin Macauley Publishers
    Release dateFeb 28, 2020
    ISBN9781528971638
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    Peter King

    Peter King (b. 1922) is an English author of mystery fiction, a Cordon Bleu–trained chef, and a retired metallurgist. He has operated a tungsten mine, overseen the establishment of South America’s first steel processing plant, and prospected for minerals around the globe. His work carried him from continent to continent before he finally settled in Florida, where he led the design team for the rocket engines that carried the Apollo astronauts to the moon. In his spare time, King wrote one-act plays and short mystery stories. When he retired, in 1991, he wrote his first novel, The Gourmet Detective, a cozy mystery about a chef turned sleuth who solves mysteries in the kitchen. King followed it with seven more books starring the character, including Dying on the Vine (1998) and Roux the Day (2002). In 2001 he published Jewel of the North, the first of three historical mysteries starring Jack London. King lives in Sarasota, Florida. 

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      Survived, Endured and Beaten Cancer - Peter King

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      About the Author

      Very positive, always trying to find a solution to a problem even when in a lot of pain and not one for worrying either. Likes passing on positive experiences on to others. Always looks on the bright side of life and never gives in to anything. Strong-willed as well.

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      Peter King (2020)

      The right of Peter King to be identified as author of this work has been asserted by him in accordance with section 77 and 78 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers.

      Any person who commits any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

      A CIP catalogue record for this title is available from the British Library.

      ISBN 9781528946056 (Paperback)

      ISBN 9781528946063 (Hardback)

      ISBN 9781528971638 (ePub e-book)

      www.austinmacauley.com

      First Published (2020)

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      Acknowledgment

      Thanks goes to the following individuals:

      Hugh Sturzhaker MBE – the consultant who operated on me and saved my life.

      Staff at James Paget Hospital (Gorleston, Norfolk, UK) – the consultants, registrars, nurses, domestics, porters etc. in the wards and various clinics for looking after me each time I have been in and attended since 2000.

      Staff at Bay Area Hospital (Coos Bay, Oregon, USA) – all the staff that dealt with me in wards and clinics.

      Staff at Bay City Ambulance Service (Coos Bay, Oregon, USA) – the paramedics that looked after me while I was being taken to the hospital.

      Staff from Mill Casino Hotel (Coos Bay, Oregon, USA) – the manager/owner, the receptionist and the paramedic for looking after me when I was in pain.

      Maureen and Edward King (my parents) – for visiting me in hospital, being with me throughout the times I have been back to hospital (wards or clinics) and for being with me and caring for me since the day I was born.

      Reverend Trevor Riess – the vicar of my local church for visiting me during my four-week stay in hospital and saying prayers after I had my operation in 2000.

      Dianne and John Johnson – two very close born again Christian friends that have taught me and guided me throughout my learning of our Lord’s word and for having faith in me.

      Roberta Lovick – the Ambassador of the Louise Hamilton Centre (a palliative care centre in Gorleston, Norfolk, UK) who is another born again Christian and for giving me the chance to volunteer at the centre and for having faith in me.

      Chapter 1

      Before Cancer Came into My Life

      Before I was ever diagnosed with cancer or the stomach pain that caused it in the first place ever started, I lived a reasonably good life. I did have epilepsy from 1966, when I was four years old, until 2006, when I was forty-four years old. That didn’t make life easy during my school days or when I finished school and was job-hunting for the first time. I had to take various tablets and medications during the forty years I had seizures, some of which were more serious and some more mild. Luckily for me, as the years passed by, the seizures became milder and occurred less often. Eventually, I grew out of them and they disappeared altogether. That was, and has been, a big relief.

      Even though the epilepsy affected me during my early life and for quite a few years, I still tried to carry on living throughout the seizures I was experiencing and not let it get to me too much. My own character and personal strengths had a lot to do with it as was how my parents looked after me and all the love they showed me. I always kept myself reasonably active and more so as I was getting nearer to leaving school and after I had left school.

      During my early life and even up to the day I was diagnosed, I had no thought of ever having cancer. Not ever experiencing it before my diagnosis made it harder to even imagine it would ever happen; plus, also living a reasonably healthy life. The majority of individuals that have experienced it at some time would not have imagined it before they were actually diagnosed with cancer.

      Even on the day I had a stomach ache, before I was diagnosed, the thought of it being cancer just didn’t cross my mind. I was just thinking of getting better and hoping the stomach ache, I had at that time, would disappear.

      When we are going about our everyday lives, whether we are active and busy or not, the thought of having cancer at some time in our lives very rarely crosses our minds. To be thinking of it on a regular basis throughout our lives just wouldn’t be normal and for myself, would be a very silly thing to do; plus, it wouldn’t help any of us in any way at all.

      Chapter 2

      The Early Stages

      In the early hours, at approximately 4:00–5:00 am on Thursday 14 December 2000, I woke up with a slight

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