Christian Cancer Support Group

KING NEALE

King Neale, a cancer survivor by the grace of God, co-founded the Christian Cancer Support Group with Alra Reeves in 1997 as King was completing his treatments for Hairy Cell Leukemia and non-Hodgkins Lymphoma. The lessons The Lord Jesus taught him and the blessings he received from his cancer experience are detailed in his book Thank God, I had Cancer. A copy of the book is available at no charge to cancer patients and their families.

J. R. JONES

Early December 1987, due to a death in the family, I had to postpone a procedure to remove prostate stones.  This was rescheduled three weeks later, at the end of the month.  During the procedure, the surgeon discovered cancer in my left kidney.   January 1988, surgeons removed the cancerous kidney.  They told me, had I been able to keep my original appointment the cancer would have been undetectable, and gone untreated, significantly decreasing my survival rate.

During a routine follow up appointment 6-8 years later, the Urologist found prostate cancer.  I took 27 radiation treatments to eradicate the prostate cancer.

Through my cancer episodes, there was one constant.  I was not alone, God was there with me, using circumstances in my life to put me where I needed to be, when I needed to be there - in order to find and treat my cancer.

MITCH NAUGHER

About 25 years ago I had a doctor's appointment. My wife told me to have the doctor look at a place on my ear and nose. I did and the next thing I knew he had me on the table cutting on me. He called later and said the biopsy was malignant.

I went to a dermatologist the next time there was a spot that did not go away. Most of the time the spots are precancerous. However, I have had Basal Cell Carcinoma and Squamous Cell Carcinoma skin cancer. I see my dermatologist regularly.

I thank the lord for modern medicine and new knowledge for treating and preventing cancer. My father was a farmer, and had to have an ear removed partly because he didn't go regularly to the doctor.

JONETTE HENDERSON

August 23, 2000 I was told I had leukemia and needed a bone marrow biopsy to confirm the type of leukemia.  My biopsy confirmed that I had AML, acute myelogenous leukemia.  My type of leukemia spreads rapidly and affects the white blood cells and platelets.  It was a cancer of the blood and bone marrow. 

At 58 years old, I was too old for a bone marrow transplant due to host/donor disease, so chemotherapy was my only option.  My symptoms mimicked the flu and were very progressive.  I had only had the disease for maybe three weeks.

After eight months of chemo, mostly 24/7, in-patient and with many complications, my treatment plan was stopped.  But, my wonderful oncologist, Dr. N. Gupta, told me that if I remained in remission for two years he thought I would be “home free.”  Although “cure” is not used with many cancers, I felt so blessed by my faith, family and friends throughout my treatment that I have to believe I am cured and paying it forward.