I was hospitalized at the Tucson VA Medical Center with my seventh bowel obstruction in 18 months.  Exploratory surgery revealed cancerous lymph nodes in the area of my small intestine.  A biopsy of the largest node showed B-cell, follicular non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma.  The prognosis was that the cancer loading was either Stage 3 or 4, incurable and terminal.  The VA oncologist recommended chemotherapy starting in June.
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Three days before I was to start chemotherapy, I received guidance at 2 am while taking a walk.  “The Voice” said, “Do not let the doctors poison you.  You were poisoned in Vietnam.  Seek out non-toxic therapy for the damage caused by Agent Orange.”  I reported my guidance to my VA oncologist.  He took me off the chemotherapy list, but he also wrote me up as a “non-cooperative patient.”  
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The U.S. government concluded that my lymphoma was probably caused by Agent Orange exposure in Vietnam and awarded me a 100% service related disability.  
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During a morning quiet time, “the Voice” said, “Donate your body to science.” I went online and found several clinical trials that were developing a vaccine that could potentially be a cure for NHL.  I applied to each of the organizations that was hosting a trial and was accepted by the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland for their Phase III lymphoma vaccine study.  What I learned from my search for a trial was that each of them had a prerequisite of either Stage 2 or 3 NHL with no prior chemotherapy.  If I had started chemotherapy in June, I would never have been accepted by the NCI or by anyone else for a vaccine study.  
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I traveled to Bethesda, Maryland to undergo a thorough physical exam prior to enrollment in the trial.  As soon as the oncologists completed their poking, probing and review of my prior medical records, they told me I was being “washed out” of the study.   They said I didn’t have enough cancer for them to work on.  They said my cancer loading was no longer a Stage 3 or 4 but rather a Stage 1.  Again, if I had undergone chemotherapy in June, I would never have received the “good news” from the NCI in October.
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I applied to and was accepted by the Integrative Medicine Program at the University of Arizona to evaluate a combination of Chinese mushrooms to boost my immune system in an attempt to keep my cancer loading at Stage 1 for as long as possible.  I am to eat only organic foods and maintain a vegetarian lifestyle while on the program.  The goal of the evaluation is to determine how long I can live without needing “conventional” treatment.  Here’s God at work, one more time.  For this trial, the doctors were only accepting people who were already living a relatively healthy lifestyle and did not use either alcohol or nicotine.  Being clean and sober for 15 years certainly helped my case.
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I maintain that my cancer loading went from Stage 3 or 4 to Stage 1 by the direct intervention of the “Great Healer.”  I am grateful “the Voice” showed me the precise path to follow.  I thank the thousands of you who have been concerned and have been praying for me this past year.  I believe my “spontaneous remission” is the direct result of your prayers.  I ask that you continue to pray for me, because the cancer is not gone, it’s only “hiding.”

It would appear that God still has work for me to do.  I will continue to listen to the “One who has all power” and continue to follow the Divine guidance I receive.  

Wally P.