{"id":809,"date":"2018-08-15T09:54:30","date_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:54:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/?p=809"},"modified":"2018-08-15T09:54:30","modified_gmt":"2018-08-15T13:54:30","slug":"you-must-keep-faith","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2018\/08\/15\/you-must-keep-faith\/","title":{"rendered":"You Must Keep Faith!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Statistically, every sixth death in the world today is caused by cancer! This makes cancer the second leading cause of death worldwide. (cardiovascular diseases is number one) This fact tends to make me realize the scope and magnitude of my present situation. Each and every day I hear of someone dying from cancer. To some people\u00a0 this would be disheartening but not to me! My belief that God has already healed my malady sustains me. I will not live my life in fear. This is why every morning I\u2019m in Ajax Park playing basketball! This is why around noon every day I\u2019m on my bike riding to the city or wherever! I am fearless in my ongoing battle! I refuse to give in to the tenets of cancer! My faith has become insurmountable! During this fight of mine some unexpected things have occurred. My physical condition is better now than it was\u00a0<em>before\u00a0<\/em>my diagnosis! Also, I am finding out about a talent I never realized&#8230; writing! I don\u2019t consider myself a writer but I feel that I\u2019m getting better at it. God has a propensity to take one out of his or her comfort zone! Be that as it may I will not stop. My battle is one that is inexorably perpetual! If God be for me&#8230; we all know the rest. Peace and blessings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Statistically, every sixth death in the world today is caused by cancer! This makes cancer the second leading cause of death worldwide. (cardiovascular diseases is number one) This fact tends to make me realize the scope and magnitude of my [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-living-life-with-cancer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8zBYf-d3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2578,"url":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/16\/growing-faith\/","url_meta":{"origin":809,"position":0},"title":"growing faith","author":"Michael","date":"July 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"my faith is so stronglook in the mirror to seenow ever growing then what shall i do?live without having belief?i do not think so! cancer taught me howi see beauty everywheremy eyes are opened so i ride my bikeand lift my head to the skynow i see farther now i\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Living life with cancer!&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Living life with cancer!","link":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/category\/living-life-with-cancer\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8809.jpeg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8809.jpeg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8809.jpeg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8809.jpeg?resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/walkingdeadman.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/IMG_8809.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":2572,"url":"https:\/\/walkingdeadman.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/29\/eleven-years\/","url_meta":{"origin":809,"position":1},"title":"ELEVEN YEARS!","author":"Michael","date":"June 29, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Eleven years ago today, I received what I believed at the time was a death sentence: Stage IV lung cancer. 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