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This is a place to discuss and exchange experiences and comments of members who have survived serious illnesses, who currently have them, or who want to share thier feeling about friends or family who have them.

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Latest Activity: Dec 19, 2016

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Useful Health Tutorials...

Started by Frankie T. Last reply by Chere Woo Oct 19, 2016. 3 Replies 0 Likes

Useful Health Tutorials... Here are the answers to all you want to know about diseases and medical conditions, tests/diagnostic procedures, surgery/treatment and wellness and prevention. This does not make you a doctor. It is just to gives you the…Continue

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June 2 Daily Encouragement

Started by Chuck Roll Jun 5, 2011. 0 Replies 1 Like

Daily Encouragement by Daisaku Ikeda , Thursday, June 2, 2011:No matter where we go, we cannot escape from the sufferings that are part and parcel of life. If we cannot avoid these sufferings, then our only choice is to overcome them. And since we…Continue

Is it all in our Head?

Started by Jonnie Parker. Last reply by Chuck Roll Jun 5, 2011. 1 Reply 1 Like

By Woody Hochswender, Greg Martin & Ted Morino.Helen Keller wrote in her autobiography, The story of my Life, that "Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content." Just as…Continue

breast cancer

Started by grace cheu. Last reply by Marcia Nedd-Smith Dec 3, 2010. 8 Replies 0 Likes

I have a younger sister who was detected having breast cancer, I wish someone who has overcome the same problem to have dialogue with her....

The Treatment of Illness Gosho

Started by Jonnie Parker. Last reply by Jonnie Parker Nov 9, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes

The Daishonin first classifies all diseases into two categories, physical and mental. Physical illness, he says, can be cured by skilled physicians. However, illnesses of the mind, he adds, are more complicated. Those that arise from the three…Continue

Curing Karmic Disease - The Six Causes of Illness

Started by Jonnie Parker. Last reply by Jonnie Parker Jul 26, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Nichiren Daishonin's compassion is clearly evident in this letter to Ota Jomyo. The Daishonin suffered many bouts of ill health himself and clearly empathizes with his disciple's painful illness. But rather than dwelling on sympathy, he infuses his…Continue

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Comment by Chere Woo on December 19, 2016 at 11:23am: My husband and I have been through a multitude of health karma's in the past year. My husband of 42 years, came down with Shingles in the left eye & forehead & head on 1/8. By 2/22 He was hospitalized with Shingles, encephalitis,Spinal Meningitis,lung collapse,stroke, gout and 7 other other illness. He was in ICU for 2 months. Now in a nursing home in Northern California. But, our diamoku has helped pull him through to wear he only the 1st 3 illness. I to have 3 major illness that I fight daily. But, my diamoku is helping me change and him. Together we are taking it one day at a time.Together we are learning to be happy ant let serious illness run our lives.

Comment by Chere Woo on December 19, 2016 at 11:14am

Comment by Judy Yuuki Adkins on June 8, 2011 at 9:21am: I would like to share my experience. I have cancer living in me. Please note I do not call it "my cancer". Actually I call it Fred. As a nurse I had determined years ago that if I ever got cancer, I would not use allopathic medicine. I had seen the ravages of cancer therapy in the hospitals and nursing homes in which I worked.

When I realized that something was not right, I started on a natural medicine modality. I used that for 3 1/2 years to slowly get the cancer out.

During this time, I went to FNCC because I wanted to go one more time before I died. That started a wonderful addiction to FNCC. One of my trips there, I was at the Lake Side Gohonzon room chanting and came to the realization that cancer only wants to live. Just like me

I started to chant for the cancer, to jobutsu the cancer and that when it is reborn, it be a higher life form that understands the sanctity of life and not have to eat me or anyone else for food.

I realized that cancer is not evil. It is simple minded, single minded, in that it only wants to live. Just like me.

Since chanting like this, I have come to know that life is precious, not only to me, but to every living thing in the universe.

I still use natural medicine to keep Fred down to a livable place.

Because of this experience, I laugh a whole lot more, enjoy the view more and want to talk to people, meet people and enjoy the life I now have.

Judy Yuuki

Comment by Judy Yuuki Adkins on June 8, 2011 at 9:04am: Good morning folks. Jonnie Parker! I see you are still here! How did the surgery go?

This is Judy in Montana. I would like to hear from you.....

Judy Yuuki

Comment by Leaetta May Wacker on November 29, 2010 at 1:22pm: Kumi, on my page there is a blog called how to get the heart of the mentor for shakabuku. In that discussion Dan (the site monitor) replies with an experience from Washington DC member. So go to my page and look in my blog for that experience.

Comment by kumi on November 17, 2010 at 3:11pm: Has anyone had a stroke and like to share their experience on how to recover?

Comment by manideepa purkait(halder) on October 25, 2010 at 9:26am: DEAR FRIENDS, Yesterday evening me and my son returning from our village house at kharagpur after enjoying our puja vacation. After 1 our journey we stop our car coz of a jam. We r enjoying. Suddenly a over load wet sand loaded truck smashed our car from the back side .A few second…………………I look back where my 6 years son Neil was shouting and crying mammaaaaaaaaaa and guridi laying down. Crowd and crowd, people trying for rescue but we r locked. First the unknown faces of god rescue my Neil but we…? Another half an our, suddenly I show some fire, I close my eyes for feeling my sons last kiss, my mammas face, my papa and my relatives and some ones face who is my love and waiting for my last moment’s. I am help less, I am crying please some one send my son home back. Then it’s a long process…………….. When doc’s told me that, he wants to watch at least 3 hours being a mother I can’t express my feelings what happened on me. JAYA and her Buddhist friends and me start chanting and now he is good.