A nasty stomach virus might have saved this survivor from colon cancer.
BY Ryan Hamner
PUBLISHED March 12, 2018
Ryan Hamner is a four-time survivor of Hodgkin lymphoma, a musician and a writer. In 2011, he wrote and recorded, "Where Hope Lives" for the American Cancer Society and the song for survivors, "Survivors Survive" used in 2015 for #WorldCancerDay. Currently, he operates his website for those affected by cancer, 2surviveonline.com and drinks a ridiculous amount of coffee per day.
Recently, I was in the hospital with what I thought was a stomach virus engineered in an underground military lab. It was so bad that I also considered the fact that maybe I was taken by extraterrestrials and forced into some nefarious experiment. It didn't matter how I got whatever I was seemingly dying from, it was bad. Nothing would stay in me. My stomach made frightening noises that were often followed by a tense sprint to the restroom. I was in the hospital for seven very long days.Ironically however, something good did come out of this stay in the hospital. I mean, not "good" as in like a pay raise at work, heading out on a vacation or finally winning the lottery that you were always, "going to win." I'm talking about good as in, well you might have just nipped cancer in the bud – which can directly tie into the whole pay raise at work, vacation and even the winning the lottery thing. Because cancer can change things very quickly.
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