Terminal Stage Ovary Cancer Defeated (末期卵巢癌痊愈)
Midori Taniyama
Japan
Beginning of the Struggle
In early April 2002, 51 year old Midori Taniyama, a Women division assistant district chief felt uncomfortable from a bloating stomach and began to experience sharp pains. She immediately went for a medical check-up at a hospital run by Red Cross. MRI scan images revealed a white patch over her womb and ovaries.
The doctor pointed at the white patch and said,“I am quite certain that this is cancerous and it is not at the early stage. It is very likely that the cancer cells have spread to other organs.”
The doctor requested that Midori be immediately admitted to hospital.
Upon returning home from hospital, Midori sat in front of the Gohonzon. As the “sun of the family”, Midori never forgot to wear a smile no matter what happens.
It was the same on this day. Speaking to her husband who returned home from work, she spoke with great determination,”The doctor said that I seem to have contracted cancer, but nothing will happen to me!
She was admitted on 22 April, but it did not occur to her that she would stay in the hospital for the next 253 days! The next morning, she went through a series of tests: Blood tests, CT Scan,Gastroscopy etc.
When all the tests were completed that night, while lying on the bed, she asked with tears rolling down her face,” Why me?”
At this moment, Midori wrote with great resolve in her diary,“I will definitely not die! I must chant daimoku to change the impossible to possible.”
The doctor informed her husband of his wife’s condition,” Your wife has terminal stage ovary cancer.” He wanted him to be mentally prepared.
Husband Took Faith
Midori took faith in Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism in 1965 at the age of 15. She was greatly influenced by the strong conviction of her mother and began to participate in Gakkai activities actively. Her seniors in Young Women Division once explained to her the meaning of karma. As she had liver problems, she participated actively in activities for kosen-rufu in order to transform her karma. She also read aloud the Gosho passage,”Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion, what illness can it not overcome? (Reply to Kyo-o, GZ, P1169)
She also challenged herself in chanting daimoku and delivered Seikyo Shimbun newspaper daily for many years. Through this, she became stronger and healthier, thus strengthening her conviction of faith.
Deep faith in the Gohonzon and the conviction gained through years of practicing faith like water supported Midori’s fight against the cancer.
On 10 May, in order to ascertain the extent of the spread of cancer cells, the doctor performed an operation on her abdomen, lasting 8 hours. Tumours of the size of big beans had spread to her womb, lymph nodes and her liver. The doctor also removed her left and right ovaries. To remove the remaining cancerous cells, she began chemotherapy.
After a period of chemotherapy treatment, she experienced intense vomiting and felt extreme fatigue. The nurses had to massage her back and spine while she lay on the bed. She started to develop ulcers in her mouth and lose her sense of taste. She also lost 6 kg and her hair began to fall off.
She tied her hair with a scarf and she showed it proudly to the nurses that this scarf was bought by her very busy son who had to work 3 shifts in his job. Her husband who worked in Hiroshima, also made it a point to take express buses to visit her and encourage her regularly.
Midori prayed deeply that her husband would start to practise this faith seriously using her battle with this sickness as a cause. One day, she asked her husband,” Can you pray for my sake that the cancer will disappear? Her words shook her husband to the core. Although he took up faith after marriage, he has never chanted to the Gohonzon since then. On that very day, he began to chant seriously for her recovery.
Midori thought to herself,” I have been praying for the whole family to take up faith, how can I be defeated at this very moment? I must completely eradicate the cancer cells!” She chanted with dead seriousness, sending each daimoku to each drop of medicine that is used in the Chemotherapy treatment. The members in her district chanted for her and folded one thousand paper cranes, written with words of encouragement.
Dreams Fulfilled
In the course of Chemotherapy, she had difficulty breathing, itching in the limbs and bloating at times. At other times, her white blood cells count declined so drastically that the treatment had to be delayed.
In the fifth month of hospitalisation in early autumn, her doctor told her excitedly,”The cancer cells which spread to the liver have vanished!” The tumour which spread to the entire womb has shrunk in size as well.
Finally in early October, Midori had an operation to remove her womb and lymph nodes.
Midori held strongly to the belief “I can definitely transform my karma! I can definitely fully recover!”
She chanted more vigorously. After the operation, she continued with 4 rounds of chemotherapy totally 12 times. She was discharged from hospital at last on 31 December! When she returned home and faced the Gohonzon, tears flowed continuously from her eyes,” I have come back with victory! As an indescribable sense of gratitude well forth from her life, she was at a loss for words.
Thereafter, she continued to battle against the constant worry of a relapse and she treasured each day of her life even more as a result.
After the discharge from hospital, her son’s family moved back to live with them. Her daily routine included fetching her two grandsons to and from schools. Meanwhile, her husband also gradually began to participate in Gakkai activities.
In one discussion meeting, her husband read eloquently the introduction to Daibyakurenge while Midori performed the harmonica, something which she learnt after her discharge from hospital.
On 3 September 2012, the doctor announced that Midori has completely recovered! She was extremely happy and she cried out in her heart,” I have won! We have won through the collective faith of our family!”
As the assistant Women district chief, Midori now diligently pays home visits to members in her district. With great conviction and confidence, she gives hope and lights up the heart of her members by relating her painful experiences battling cancer and how she won over them.
[Source: Cosmic, June 2014]
Translation Disclaimer: The original testimonial is in the Chinese Language. It has been translated to the English Language for our readers’ convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however the editorial team acknowledged that the translation may not be perfect to the author’s original and seeks our readers understanding. Please note that all guidance and quotes are loosely translated.
(编辑注释: 以上是中英翻译，原版如下.)
末期卵巢癌痊愈
谷川绿
日本
奋战的开始
2002年4月初， 51岁的谷川绿地区副妇人部长觉得鼓胀的腹部很不舒服,还逐渐地感觉到激烈的疼痛,立刻前往冈山红十字医院接受检查。MRI (磁共报成像)的影像显示子宫与卵巢是白色一片。
医生指着那一片白影说，“我推断这是癌。而且并不是初期，很可能已经扩散到其他器官。”
医生要求谷川即刻入院。
从医院回到家，谷川一人端坐在御本尊面前。作为“一家的太阳”的谷川无论遇到任何事情都不忘笑脸迎人。
这一天也一样，对着放工回家的先生良一，她坚毅地说道，“医生说我好像患癌了，不过,我不会有事的!”
4月22日办理进院手续。但万万没想到这一进就住了“253天”！翌日一早，开始了一连串的精密检查:血被检查、CT scan (电子计算机体层摄影)、胃窥镜等……
当晚结束了所有的检查，躺在床上的她不禁泪流满面，“为何是我？”
此时，谷川竭尽心力在日记中写到：“我绝对不会死！我一定要通过题目，将不可能化为可能。”
医生把良一叫来，告知他太太的病状：“你太太患的是末期卵巢癌。” 以让他做好心理准备。
丈夫的发心
谷川于1965年受持日莲佛法。15岁的她被母亲那信心强盛的姿态感召，很自然地开始勤励于学会活动。女子部前辈曾经对她解说何谓“宿业”，持有肝脏宿疾的谷川，即以转换宿命为目标勤励于广布活动，并多次朗读御文“南无妙法莲华经如师子吼，任何病障不足为祸。”( 《 复经王书》，御书1169页)
她还挑战唱题，长年派发《圣教新闻》。身体变得健壮，由此加深了信心的确信。
透过深信御本尊、贯彻如流水般流畅的信心所获得的自信，支撑着谷川向末期癌挑战的心。
5月10日，为了确定癌细胞的扩散情况，医生为她举行了历时八小时的剖腹手术。有如大豆般大小的癌细胞，已经扩散到子宫、淋巴节，甚至转移到肝脏。在这次的手术中，医生将左右两边的卵巢摘除。为了根除残余的癌细胞，谷川开始接受化疗。
开始化疗数天后，她剧烈地呕吐， 感到极度的疲惫，护士得替俯卧的她抚摸背脊。口腔炎、味觉障碍的现象开始出现。谷川的体重也减少了六公斤，头发脱落。
她把儿子修一送给她的头巾，紧紧地绑在头上。她还向护士们炫耀，那是在三班轮班制工作的儿子，在百忙中买给她的。丈夫良一前往广岛出差时，也会乘搭高速公路巴士，回去探望、鼓励妻子。
谷川深深地祈求，希望借自己与癌症斗争之缘， 丈夫能认真地开始唱念题目。某天，谷川对丈夫说，“你可以为我祈求癌症消失吗？”妻子的这一句话撼动良一的心。虽然因结婚而入信，可是良一从来没有面向御本尊析求过。就在这一天，他为了妻子的康复开始拼命地祈求。
谷川心想，“我一直以来都在祈求一家入信，怎么可以在此时败下来呢!我一定要把癌细胞彻底消除！” 她认真地唱题，把深深的祈念送到一点一滴的化疗剂里。地区的会员也为她唱题，更为她送上千只纸鹤、鼓励的片言只语。
心愿实现
在接受化疗中，有时感到呼吸困难、手脚发痒、浮肿。有时还会因白血球的数值下降，不得不延迟化疗。
进院五个月后的初秋，医生以兴奋的口吻说“转移到肝脏的癌细胞竞然消失了！”扩散到整个子富的癌细胞也缩小了。
终于在10月初，谷川接受了摘除子宫与淋巴节的手术。
谷川确信“一定可以宿命转换！”“绝对完全康复！”
她加强祈求。手术后继续接受四个疗程共12次的化疗。而后，终于在12月31日出院了！
回到家面对御本尊，谷川泪流不止。“我终于胜利回来了！”充满感激不尽的一念，让她不能言语。
之后，她继续与担忧病情复发的不安奋战到底，也因此更珍惜每一天。
出院后，儿子修一一家和他们同住。每天接送两个孙儿上下课是谷川的日课。而丈夫良一，也渐渐开始参加学会活动。
在次的座谈会上，良一流畅地拜读《大自莲华》的卷头言，谷川则表演了出院后才学习的口琴吹奏。谷川难掩兴奋之情说：“真不敢相信夫妻俩一起参加学会活动的日子终于来临！”
2012年9月3日，医生宣布谷川完全康复了！谷川非常高兴，心中呐喊道：“我胜利了！我们透过一家的信心获取胜利了！”
目前谷川是地区副妇人部长，踏实地拜访会员。她时时以病苦的经历、跨越病魔后所获得信心确信与欢喜，为会员带来希望、黑亮他们的心!
[宇宙 2014年6月]
Midori Taniyama
Japan
Beginning of the Struggle
In early April 2002, 51 year old Midori Taniyama, a Women division assistant district chief felt uncomfortable from a bloating stomach and began to experience sharp pains. She immediately went for a medical check-up at a hospital run by Red Cross. MRI scan images revealed a white patch over her womb and ovaries.
The doctor pointed at the white patch and said,“I am quite certain that this is cancerous and it is not at the early stage. It is very likely that the cancer cells have spread to other organs.”
The doctor requested that Midori be immediately admitted to hospital.
Upon returning home from hospital, Midori sat in front of the Gohonzon. As the “sun of the family”, Midori never forgot to wear a smile no matter what happens.
It was the same on this day. Speaking to her husband who returned home from work, she spoke with great determination,”The doctor said that I seem to have contracted cancer, but nothing will happen to me!
She was admitted on 22 April, but it did not occur to her that she would stay in the hospital for the next 253 days! The next morning, she went through a series of tests: Blood tests, CT Scan,Gastroscopy etc.
When all the tests were completed that night, while lying on the bed, she asked with tears rolling down her face,” Why me?”
At this moment, Midori wrote with great resolve in her diary,“I will definitely not die! I must chant daimoku to change the impossible to possible.”
The doctor informed her husband of his wife’s condition,” Your wife has terminal stage ovary cancer.” He wanted him to be mentally prepared.
Husband Took Faith
Midori took faith in Nichiren Daishonin Buddhism in 1965 at the age of 15. She was greatly influenced by the strong conviction of her mother and began to participate in Gakkai activities actively. Her seniors in Young Women Division once explained to her the meaning of karma. As she had liver problems, she participated actively in activities for kosen-rufu in order to transform her karma. She also read aloud the Gosho passage,”Nam-myoho-renge-kyo is like the roar of a lion, what illness can it not overcome? (Reply to Kyo-o, GZ, P1169)
She also challenged herself in chanting daimoku and delivered Seikyo Shimbun newspaper daily for many years. Through this, she became stronger and healthier, thus strengthening her conviction of faith.
Deep faith in the Gohonzon and the conviction gained through years of practicing faith like water supported Midori’s fight against the cancer.
On 10 May, in order to ascertain the extent of the spread of cancer cells, the doctor performed an operation on her abdomen, lasting 8 hours. Tumours of the size of big beans had spread to her womb, lymph nodes and her liver. The doctor also removed her left and right ovaries. To remove the remaining cancerous cells, she began chemotherapy.
After a period of chemotherapy treatment, she experienced intense vomiting and felt extreme fatigue. The nurses had to massage her back and spine while she lay on the bed. She started to develop ulcers in her mouth and lose her sense of taste. She also lost 6 kg and her hair began to fall off.
She tied her hair with a scarf and she showed it proudly to the nurses that this scarf was bought by her very busy son who had to work 3 shifts in his job. Her husband who worked in Hiroshima, also made it a point to take express buses to visit her and encourage her regularly.
Midori prayed deeply that her husband would start to practise this faith seriously using her battle with this sickness as a cause. One day, she asked her husband,” Can you pray for my sake that the cancer will disappear? Her words shook her husband to the core. Although he took up faith after marriage, he has never chanted to the Gohonzon since then. On that very day, he began to chant seriously for her recovery.
Midori thought to herself,” I have been praying for the whole family to take up faith, how can I be defeated at this very moment? I must completely eradicate the cancer cells!” She chanted with dead seriousness, sending each daimoku to each drop of medicine that is used in the Chemotherapy treatment. The members in her district chanted for her and folded one thousand paper cranes, written with words of encouragement.
Dreams Fulfilled
In the course of Chemotherapy, she had difficulty breathing, itching in the limbs and bloating at times. At other times, her white blood cells count declined so drastically that the treatment had to be delayed.
In the fifth month of hospitalisation in early autumn, her doctor told her excitedly,”The cancer cells which spread to the liver have vanished!” The tumour which spread to the entire womb has shrunk in size as well.
Finally in early October, Midori had an operation to remove her womb and lymph nodes.
Midori held strongly to the belief “I can definitely transform my karma! I can definitely fully recover!”
She chanted more vigorously. After the operation, she continued with 4 rounds of chemotherapy totally 12 times. She was discharged from hospital at last on 31 December! When she returned home and faced the Gohonzon, tears flowed continuously from her eyes,” I have come back with victory! As an indescribable sense of gratitude well forth from her life, she was at a loss for words.
Thereafter, she continued to battle against the constant worry of a relapse and she treasured each day of her life even more as a result.
After the discharge from hospital, her son’s family moved back to live with them. Her daily routine included fetching her two grandsons to and from schools. Meanwhile, her husband also gradually began to participate in Gakkai activities.
In one discussion meeting, her husband read eloquently the introduction to Daibyakurenge while Midori performed the harmonica, something which she learnt after her discharge from hospital.
On 3 September 2012, the doctor announced that Midori has completely recovered! She was extremely happy and she cried out in her heart,” I have won! We have won through the collective faith of our family!”
As the assistant Women district chief, Midori now diligently pays home visits to members in her district. With great conviction and confidence, she gives hope and lights up the heart of her members by relating her painful experiences battling cancer and how she won over them.
[Source: Cosmic, June 2014]
Translation Disclaimer: The original testimonial is in the Chinese Language. It has been translated to the English Language for our readers’ convenience. Reasonable efforts have been made to provide an accurate translation, however the editorial team acknowledged that the translation may not be perfect to the author’s original and seeks our readers understanding. Please note that all guidance and quotes are loosely translated.
(编辑注释: 以上是中英翻译，原版如下.)
末期卵巢癌痊愈
谷川绿
日本
奋战的开始
2002年4月初， 51岁的谷川绿地区副妇人部长觉得鼓胀的腹部很不舒服,还逐渐地感觉到激烈的疼痛,立刻前往冈山红十字医院接受检查。MRI (磁共报成像)的影像显示子宫与卵巢是白色一片。
医生指着那一片白影说，“我推断这是癌。而且并不是初期，很可能已经扩散到其他器官。”
医生要求谷川即刻入院。
从医院回到家，谷川一人端坐在御本尊面前。作为“一家的太阳”的谷川无论遇到任何事情都不忘笑脸迎人。
这一天也一样，对着放工回家的先生良一，她坚毅地说道，“医生说我好像患癌了，不过,我不会有事的!”
4月22日办理进院手续。但万万没想到这一进就住了“253天”！翌日一早，开始了一连串的精密检查:血被检查、CT scan (电子计算机体层摄影)、胃窥镜等……
当晚结束了所有的检查，躺在床上的她不禁泪流满面，“为何是我？”
此时，谷川竭尽心力在日记中写到：“我绝对不会死！我一定要通过题目，将不可能化为可能。”
医生把良一叫来，告知他太太的病状：“你太太患的是末期卵巢癌。” 以让他做好心理准备。
丈夫的发心
谷川于1965年受持日莲佛法。15岁的她被母亲那信心强盛的姿态感召，很自然地开始勤励于学会活动。女子部前辈曾经对她解说何谓“宿业”，持有肝脏宿疾的谷川，即以转换宿命为目标勤励于广布活动，并多次朗读御文“南无妙法莲华经如师子吼，任何病障不足为祸。”( 《 复经王书》，御书1169页)
她还挑战唱题，长年派发《圣教新闻》。身体变得健壮，由此加深了信心的确信。
透过深信御本尊、贯彻如流水般流畅的信心所获得的自信，支撑着谷川向末期癌挑战的心。
5月10日，为了确定癌细胞的扩散情况，医生为她举行了历时八小时的剖腹手术。有如大豆般大小的癌细胞，已经扩散到子宫、淋巴节，甚至转移到肝脏。在这次的手术中，医生将左右两边的卵巢摘除。为了根除残余的癌细胞，谷川开始接受化疗。
开始化疗数天后，她剧烈地呕吐， 感到极度的疲惫，护士得替俯卧的她抚摸背脊。口腔炎、味觉障碍的现象开始出现。谷川的体重也减少了六公斤，头发脱落。
她把儿子修一送给她的头巾，紧紧地绑在头上。她还向护士们炫耀，那是在三班轮班制工作的儿子，在百忙中买给她的。丈夫良一前往广岛出差时，也会乘搭高速公路巴士，回去探望、鼓励妻子。
谷川深深地祈求，希望借自己与癌症斗争之缘， 丈夫能认真地开始唱念题目。某天，谷川对丈夫说，“你可以为我祈求癌症消失吗？”妻子的这一句话撼动良一的心。虽然因结婚而入信，可是良一从来没有面向御本尊析求过。就在这一天，他为了妻子的康复开始拼命地祈求。
谷川心想，“我一直以来都在祈求一家入信，怎么可以在此时败下来呢!我一定要把癌细胞彻底消除！” 她认真地唱题，把深深的祈念送到一点一滴的化疗剂里。地区的会员也为她唱题，更为她送上千只纸鹤、鼓励的片言只语。
心愿实现
在接受化疗中，有时感到呼吸困难、手脚发痒、浮肿。有时还会因白血球的数值下降，不得不延迟化疗。
进院五个月后的初秋，医生以兴奋的口吻说“转移到肝脏的癌细胞竞然消失了！”扩散到整个子富的癌细胞也缩小了。
终于在10月初，谷川接受了摘除子宫与淋巴节的手术。
谷川确信“一定可以宿命转换！”“绝对完全康复！”
她加强祈求。手术后继续接受四个疗程共12次的化疗。而后，终于在12月31日出院了！
回到家面对御本尊，谷川泪流不止。“我终于胜利回来了！”充满感激不尽的一念，让她不能言语。
之后，她继续与担忧病情复发的不安奋战到底，也因此更珍惜每一天。
出院后，儿子修一一家和他们同住。每天接送两个孙儿上下课是谷川的日课。而丈夫良一，也渐渐开始参加学会活动。
在次的座谈会上，良一流畅地拜读《大自莲华》的卷头言，谷川则表演了出院后才学习的口琴吹奏。谷川难掩兴奋之情说：“真不敢相信夫妻俩一起参加学会活动的日子终于来临！”
2012年9月3日，医生宣布谷川完全康复了！谷川非常高兴，心中呐喊道：“我胜利了！我们透过一家的信心获取胜利了！”
目前谷川是地区副妇人部长，踏实地拜访会员。她时时以病苦的经历、跨越病魔后所获得信心确信与欢喜，为会员带来希望、黑亮他们的心!
[宇宙 2014年6月]