(Clearwisdom.net) I started practicing Falun Gong in 1997. For me and my daughter, it was a great turning point in our lives.

My daughter had been ill since childhood, and often needed medication and injections, and was sometimes hospitalized. Master has cleansed her body many times since she started practicing. She was coughing, vomiting and had a high fever. It's interesting to note that the cleansing process always happened on the weekends, and she would recover by Monday to return to school. She felt terrible one time, with a high fever and continuous coughing. She then saw a small Falun in front of her, rotating clockwise and counter-clockwise. She fell asleep, and her symptoms were gone by morning. All her illnesses soon disappeared and she no longer needed any medication or injections.

Before my daughter began practicing, she was a timid girl, and was afraid of being home alone. When I started practicing, I left home at 3:40 a.m. every day to participate in the group exercises at the park. I once left home and heard her calling me. I was worried and wanted to go back, but then thought that since my daughter is also a practitioner, she would be fine with Master's protection. When I returned after the exercises, my daughter told me, “I woke up after you left. I called for you, but you didn't reply. I was scared and moved to the edge of the bed. Master then came to me. He was tall with curly hair and wore blue clothes. Master carried me and put me back in the middle of the bed, and I then fell asleep.” When I heard this, I said, “Master is protecting you. He was afraid that you might get hurt if you fell off the bed. A genuine practitioner has Master's protection.” My daughter never again mentioned being afraid.

I have also greatly benefited from practicing. I used to have many illnesses, including rheumatoid arthritis, heart problems, and inflammation of the intestines. I tried therapy and took medicine, but to no avail. The illnesses plagued me for years, but after I began practicing Falun Gong they soon disappeared.

During the winter of 2002, I felt a swelling in my neck. My throat was blocked and it was painful to drink or swallow. I had difficulty talking and was listless. The pain was getting worse. Someone told me to go to the hospital and have a checkup. I thought to myself, “I'm a practitioner and have no illness. Master is taking care of me and I will be fine.” I didn't take it to heart. I continued studying the Fa, doing the exercises, doing my household chores, and went to work as usual.

I had an awful feeling in my throat one day in the summer of 2003. It was badly swollen, and I started coughing and spit out something odd. There were eight oval shaped, translucent particles bundled together, covered in an off-white thin membrane. They were as tiny as sesame seeds. A doctor later told me that it was a carcinosarcoma (a malignant tumor). The swelling in my throat had disappeared and it no longer hurt.

I knew that the object I spat out must have been something bad. I later met with three different doctors, and described the situation to them. They all said that it was a carcinosarcoma. A female doctor, in her eighties, told me that she had never seen anyone who had spat out a carcinosarcoma in all her years of medical practice. She believes in Buddhism and I had told her the facts about Falun Gong before. She saw these miracles that happened to me and said, “What you believe in is so good. Keep up your belief!” Another doctor who specialized in treating complicated illnesses was also very surprised to hear it. He clapped his hands and excitedly asked, “You spit out the root. You must believe in something good.” I replied, “I believe in Falun Gong.”

As human beings, we have accrued a great deal of karma during our many lifetimes. An everyday person can't avoid the problems of birth, old age, illness and death. We are so lucky to have obtained the Fa in this lifetime. It is Falun Dafa that gave me and my daughter new lives.