(Minghui.org) There is a Chinese saying, “After surviving a big disaster, good rewards are in the making.” Based on my life, there is much truth to this saying.
At the age of 30, I was diagnosed with spinal tuberculosis, which impaired the motor and sensory functions of my lower extremities. In medical terms, I was a paraplegic. My family could not afford surgery, so I was homebound for more than a year. As my illness progressed, I needed immediate treatment. My neighbors said that I would never return home, that I would die. Against all odds, I survived.
The surgery damaged 16 of my ribs and I became a hunchback. It was difficult to walk and I was in severe pain for many years.
Fortunately, I started practicing Falun Dafa in February 1996. From that time on, I took a turn for the better and my hunchback disappeared. I was in my 70s, but I felt young and had lots of energy.
I had believed in Buddha since childhood and thus believed that maybe Buddha protected me. But once I started to practice Falun Dafa, I realized that it was Falun Dafa’s founder who saved my life. He had been taking care of me long before I began to practice.
I used to suffer from several ailments, including a bad nose inflammation, which began with a nosebleed so severe that I had to stay in the hospital.
After practicing Falun Dafa, I no longer was bothered with nose inflammation. I clearly remember that 22 days after I began practicing Falun Dafa, something came out of my nose just as I finished the Dafa exercises. I thought that my nose was bleeding again, but nothing was there when I wiped my nose.
Once home, I planned to treat my nose with hot water, something I did several times a day. It used to hurt whenever I touched my nose, but there was no pain this time. This made me very determined to practice Falun Dafa.
My husband is also a Falun Dafa practitioner. He awoke suddenly in 2013 and said that half of his body was numb. Then he lost feeling in his other hand and his elbow. He did not want any other body part to become numb.
He shouted, “Falun Dafa is good! Truthfulness-Compassion-Forbearance is good! Master, please help me!” Gradually the numbness receded, and after walking several steps he felt that he was back to normal. He said, “Thank you, Master, for saving my life!”