I Was Spared from Certain Death after Studying the Falun Gong Teachings for Just a Few Weeks

My last name is Xu. Out of gratitude for the life saving benefits that Falun Dafa bought upon me I have changed my name to Xiefa Xu (Xiefa in Chinese means, "Thanks for Dafa.") I'm 50 years old now and live in Huanggang of Hubei Province in China. Not long ago I was diagnosed as having a fatal illness, and my doctor said I could do nothing but wait for death. Desperate, all I could do was go home and wait to die. Because a kindhearted person encouraged me, I started studying the Falun Gong teachings on September 6th, 2007. At first I merely studied the Falun Gong teachings, and ten days later I started to learn the exercises. I watched Master's DVD lecture four times on September 29 and read the first eight chapters of the core Falun Gong book, Zhuan Falun. A miracle then occurred. Within 23 days my health returned to normal, and my general disabilities simply disappeared.

I am writing about my own experiences to allow those, who like me, were poisoned by the lies on TV programs, to become awakened, and those who are plagued by serious illnesses or whom the doctors have pronounced incurable to regain heath and have good futures. I wish all people might be as lucky as I and also have the chance to start practising Falun Gong.

I had a serious slipped disc in 2005 and had to be hospitalised for 26 days. While there, some practitioners clarified the truth to me and gave me some Falun Dafa books to read. But I was deeply blinded by the Chinese Communist Party's lies and didn't believe what they said at all. I did not even leaf through the books.

In July of 2005, two months after leaving the hospital, I had general physical weakness and any spot on my body that was pressed left a deep indentation [caused by water retention]. But doctors' exams couldn't find anything wrong. I was then given a folk prescription, advising me to eat a dish of herring cooked with watermelon. It worked, and the general dropsy disappeared.

In November of 2006 my oedema returned from overworking in my business. But another hospital exam again revealed no physical cause. In December of 2006, the upper parts of my legs swelled "like a bucket," and I couldn't wear my pants or shoes. But doctors still couldn't find a cause. The following January my hands ached greatly, just like millions of needles puncturing me. I had to go to Huanggang City and visit the most well-known herbalist doctor. The doctor said that my fatty liver was too big and I also had peripheral neuritis. The doctor prescribed 26 packs of medicine, each pack costing three or four hundred yuan. I consumed all of them. I did not recover but was reduced to that of a skeleton. My illness became more serious, and I had to return home. My family asked the gods to bless me and said they were willing to do whatever the people in the temple asked them. We spent several thousand yuan. I was no better. My condition was instead worsening.

On June 5th, 2007, I was sent to Xiehe Hospital in Wuhan where I was thoroughly examined in the neurological department. I was preliminary diagnosed with peripheral neuritis and physical pain. I was in the hospital for 20 days, and the swelling reduced, but I was still in pain. There were two hard lumps on my stomach which were as hard as tree bark. During the following days more and more skin became increasingly hard. My doctor thus invited three PhDs and another five doctors to make a mutual consultation. Following the consultation, I was transferred to the Infectious Diseases Department for Rheumatic Internal Medicine. Dr. Liu diagnosed sclerosis. Professor Sheng would make the final diagnosis the next day.

Professor Sheng and his group of doctors arrived the next day. They carefully read all my case histories and said that I had a typical multiple sclerosis, and told me I could be out of the hospital in 20 days. I was no better after a week's treatment. Food was tasteless, and I felt strong mental pressure. I often cried. My sister took me out for a walk in Zhongshan Park. My neck became stiff as we walked. My younger brother in Wuhan reminded me to pay close attention to any physical changes and also asked me to ignore the huge daily expense, as the key was not to delay the treatment. My 26-year-old son was more worried when he learned of my plight from his auntie's phone call. He visited the Internet and found that three hospitals specialised in the treatment of MS, and the Tongji Hospital in Hangzhou City was the best.

I went to Hangzhou overnight by express train on July 11th and underwent a general physical exam. They performed surgery, removing lymphatic fluids, 24 bottles of it. I was told that praying to the Bodhisattva at Linying Temple was effective. I went there to plead and promised that if I recovered, I would come back to pray again. Beginning July 28th my skin became soft.

On August 4th, I went to pray again in Linying Temple. On the way back in the car I found that the skin on my hands had returned to their state of hardness. Renowned professor Huang said my disease was chronic. Twenty days later the swelling returned. The strange thing was that my body was soft from 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. and became hard and swollen from 11:00 p.m. to 3:00 a.m. I was supposed to be out of the hospital in 22 days, but Professor Huang asked me to stay there for two more days for observation. Then they stated that they had removed too much lymphatic fluid and I needed blood protein. I had two bottles per day, for ten days. One bottle cost 170 yuan. But I still had generalised oedema.

Professor Huang asked me to leave the hospital, and I said, "I'm no better at all, and the swelling hasn't reduced. What should I do after I return home?" Professor Huang said, "Im afraid that there isn't any doctor who can treat your disease." My younger sister asked them to keep me in the hospital for another week. Professor Huang refused firmly and said, "We have tried every kind of medicine we have, there is nothing else we can do. Go home and ask your family to provide you with whatever you want to eat."

That was it. I had spent 22,000 yuan at Xiehe Hospital in Wuhan, and 26,000 yuan in Hangzhou City. I was no better, the only thing I had gained was the knowledge that my illness couldn't be cured.

On August 11th, I was forced out of the hospital and returned home where I waited for my inevitable death.

Three days after I got home, my whole upper body became stiff and my breasts were very hard. Several days later I found my whole body was stiff, even the flesh of my tongue became hard. I stayed up all night and cried to myself. I knew that I wouldn't live for long. I took out all the photos of me and chose one of them as my "portrait of the deceased."

On September 5th, 2007, a Falun Gong practitioner came to my husband and me to explain the truth about the persecution. As I was poisoned too deeply by the lies broadcast by the Chinese Communist Party's TV programs, I still couldn't accept Falun Gong. As I hesitated, an acquaintance who is not a practitioner persuaded me to believe in Falun Gong. I thus started studying the Falun Dafa teachings on September 6th, 2007.

As mentioned above I merely studied the Falun Gong books and other teachings, and on September 15th I started doing the exercises. So far I have watched Master's DVD lecture four times and read Zhuan Falun to the Eighth Chapter. To our great surprise, as told above, I gradually regained my health within 23 days, and the swelling disappeared completely. My body is no longer stiff, and my pale complexion is now rosy and glowing with health.

My appreciation towards Falun Dafa is beyond words. I will cultivate more diligently, and to return Master's kindness, I will let more people know the truth and take the opportunity to save them through relating my experiences.