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Acknowledgements

I have been very fortunate to have wonderful people around me whose love has encouraged me to write this book. A special note of thanks goes to a few friends for their help and contribution. Judith Berry, Sheila Leavy and Sue Chapman for their valuable feedback, constructive suggestions and patient proof reading on the final draft; Jill Bransby for her intuitive and artistic sketches that brought my story to life.

I am grateful to Macmillan Cancer Support and the members of the Mid Bedfordshire Cancer Support Group whose shared experiences have made a meaningful contribution. A special mention to the team at ‘Together Against Cancer’, Leicester for allowing me to conduct a healing workshop and share my story for encouraging others. My special thanks to Dr K Narasimhan (Director, Sri Sathya Sai Mobile Hospital SSSMH, Puttaparthi, South India), Dr D K V Prasad (Surgical Gastroenterologist, Lucknow and SSSMH) and Dr Rashmi Mehta (UK) for their insightful direction and encouraging advice.

A thankful appreciation to the Cross-Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for granting me the permission to use ‘Tiles’ created by patients, families, volunteers and health care professionals.

My heartfelt gratitude to my General Practitioner, Dr Helen Collins and to the dedicated medical teams at Lister Hospital, Stevenage and the Watford General Hospital, in particular, Mr Ahmed Al- Bahrani, (lead clinician of the Upper Gastrointestinal Cancer Centre for Hertfordshire and South Bedfordshire) for their timely intervention without which this book would not be a message of hope.

Important others

There are no words to express my gratitude to all those countless well- wishers who lifted me during my recovery through their visits, positive thoughts and healing prayers. My personal thanks to my colleagues from the University of Hertfordshire and Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge for their good wishes. Also included are our dear friends from many faiths and beliefs and from the various centres of Sathya Sai International Organisation (Hatfield, Luton, London, Coventry, Milton Keynes, Bangalore, South India, New York), friends from the Christian world, the North Hertfordshire Interfaith forum, Welwyn Hatfield Interfaith Group and to all noteworthy families and friends, too many to name here. I will forever be indebted to them for their love and kindness.

My thanks to Paul and Sharon Hudson for bringing Badger, the delightful Alaskan Malamute, whenever I needed him the most.