Alligator Wrestling in the Cancer War..., Curt Ghormley
Alligator Wrestling in the Cancer War..., Curt Ghormley
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Alligator Wrestling in the Cancer Ward
How a Christian Tough-Guy Survived Leukemia with Gallows Humor, One-Liners and a Praying Posse

Author: Curt Ghormley

Narrator: Curt Ghormley

Unabridged: 7 hr 31 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/02/2023


Synopsis

Are you living above your circumstances, or are you crushed beneath their weight? Curt Ghormley was ambushed by AML (Acute Myeloid Leukemia) and determined to meet it with optimism, humor, and steely grit. Drawing on Christian principles and the memoir of his own life experiences, he teases out the lessons for dealing effectively with an unexpected and deadly fight with an unseen enemy. In this book, he presents eight rules for living victoriously in the shadow of the medical death sentence of a fast-moving cancer.In between your tears, this book is laugh-out-loud funny!Don’t miss the war stories. Ghormley is a history buff and liberally illustrates his subject with World War II experiences from his own father in the U.S. Navy, and those of others. At once light-hearted, uplifting, Biblical, poignant and heart-wrenching, this is the one book sure to bring bright hope to a dark room. With a clear-eyed acknowledgment of the reality and seriousness of events beyond our control, Ghormley shows the way to meet the most difficult challenges of life head-on.

Reviews

Goodreads review by MaryJo on July 19, 2023

This true story is exactly what it touts itself to be via the extensive title. So that was a good start. Having inside information, I know the author wrote this while he was receiving treatments as an out-patient (mostly) and in reverse isolation due to his extremely compromised immune system. That's......more

Goodreads review by Doug on October 10, 2023

Excellent true and inspiring page-turner about wrestling against a sudden diagnosis, clinging to both life and faith.......more