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"Encounters with God" interviewed The Alligator

A Texas podcaster interviewed me about my book "Alligator Wrestling in the Cancer Ward"

Ken Chinn from Encounters with God reached out to me. We did an interview a couple of days ago for his podcast. Ken aired it on his outlets earlier this week.

Click the image to see the video. (Below the video link there is a timestamp guide to show you where certain topics are discussed.)

Timestamp Guide:

  1. 2:15 Southwestern Bell Telephone

  2. 2:52 Marriage and family

  3. 3:40 Routine physical

  4. 8:38 Two weeks to live

  5. 12:50 Fear crouched at the door

  6. 15:25 Not a spirit of timidity

  7. 17:00 White blood cells, genetic mutation

  8. 18:50 Scripture memory

  9. 22:00 Mouth sores (Marva 1)

  10. 27:10 Caring Bridge

  11. 31:12 Chills (“Ampho-Terrible”)

  12. 34:47 Lung fungus

  13. 37:32 I gained 43 pounds in 3 days

  14. 38:36 7/3 chemo routine

  15. 41:30 Exploding spleen

  16. 48:45 “I will survive for another 60 seconds”

  17. 55:25 Catheter

  18. 59:30 UMC disaffiliation

  19. 1:07:40 Atrial fibrillation

  20. 1:14:40 Kidney shutdown (Marva 2)

  21. 1:20:16 Ken’s near-death experience

  22. 1:23:15 Encouragement: “They deserve a win”

  23. 1:27:35 Lessons learned

  24. 1:31:20 Why “alligator wrestling”

  25. 1:34:00 The trials we face

You should know that Ken had his own exciting and very nearly mortal hospital experience with COVID. His books can be found at Amazon:

Many thanks to Ken for the interview. And thanks to the unseen Tara who provides professional video editing, making The Alligator Blog videos look like the amateurish efforts they are.

Thanks Ken and Tara!

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