DAVID M. BAILEY IS BACK!

A fellow musician, and a great friend who is making a difference in Life:

David M. Bailey

Long time readers of this Blogsite are familiar with recording artist David M. Bailey. He appears on my BLOG feature "THE INTERVIEW" (which is worth a good look). His story involving brain cancer has been featured on CBS' "60 Minutes, "20/20" and "Dateline USA". In January, 2007 I finally met David after a concert in far Northwest Ohio. He had braved the odds to beat a brain tumor after being told that he could expect to survive 1-2 years. During our meeting he had been clean almost 12 years. Then last year, what appeared to be a cyst was biopsied as the beginning of another tumor. It is a Joy to report that David is officially clean of cancer! I'd like to share his e-mail below:

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Note from David: "Dear Friends: I wanted to share a couple things with you as you have been walking this journey with me for so long. 1.) First, my gig last night in Syracuse was magical. Why? After weeks of what felt like trial and error with too many errors, the concert last night flowed sweetly and felt like a huge turning point. The old songs held firm, the new songs blended. What has felt like so many upended scrabble pieces started making new words again; I didn't ramble or say anything goofy. The set list made a movie script that was kinetic, and the relationship with the audience was wonderful. I felt, maybe for the first time, that the the old David was back and maybe, just maybe, could be better than ever. It was a truly beautiful night. 2.) Today I flew here to Durham - tomorrow I am to get the nasty triple cocktail chemo that caused me so much trouble last time. But first, I had an MRI this evening. It's pretty weird going to a 2 month sked after so long of only doing them annually - but I got the results back moments ago. CLEAN! God is good!! Love the time. every moment".

David

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Words to live by! Here is David's website: http://www.davidmbailey.com

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