Yang Li’s life was nearly cut short in her forties by metastatic cancer. Despite refusing further medical treatment, she has lived a vibrant and healthy life for the past 30 years. What did she experience that caused her to win the battle against a deadly cancer?
Yang, now 77, lives in San Jose, California. In her youth, she was a well-known Huangmei Opera (one of China’s five major opera genres) actress in Anhui, China, before transitioning to a career as a costume designer for the same opera. Since her teenage years, she battled numerous illnesses, including hepatitis A and B, coronary heart disease, chronic bronchitis, and chronic urinary tract infections. She was on so many medications that she was often referred to as a “walking medicine cabinet.”
