getavisionPROJECT for the health-challenged & friends

From Founder John Boswell....

Launching the getavisionPROJECT is a direct outgrowth of my personal battle with cancer and HIV.

My ultimate goal is to uplift others with life-threatening illnesses, to encourage and give hope in the face of overwhelming circumstances.

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getavision.org is established to reach out to people living with life-threatening illnesses to help to instill vision and purpose in life, provide tools and support to share their vision and bring it to fruition.

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After spending the past year+ dealing with HIV and Stage 4 Burkitt's Lymphoma it's exhilarating to be free from tubes, chemo and constant medical supervision. It's like starting life all over again. Burkitt's is a rare and aggressive cancer which required extensive hosptialization, intensive chemotherapy treatments and a bone marrow stem cell transplant at City of Hope near Pasadena, CA.

In October 2005, I was diagnosed with HIV and tried to reduce some stress in my life, but didn't need to go on any meds to control the virus. In mid- to late- 2006, I as starting to feel sort of rundown sometimes. In early January 2007, I discovered a large lump under my arm which suddenly appeared. After several months of waiting and finally getting a biopsy, my HIV specialist referred me to an oncologist, as the diagnosis was some sort of Lymphoma. I was immediately started on HIV meds to build up my immune system so that it could handle chemotherapy.

When I finally met with the oncologists, I was told that it was Stage 4 Burkitt's Lymphoma, and the virus had already spread into the lymphnodes in the groin area and had also moved into the liver. They said I had to act immediately and get into the hospital. The regimen was to require 7-10 days of hospitalization every 3 weeks with intensive chemotherapy for approximately 6 months, along with a possible bone marrow stem cell transplant.

At that point I had to completely surrender to the fact that I could not work for at least a year or so, to get through the treatment and recover. As all of the doctors and my friends told me, I would only be able to focus on my health and should not even think about business or anything else -- just getting better. After a long struggle with this prospect, I finally put my business, NeTV Networks, on indefinite hiatus.

Through the course of the battle with Burkitt's, I really came to release the burden of business and many concerns of the world. At times, I wasn't so sure I would ever have my health restored, nor be able to work and function as I had in the past.

Thankfully, since being released from the City of Hope in mid-January 2008 following the bone marrow stem cell transplant, I've been in recovery mode and progressing well, and have the Burkitt's in remission.

I'm just now moving forward re-entering the world. It feels awesome and I'm so grateful to all of my friends and my partner Gil who literally made my survival and recovery possible!

1. People facing life-thretening illnesses need a vision and purpose to survive and live on.

2. Each person needs to know he/she is making a contribution to the world.

3. Each person needs the tools and capabilities to share and live their vision and purpose.

4. Each person needs collaborators and supporters to bring their vision to reality.