I Still Breathe

Memoir · Biography · English edition

“In 2020, I was told I had five years. Six years later, I still breathe.”

Pulmonary fibrosis, rheumatoid arthritis, no treatment. Just a number, once a year, that slowly goes down.

In this sober, luminous memoir, Mr Schaka tells, without holding back, what it is like to live with every breath counted: stairs climbed one step at a time, Belgian winters and the warmth of Bangkok, the water that carries him, the love of the people close to him. And a plant that many still frown upon, which he chose as his medicine, with his lung specialist’s agreement.

Part intimate story, part honest look at what science really says, this is a book for patients, for the people who love them, and for everyone who refuses to give up.

• 10 chapters of personal testimony
• What the studies really say (pain, sleep, anxiety, fibrosis), with nothing glossed over
• A glossary of 33 medical terms explained simply
• 21 medical sources with DOI links

English edition · PDF + EPUB ebook: €3.00 · instant download · Kindle $6.99 and paperback $9.99 on Amazon

This book is a personal memoir. It is not medical advice or an encouragement to use cannabis.