Wayne Schlicht

I am still here.

I am a stage four cancer fighter, a husband, a father, and a man of deep faith. In 2021, I was diagnosed with squamous cell carcinoma. In 2025, it spread to my lungs. I learned that news from the patient portal on my phone, on my 25th wedding anniversary.

I wrote Still Here: How Faith, Food, and Family Beat Stage Four Cancer to tell the truth about this fight. The hard parts. The faith that carried me. The food, the science, and the choices that keep me going.

For more than 15 years, I worked as a certified project manager, a PMP, leading projects for Fortune 500 companies, with a degree in Operations Management from Minnesota State University Moorhead. I also wrote four technical books. When the diagnosis came, I ran my own care with that same discipline. I tracked every lab and studied every option.

Now I write for patients, caregivers, and anyone who needs honest hope and real information.

With faith and gratitude.

Wayne