Cancer Survivor

Four separate cancer diagnoses that found him battling both Hodgkin's disease and acute lymphocytic leukemia; 54 months of treatments including radiation, chemotherapy, and a stem cell transplant; and a resulting heart transplant at UCLA on October 10, 2006, have set Kyle's life course. However, the beacon that guides him is the hope and promise of an eventual cure. This is the covenant to continue the fight that all cancer survivors keep with the fallen. And the unqualified joy that each new day brings to those who live on.

In Kyle's many years as a cancer and heart patient he has stared down death and watched countless others do the same. He has experienced some of life's worst miseries, witnessed many of its greatest triumphs, and seen the magnificent strength and compassion that define the human spirit. And that is why Kyle considers the original diagnosis in 1989 that begin this odyssey both the worst, and best, thing to ever happen in his life.

Motivational Speaker

It is, then, with a spirit of fulfillment that Kyle tackles his complementary roles of writer and motivational speaker. Using the lessons learned during his own life-and-death struggle, and drawing on the wisdom attained by watching others gracefully deal with the unimaginable, Kyle brings a unique life-affirming perspective to audiences of all types.

As a cancer survivor Kyle counts himself among the fortunate. As someone who has discovered the almost miraculous joy of being able to focus on life's meaningful moments, and who now has the honor of sharing that ability with others, Kyle considers himself truly blessed.

Personal

Kyle lives in the Los Angeles area with his wife, Carrie, whom he married on ABC-TV's "Extreme Makeover: Wedding Edition."

Kyle grew up in Wichita, Kansas, graduating from Northwest High School in 1990. He went on to the University of Missouri-Columbia and majored in Broadcast Journalism before repeated bouts with cancer brought him to the City of Hope and California, where he finished his communications degree in 1996 at Azusa Pacific University.

Kyle is an active volunteer with the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Team in Training program and now that he is post heart transplant he is currently training for the September 16, 2007, Malibu triathlon.