Two weeks have gone by and my job was to rest...and I did. Slowly after week one I could feel my body recovering. The low grade fever that was coming and going finally left. My appetite improved. My overall strength improved. Last week I actually went for a walk in the neighborhood 3 times, which was great! I didn't go far but I still was proud that I walked to James Street and back. My emotions have improved as well. I felt so discouraged after the surgery, but I feel hope again. (The physical really effects the mind and heart so much.) Overall, God has restored my strength. Yay!
So now...I will see the oncologist tomorrow (Monday). If she thinks that I am strong enough, I will begin chemo treatment tomorrow. We will try Carboplatin this time, a drug that I have not used yet. I've heard good things about it, even that the side effects are not as difficult as some, which was good to hear. I may or may not lose my hair. Right now, my hair is very thin...but still there! (yay) Don't know how I'll respond to Carboplatin, but if I do lose my hair, I've already got a wig ready to flop on. If I start tomorrow, then it will be given to me every 3 weeks. I don't know how many rounds I'll receive before I get scans to see if it's working. But I think I will get some scans done about the first of December to see how well the liver procedure worked. That's all I know at this point.
God continues to bless me...everyday. He is so good. He is faithful to carry me through each day, whether it is an easy day or difficult. I wake up and wonder what the day will look like, and just thank Him for giving me one more day. None of us know what our days will look like, but when I start the day with hopeful anticipation, looking for God to show up here and there throughout the day, it truly fills my heart with hope. His mercies ARE new every morning.
God,
Thank You for this day...Your special day, set aside to worship and praise You. You are so wonderful and sweet to me. Yes, this is hard, O God...but You have kept Your promise to never leave me alone. When I whisper Your Name or... if I yell it out in agony...You hear my voice and come. Thank You. Please continue to give my family and me Your sustaining strength for each day. Please help me to eat and sleep well. And please, if You are going to use medicine to heal me Lord, let this chemo be the drug that You use to win the battle. If You heal me without medicine, which I believe and know You can do, then...come soon O Lord. I trust in Your powerful Love, and know that You are tenderly watching over me in this valley. I love You, O God, with all my heart. Forever I will praise You and thank You.
In Jesus' sweet Name,
Amen.
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Blessings on you and Tom, and on your kids, as you walk through this dark place, with God before you and behind you. We are praying for your spirits to remain high and your strength to remain constant as you begin this new leg of the journey.
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