One Hour and 18 Minutes

Today was treatment day and it went very well. Got there at 9:00am and I was actually walking out one hour and 18 minutes later. That was certainly a record! Woohoo!!!

This morning I had SO much peace about going in there. And even my usual Sunday night feelings of "I-don't-want-to-go-tomorrow" did not really show up. I'm pretty sure why. It's because of my great report on Thursday. So much of the battle has to do with my thoughts, with my mind. Now...I am thinking "it is working". And that makes me think "so the treatments are good". And that makes me think "I can do this". My mind is convincing my heart.

But ALL of that...the change of thinking, the hope-filled heart...I think comes from God. The prayers of SO many people effect the things around me and especially...effect me.



Dear God,
Thank You again for being with me today. It was fast and uneventful....thank You, Lord. I do believe You walk in there with me and surround me with Your Presence and love. I praise You and trust You with every day of this journey. What a loving God You are!
In Jesus' Name. Amen.

Hooray!!!

This was a BIG day. I've been doing the treatments of Faslodex and Zometa since January and today was the day to evaluate the effectiveness of the past six months.

Got there about 10am, did my CT scans first, then had a lunch break and came back for the bone scan at 1. Finally saw my Dr. around 3.

She said "It looks good, these are good! The CT scans look fine, no new areas or concerns. And the spots that we are watching, the L3 and the T10 are healing. This is good...it is healing." (The T10 is the vertebrae that had a small spot of cancer; the L3 was being watched closely.)

WOOHOO!!!! I asked her if the cancerous spot on the T10 was smaller. She said that's not how it works with cancer on the bone. If it was on an organ, we would want the tumor to get smaller. But in this case we want the bone to grow bigger and restore the area...and that's what is happening. The bone is being restored.

Wow...SO, SO, SO happy!!! I feel like this is a major shift back to healing and wellness. I will continue with the treatments...I go back on Monday, but the main thing we know now is that this is working! I would have loved to have heard her say "We just don't see any sign of cancer at all". But there are different ways to heal...sometimes instantly, sometimes a process. I am "in process". That's totally fine with me. :-)

My heart is FULL of thankfulness as I head to bed tonight. Thankful to God for this great report and thankful to so many who are praying continuously for me.
Praise to God Most High for His love and mercy and healing in my life. I am SO grateful!

YAY GOD!!!

But as for me, I will always have hope;
I will praise You more and more.
My mouth will tell of Your righteousness,
of Your salvation all day long,
though I know not its measure."
Psalm 71:14,15

Tomorrow

Tom and I have been traveling on and off since the first week of May...and all of it has been wonderful! I want to write about our travel adventures... going to Pepperdine University in CA, then to our Betsy's graduation in Texas and then on a 2 week trip to Switzerland and France. We've been busy! All of it was really incredible. I will write more about our travels in the near future.

Today I just wanted to let you know that my test day is tomorrow,
Thursday, June 9th. I will go in the morning and have CT and bone scans
from head to toe. I'll see my doctor and get the results in the afternoon.
Bottom line..they want to see if the treatments have worked or not.

SO...I would love your prayers...for continued peace, for good results and to praise God for His faithfulness and love in all of this.

Thanks so much for your continued support and prayers.
It is not a small thing.
It really is a sustaining thought
and an encouragement to my heart
that somewhere
out in the world
at random moments
there are people praying for me.
I'm always humbled by the thought,
and completely,
with-all-my-heart
grateful.

Thank you.