My week started out really yucky. Physically, mentally and emotionally. When I'm in those moments it's so much easier to allow myself to be encompassed by self pity. Thankfully though...I have so many praying for me. Please know how much those prayers are welcomed, not taken for granted and needed. Yes, I am a Cancer Survivor. BUT it is still very much a part of my everyday living and will forever be. In those moments that I feel like I’m being swallowed by the enormous weight that surrounds me, I am so ever thankful for each AND EVERYONE of you. It takes time out of your day to come here, read, encourage and pray. It is still, daily, such an awesome testimony of His provision for me. Thank you will never seem enough for the care you have for me.
As far as medically….please continue to pray for the balance needed between medication, pain and just being a mommy. It seems as if I am in a never ending battle of trying to figure it all out. One seems to always contradict another. Also, it looks like I will be having my 1st surgery (final reconstruction) at the beginning of December. We are trying to work out the details of dates, my mom being able to come and taking care of the holidays for the kids. If all goes as planned…I’ll let you know of the dates. Also, I am due for more scans next month. Until then, there are always nerves. I know that is normal. But I don’t want nerves to turn into anxiety. That’s where, for me, I allow peace to escape. Which is quite the opposite of what I desire.
SIDE NOTE: I’ve had a few calls and emails asking about Roy’s picnic. Well, no truck. He won a gift card to Best Buy. So no complaints. But the prayers for another vehicle are still appreciated. As the weather gets colder, the need gets bigger.
There have been so many asking about Barbara. This is an email her mom sent out on Thursday…
I've been at Barbara's since last Friday. When we arrived she had headaches and nausea. That night she started on a steroid which reduces inflammation so it must be helping as the headaches are gone. She also started a new chemo drug and has a tiny bit of nausea but not bad. Her eyes don't focus together too well and that causes her vision to be jumpy. To look at her eyes now they seem to be coming together again but she says the vision isn't much better. She gets around very slowly with a walker but if we are in a hurry we walk behind her with our arms around and she can keep up pretty good that way. Her attitude is still amazing and she's laughing at her inabilities! The radiation treatments are daily for 5 weeks. The symptoms could get worse before they get better and the radiation keeps on working a few weeks after the treatment is done so the improvements may not happen for awhile. So keep praying for God's healing! She is praising the Lord that she's not in pain! Seeing her this way breaks my heart but she is still the encourager and says she plans on being alive on the other side of this! A true fighter!
Kathy
I know I speak on behalf of Barbara when I say how much it means to have all of you praying. To know perfect strangers are loving you from afar is an incredible lift to the soul. This next weekend I hope to make a quick trip out to finally meet her face to face. Needless to say I am a bit excited. She is so special and I can’t wait to make some memories with her and her family. I will let you know how she is doing as the days go by.
You are all wonderful. Many of you are in the midst of your own trials and tribulations. I hope this gives you the comfort it gives me. For this has been a week where I have had no strength…but yet, today, I feel strong.
“He gives power to the weak and strength to the powerless. Even youths will become weak and tired, and young men will fall in exhaustion. But those who trust in the LORD will find new strength. They will soar high on wings like eagles. They will run and not grow weary. They will walk and not faint.” -Isaiah 40:29-31
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