One year ago, on FRIDAY THE 13TH, I finished my 35 radiation treatments. When I got out of the treatment, not only was my wife waiting for me, but I heard this music playing and I also had 2 very dear friends, Sherri and David Godbout, waiting and playing music and a really cool HAPPY BIRTHDAY banner. LOL It was of course not my birthday, but with Sherri's awesome sense of humor it was all she could find! It was AWESOME!! WOW one year ago.
I was thinking over the last few days about this and thinking about everything that has happened in the last 365 days. Radiation REALLY sucks. It weakens you, it has really awful side effects, it can burn you, it can also damage organs in your body. Well guess what, I really had NO side effects to speak of. I have a bit of residual stuff, but really nothing to complain about. I WAS very weak afterward. I did LOSE weight. (I needed to anyway so that is not a bad thing) Well get this, ONE WEEK after radiation ended, we flew out to North Carolina and helped our daughter and son in law move back to STL. 2 months later, I traveled to Fresno CA to do a sound and lighting installation. 10 weeks after radiation I rode my bike 25 miles for PEDAL THE CAUSE, here in STL. A ride that raises money for cancer research. It was FREEZING that day as well. NOW, Im whole, healthy, and in pretty fair shape. Im riding my bike daily, 15-20 miles each day. I workout regularly, and I just had my 62nd birthday.
I think the easiest thing to say is that GOD is an AWESOME God. Ive had so many "miracles" over the last 18 months I cant even count them.
I was told on the very 1st Doctor appointment that I was going to HAVE to have a feeding tube. NEVER happened. I was told that I would have a SEVERE sore throat. NEVER happened. I was told that I would be over come with nausea and pain. NEVER happened. I was told that I would likely have severe burns from the radiation. NEVER happened. I guess in short, Im saying that God protected me from all those issues.
I was chatting with a friend a couple of days ago. She is going thru c treatments as well, and was told a lot of the same things I was. Guess what, SHE never had any of those symptoms as well. I truly believe that in my case I was totally protected.
Another friend of mine has been undergoing treatments and had a compression fracture in his spine. Surgeons wanted to do a procedure whereby they glued some bones together and fix the problem. There was a small issue with the glue leaking. God protected him in this case and he woke up this morning PAIN FREE. How awesome is that? PRETTY DARN AWESOME!
One year ago, I could not ride my bike more that a mile, in fact BARELY a mile. TODAY one year later, I rode 24.30 miles. God's goodness and GRACE are abundant. If ANYONE reading this is sick with ANY disease, BELIEVE that God will heal. You cant buy it, you cant rent it, but you can have it for FREE, because JESUS PAID for it with His life on the cross. Our HEALING was paid for that day. It is ours for the asking and taking.
HAVE A BLESSED WEEKEND
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