LIVE AT 67 -- THE FIGHT HAS STARTED AND GOES ON

Hey everyone.  Ive had a lot of private messages, texts, etc asking what the PET scan revealed.  Well here goes with what I KNOW.  FIRST Im not positive the this diagnosis is correct, but it is likely more so than not, or at least relatively close.  :) 


SOOOO the initial diagnosis from the PET is that there is c in a lot of lymph nodes, as well as the liver.  The Dr is calling it Bile Duct Cancer.  YEAH, I know what traditional thoughts are on liver cancer, but I have faith that God is STILL in the healing business and that HE will prevail.  The Bible tells us that "By HIS stripes we were healed." NOT could be healed, not MIGHT be healed, or any other "maybe" answer.  Jesus healed anyone that came to him and asked to be healed.  This includes a woman who was very ill with a bleeding issue for many years, yet she knew if she could just touch the hem of his tunic, she WOULD be healed. 

Ill be the first to say I NEED prayer, and WANT prayer.  I WILL NOT wallow is self pity wanting to "know why", its here, its doing what it does, I now need to do what I need to do, and rely on God to do as He has promised.  This is a serious situation, but the Bible tells us to bring ALL of our needs to Him, so thats the direction we can go.  So I guess Im saying I need all my prayer warrior friends to include me in banging on the gates of heaven. 

I love each and everyone of my friends, both on FB, and in "real life"  LOL  Seriously I do have friends outside of FB.  Well at least I THINK I do! 

Seriously, knowing that kind of treatment Im up against since I did similar almost 7 years ago, it is daunting.  I have a friend the other day tell me that she thought it was harder getting a reoccurring diagnosis because her cancer returned, because you KNOW whats coming.  Yeah you do know whats coming and you hate the fact that family has to deal with you the first few days after a chemo treatment, basically because you body is rebelling because you just filled it with poison.  THEN you get to radiate it, but apparently with this c, you get to endure some sort of surgery.  Have aI said yet that I would rather do pretty much anything else.  LOL 

I REFUSE to lose my faith over this.  I REFUSE to let satan win.  I REFUSE quit,

I guess if you are a praying person, you can pray for this. 

1.  Pray for Renita.  She is going thru her own issues and now has to deal with my stuff.  NOT FAIR!

2.  IF there is surgery, that whatever they do, its able to remove the bad stuff

3.  Apparently chemo is usually done AFTER surgery, as is radiation.  Pray that those only harm the BAD stuff and not the good

4.  Pray for my strength.  I will need lots of it.  Im going to try doing the gym, but I remember last time, I barely had the strength to kinda get out of bed. 

5.  Im a horrible patient.  Please pray that I will have patience, and a good attitude around those that only trying to help.   I tend to be a helper, and giver, and its hard for me to accept help EVEN when I need it.

6.  WE will need wisdom is working with Dr's and teams of Dr's, and wisdom to know that if there are any chemo stuff that will do more harm than good, to know and stop it.

Im confident that with God, WE will come out on the other side in good shape and feeling good. 

I will try to keep everyone updated as I can.  Right now, till after Tuesday I really dont know more that what I put here.  Oncologist appt on Tuesday, 2nd opinion appt as soon as I can get it, then dive it.  YUCK, but here we go!!!









   

LIFE AT 67 - HERE WE GO

Hi everyone!!  Ive been holding on to this information for a few days as I was trying to figure out how to write about it, wrap my head around things etc.

My very first blog was almost 7 years ago.  At that point I had been told I had cancer  and that it was on my larynx.  NOT what pretty much anyone wants to hear, well on Monday evening at around 5:12pm I heard those words again.  Strangely not totally unexpected, yet a shock to the system regardless.  This time I know less now than I did before, yet I have the same resolve that satan will not defeat me and that since he a beaten foe, I let God to the fight.  Right now, until we get a PET scan, we do not know the extent of it, where exactly it is, what stage it is, or really anything about it, other than it exists.  They do feel like it is in the upper GI tract. 

Interesting I had someone tell me the other day when I told then, that its time to put the gloves back on because Im in for a fight.  I agree with that.  satan never plays fair.  THIS time he has come after both my wife and I at the same time, and that is totally unfair. 

Over the next period of time Im sure Ill be writing and regaling everyone about the tales of treatments and the poison they use to fight it.  Rest assured, Ill likely be getting more options for treatments and doing things more in line with what God wants

Trust me on this,  I might have a disease that may or may not be curable.  MY GOD is the great healer, our healing was bought by Jesus stripes on Calvary.  NO FEAR here.  God has not given the spirit of fear, but of Love Power and a Sound mind.

There are over 101 verses in the Bible about healing!  We will be relying on those for our healing

The interesting thing is that in most battles, there are rules of engagement, in fighting c, its no holds barred.  For those of us who do believe in healing, thats like having a secret weapon and like having a whole battalion of soldiers behind you ready to fight.

SO where do we go from here?  We stand strong on the word of God!  We keep the faith, no matter what.  We rely on an d covet the prayers of anyone that would agree to pray with us.  When this happened 7 years ago, I literally had strangers and friends from around the world praying.  I KNOW that God will lead that same charge this time.  Healing is ours.  Sometimes its miraculous and instant, other times its a little at a time as God sees fit and shows his great power.  OF COURSE you want the instant everything, but sometimes that just doesnt  happen and God heals as he sees fit. 

SO lets put on the boxing gloves, (also known as the armor of God,) and lets get ready to rumble.  satan cannot, and will not win this

Blessings to all of you