An Update on Me.........

Well, I'll try to be brief, but that may be hard.   Lots of things have happened with me since my last post.   The MRI I have last three hours!!!  I was so tired of laying in the same position and it was FREEZING in there!   I was glad I had taken 20 mgs. of Valium before I went in.   Trust me, I needed every mg.   I'm a trooper with the CT scans now and they don't bother me.   Yay God!   The results from those tests didn't reveal anything new, just confirmed what we already knew, so that was actually a praise!   The cancer has spread to my thoraic area and I will be having radiation on that area.   I have changed doctors since my last post as well.   This doctor is a lung cancer specialist and I just love him.    He's a precious man, very compassionate and such a fighter for my life!  I am thankful the Lord led us to him.    I've had two chemo treatments since I posted.   The first one was a whammer and made me really sick.   I spent 11 days in the hospital.    My white platelets took a nosedive and it took a while to get them back up so I could get out of the hospital.    Apparently my body can not handle the level of drugs he gave me the first time, so he rearranged things for the second chemo and so far things are going fairly well.    I am having some nausea and tiredness, but so far none of the symptoms I had with the first chemo. I can tell you that I don't like hospitals.     I've never been away from my children more than three days, so that was very sad and depressing for me.   Hospitals are lonely and depressing.   I was blessed with great nurses who genuinely care about their patients.   I came away with a great respect for healthcare works in general.   They all earn ever dime they make.   Most everybody on my floor worked 12-14 hour shifts and were still kind when they left in the evening or morning. I don't know if I could be that good.  LOL!    Those workers are on their feet most of their shift, constantly meeting patient needs.   Kuddos to the healthcare workers!

Well, that about sums up what's been going on with me.   Please continue to pray for complete healing from all this.   Pray my broken humerus heals properly, that the next chemo treatments go well and that they kill the cancer cells.    I am so ready to get back to my normal way of living.   I've been sleeping in a recliner due to my broken arm since July.   It helps to have it propped up and having support behind my back helps keep the pain at bay.   Pray for my family as they deal with the stress of all of this.   It's taking it's toil on us all, but we are trying to persevere through the test.

Also, please pray for a special older friend of mine who was diagnosed with breast cancer a few weeks ago.   She's a precious, wise Christian woman who loves the Lord immensely.    Pray they caught it in time and that she will get well.    I'm not ready for her to meet Jesus yet.   She's a widow also, so pray she can get the help she needs as she recovers.

May God bless each of you as you seek His face and walk with Him!

Blessings,

Molly