Thursday, February 16, 2012

How I learned of my Cancer




As I was coming off of a grave yard shift one morning my heart was doing some weird things. I made an appointment with my Doc. He sent me in for the routine tests for cardiac problems.. an x-ray, echo and all that other jazz..


A week later while at work, his assistant called. " You have Mitral Valve Prolapse and he is not concerned about at this time. Vitamin D is extremely low and the x-ray showed a spot on your left lung. It could be just a shadow but we need to make sure". I fell apart for a second but I was at work so I tried and keep my composure...

CT scan from there..6 hours later doctor wants to see me. "It's a scary spot". Then on to a needle biopsy a week later... 3 more long weeks of waiting for results... 

Monday Feb.13th I find out it is Primary Lung Cancer (Non-Small Cell Adenocarcinoma) Very rare at my age but it is common(if that makes sense) in smokers, non-smokers and mostly women under 40.
If it was not for the irregularity in my heart that morning I have had no idea that I had Cancer. The Tachycardia was a blessing. I had no symptoms other than some fatigue over the last year.

Christ is my King and if it were not for my faith in Him and my relationship with Him I would probably just give up because honestly that is the kind of person I was before He came into my life. I know He is using this Cancer for good. I don't know exactly what His plans are for me but I trust Him fully and I have already seen some amazing things happening in the last few weeks. People are praying for me. People that don't normally pray. That is a miracle in itself as far as far as I am concerned. Some of you may not believe this but He has answered several of my prayers with my diagnosis. Prayers that I have been praying for months and I am so excited to see what else He is going to do through OUR Journey with Cancer....(Christ, Me, My family and friends)

(Romans 8:28 ESV) And we know that for those who love God all things work together for good, for those who are called according to his purpose.





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  1. Babe you are so true on all of these points!!! I love you so much and am looking forward to our march through these streets to victory!!!!!

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