It was another night of interrupted sleep and varying degrees of pain along with a mind that wouldn’t shut down. So many thoughts and concerns for so many people. I have wanted to talk about my older brother Rick but wanted to get his permission first, I have the green light so here goes… My brother was diagnosed with stage 3 Chronic Lymphatic Leukemia about 3 months after my own diagnoses. His prognoses is very good but his first 2 attempts at treatment did not go well, exception being that his white cells did go down quite a bit. Rick has what I call the Morris trifecta: heart disease, high blood pressure, and diabetes. These 3 things make treatment a little tricky because the related meds and the cancer meds don’t play well together. As of the last treatment attempt the doctors will be going a different route, his next treatment will be after the 4th, I will keep you posted. Now here’s the thing, I told Rick once that every morning when I look in the mirror I see a healthy person not a person with cancer. Days later when we talked he said he had the same experience. I tell you this because when a persons illness is obvious to see it is often easier to accept. Both Rick and I are at a point now where our faces may not reveal cancer but our bodies are sure letting us know. A person can often hide the extent of their pain but sallow skin or sunken eyes and cheeks are another story!
I know people at this very moment who’s strength I greatly admire, I will keep their names secret until I get permission but I can tell you this; the extreme pain, difficult levels of treatment, major surgery(s) and nausea that has been endured is enough to bring anyone to their knees. (spiritually as well as physically) I am inspired and deeply moved by their courage and strength. Now there are also a few that I believe are searching for peace and trying to figure out what a relationship with the Lord actually is. I pray and seek guidance daily that I will have the right words to say, it can take thousands of right words to turn someone to Jesus but only one wrong word to turn them away. I am blessed to be on this journey and to have so many christian’s walking along beside me. I am reaching out to all believers, please pray for those seeking so that soon they can say “I once was lost but now am found”. There is no greater power in the universe than christian’s united in the name of the lord. (except of course, you guessed it…the Lord!!)
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