7 hours, I spent 7 long hours with doctors today. Now I like both the doctors but come on people, I don’t spend that much time with my husband! I arrived 15 minutes early for labs and chemo but the system was down so instead of starting chemo at 11:30 I didn’t get started until 1:30 which put me 2 hours behind schedule. I was suppose to be at Dr. Nickels for radiation (at least that was my plan) at 2;15, my chemo nurse called radiation and explained everything. Finally, chemo finished I arrived at Dr. Nickels at 3;45. Exam time! why do you have to undress and put on a paper wrap (not even a full gown) just to have your knee examined? Anyway…. I really like this doctor, so do my parents. Long story as short as I can make it, tomorrow he has me scheduled for a complete bone scan because he thinks that there may be tumors in my femur and right hip. He needs to know where and if there are more than the one on my knee because it will determine how he proceeds with the radiation. 10 treatments, 5 days in a row for 2 weeks. Fun times people! Of course it could be a lot worse and I am thankful that it is not. Through all of this from day 1 I have known how blessed I am, God has been with me and protected me in more ways than you could imagine.
So after the bone scan I will go back to Dr. Nickels at 2 p.m and he will present me with his plan of action, and he said I should go to M.B and have a good time with my mama…now that’s my kind of doctor. There are days when it seems that this cancer is spreading faster than we can keep up with it, and then I consult with someone like Dr. Nickels and he makes me believe that we can stay ahead of it. There are a lot of emotions that I have to face and deal with, and sometimes I can feel anxiety (Satan) trying to take control, that is when I quote scripture to myself. I know for a fact that Satan can not hang around when you are using Gods words!!! How awesome is that? Just to know that is powerful stuff, if you doubt me then try it and I promise you will be blessed.
As I was driving to my first appointment today I was remembering a time when I thought to myself “If I die tomorrow, only my family will be there.” Now, I have been blessed with friends that are more like family, people that pray, call and lift me up constantly. I tell you this because you need to know how important people can be in a persons life and the difference you all have made in my life. May all of you be as blessed as I have been through your love and friendship. I will let you know what happens tomorrow and the results from the bone scan, until then rest in the assurance that God is in control and that’s a great thing.
1 Corinthians 6:19-20 “What! know ye not that your body is the temple of the Holy Ghost which is in you, which ye have of God, and ye are not your own? For ye are bought with a price: therefore glorify God in your body, and in your spirit, which are Gods.”
Now the way I see it, since my body is Gods and not my own, he’s going to make sure it’s in the best condition possible to be used for his glorification. That’s good enough for me!
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