Here is the latest from my mom's "process"...Her strength has been pretty incredible and I attribute that to who God made her. Her faithfulness in God is steadfast even in the hard times when I talk to her when she is feeling the worst and she knows His faithfulness never is diminished.
I’ll have my 4th chemotherapy Dec. 11th. I have been having treatments every three weeks but, starting in January, they’ll be every week along with a new drug called Herceptin. Right now the main side effects are the nausea, stomach aches when not nauseous, more hair loss other places and tiredness. My head gets really hot sometimes and really cold other times. Those are the negative things. On the positive side, I’m still working full time so far and my family and friends are very supportive. They pray for me daily and I feel very close to the Lord.
Love,
Mom
What she says and especially what she doesn't say speaks volumes about her mindset through this.
What she doesn't say is that this is HARD and the reason she doesn't say that is because she is able to go through this process just knowing that this is where God has her and it is what the necessary "next step" so to speak is. Her attitude has been incredibly positive. Each round of chemo is harder than the previous round and during the first round she told my dad "I don't know if I am going to be able to do this"...and yet she does. She normally gets the chemo on a Thurs and then a shot on Fri to boost her immune system. Sat & Sun are the worst 2 days but then she bounces right back and is wanting to watch my kids and wanting to do stuff and, as she mentioned in her note, she is still working full-time.
AMAZING
I think it is true that you never know or show your potential until you are forced to. I never would have thought that my sweet little mom had the strength, perserverance, toughness, faith to fight through something as hard as this. And it isn't like anyone can help her through it. It is strictly her and God. Nothing my dad or the Dr's or I can do make this better for her. Sure she feels supported and loved but God is carrying her through it and she is relying on Him to do just that...and He is!
Thanks for your prayers for my mom. Please continue to join us in prayer for her as the process is only gonna get harder.
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I thank and praise our loving Father for His care and comfort of your Mom! Most definately God's power is being made perfect in Mom's weakness. An awesome verse to pass along to you Mom is Dt 32:10 "He found him in a desert land, and in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, He instructed him, He kept him as the apple of His eye."
How awesome that we are the apple of God's eye! So precious to Him. And He will lead her through this time in the wilderness and never leave her side!
YBIC,
Mike Mac
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