Washington's tornado
I have been meaning to update my blog all week, but the
words have not come to me. What can you say that hasn’t already been said about
the terrible destruction from Sunday’s tornado that plowed a path through
Washington. For those of you who don’t know I live in Eureka, Illinois. Our
neighboring town, where my sister lives is Washington. Washington is one of
those typical Illinois small towns – easy to love and a great place to raise a
family. Now it is not so typical. Now it has a huge scar running down its
center.
Praise the Lord though that only one life was lost! Praise
the Lord that my sister’s family and even her house are fine!
Today I drove over to Washington to go to Walmart. I have
been avoiding this trip all week. I even thought of just going to another town
for my stuff, but I wanted my first trip through town to be without my kids. To
see just a little bit of the destruction in person was heart breaking. My heart
goes out to all the people who lost homes. Please continue to pray for them.
They have a long, hard road ahead of them.
Health update
I am feeling much better. I am feeling
a little stronger every day. I have much to be thankful for. I realized this
today when I was running up the stairs to get something. I can again run up the
stairs! I am not anemic anymore. My leg muscles do not burn anymore because of
the effects of chemo. I even have hair on my head and have started going
without a hat! Yes, it is really short. Shorter than any hairstyle I would
choose, but I have decided to be OK with it. And a positive is that I’m loving how
quickly it can be styled. :o) Guys really do have it much easier than women at
least in this area!
My body is healing and hopefully soon all I will be left
with are just the scars – reminders of this struggle and also of God’s hand of
protection during this time. God has taken good care of me! He really has! Thanks
so much for all the prayers!
“So what happens next?” “Are you done?”
I get those questions
a lot. Yes, I guess I am done in a lot of ways. It seems weird to me to say that.
This has been a long year. I have been in fight mode for so long that it seems
weird to just stop. I don’t know if that makes sense or not, but in a way
fighting cancer has become a way of life for me. I now have to start getting
back to normal.
I did see my oncologist last week. All appears to be fine right now. I am kind of
in the watching and waiting phase now I guess. I will see her again in three
months. At that time I will have another PET scan. Of course the goal of this
PET scan is to be totally clear. My first PET scan done right after my
biopsy showed a little blip right at the sight of the recurrence. The
radiologist said that it could easily have been caused by the recent surgery.
This repeat scan will just be verifying that. I am also leaving in my port
until then. My doctor doesn’t seem too concerned about my next PET scan. It is
more of a precaution. I am not too worried about it right now either. I’m sure
when it gets closer I will be a little nervous, but I know I’m in good hands.
And I’m trying to remind myself daily of this fact.
None of us know what the future holds. We think we do. We
plan and go about our lives, but sometimes things happen to mess up our plans.
Whether it is a tornado or cancer. But no matter what God is still in control!
Have a great Thanksgiving!!
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