Category: The Doctor’s Office
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Holding Off Treatment
Yesterday I arrived at the cancer center for my herceptin and cyberknife treatment. (A quick refresher: herceptin focuses on a protein in my cells. That protein, HER2, was present in my tumor. The idea is to kill off that protein in my body. In doing so, it has been proven to reduce risk of recurrence…
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Anniversaries
I write often about the one year marks… finding out I had cancer, the date of my surgery, etc. But I would be remiss to only mark the anniversaries of the hard things. One year ago today we received the news that my cancer had not spread to any of my organs and that I…
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Last Scan Down… For Now
Tuesday was my bone scan. Today was my doctor appointment. Those two days felt interminable. The bone scan is clear. We are once again praising God for His mercy to us. Please continue to pray for complete healing for me. I also found out about several small ways the chemo has negatively impacted my body.…
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MRI Report
Today at lunch I was reading the story of Noah to my children. We talked about how the first thing Noah did after he exited the ark was to build an altar of thanksgiving to God for His goodness. The boys began listing all the things that God had given us as we talked about…
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Of MRI’s and IV’s
This morning dawned drizzly and dreary and seemed to match my mood. Bri and I had to be over the mountain at the hospital by 8:00 and y’all know what a morning person he is, so you can imagine how thrilled he was when the alarm woke us this morning. I have been suffering from…
A Spring of Joy 