Next week is the colon surgery, unless it’s something else; and today–surprise, surprise!–it’s a bunch of tests in advance of surgery. Don’t ask me what tests. My mind shuts down: worried about getting hurt.
I’m so sick and tired of this! There are enough doctors involved in this to make a softball team. I can’t keep track of anything. Patty sort of can, she tries… but it’s getting to be too much for her, too. I was a newspaper editor, she was the bookkeeper. Somehow we are not equipped for this. I know I’m not.
Ye gods, what do people do who live alone and have no idea what the doctor/nurse/administrator is talking about?
Please keep praying for us.
As long as we are still alive in this fallen world, we have a purpose, and God is not through with us. Be a witness to the doctors and nurses and all you encounter, Lee – you are a child of God, and the power of the Holy Spirit indwells you.
Good advice, and although sometimes it is difficult, it is well worth it. I have a friend living in K.C., Mo who has had a lot of “doctoring” for over two years, but she has made it pay off by witnessing to all those who have been “caring for” her, and she has seen some really amazing results- with people coming into the Kingdom of God, and all kinds of miracles.
Prayers still going to the throne on your behalf.
Look at the positives. You have effective treatments available that were unavailable not that long ago. Surgery is not pleasant, and chemotherapy has obvious side effects, but this is saving you, and preserving your life. You’ll go through with it, and while that will not be easy, you will heal and life will get better. This is a far better option than the way things were 50 years ago, when all they could do is help to manage pain. This is not an easy thing to go through, but you have a positive prognosis. You’ll get through this.
Jesus Lord, I hope so!
I don’t want to come across as unsympathetic, because I realize that you are facing some very difficult things, but you have real reasons for hope.
You know we all pray for you and Patty all the time. Thank God you have each other — and thank God you both have God. May the Good Physician heal you and hold you close in His love.