FOLLOW-UP with DR. WILLIAMS....

This week I had a three month follow-up visit with Dr. Williams, my plastic surgeon.  He comes in and says, "Let me take a peek!"  Seriously, I think he could choose better wording.  He then says, " I do believe this is as good as it is going to get..."  (I am not sure how to take that!)  He announces to Polly, the nurse, that it is time for pictures...another thing that is so much fun! I call them my "porn" pictures---didn't know we were going to do that today.  The good thing is that it doesn't matter if I smile or not...they are only taken from the neck down.  I seriously believe that they should give medication prior to that....you have to laugh or you would run out of there and never come back!  He says that my scars are in Stage 2 of healing...they will blend in with my skin in the next year...I go back in six months unless I decide to go back and have the final touches.  That would require more outpatient surgery so for right now, I am good :)  He said I am a patient for life...after this next visit, I will come back every two years for a follow-up exam...

Continue to pray for an end to cancer and for my friend, Linda---she is still fighting for her life but now she is unable to speak at all and she wants to...how frustrating!  She is in hospice with family and friends around her...her husband would like prayers from all over going up for Linda and their family...

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/lindarobertson

My friend and neighbor, Jackie, is in the hospital dealing with symptoms of renal failure.  Her multiple myeloma has morphed into another type of cancer that is growing rapidly and her system is unable to handle it.  She has been fighting this cancer since 2002 and I have seen her go  through three stem cell transplants, chemotherapy multiple times , radiation and broken bones from her bones being so weak with this blood cancer.  She is receiving chemotherapy, getting fluids to get her kidneys to work better and her heart is being monitored as she is at risk for heart attack with all the fluid that is building up in her body.  She has been such a fighter :) My last visit with her she was so bummed...and so tired...Pray that God gives her physical and emotional strength that can only come from Him--Pray the chemotherapy will help control the cancer so her kidneys will function better...and she can come home. 

Thank you for your prayers! 

PRAY FOR PEACE AND COMFORT

My friend, Linda, is fighting for her life in hospice and has been since last Thursday...her family and friends surround her.  She is mostly unresponsive but occasionally will respond with squeezing someone's hand, mouthing words and pointing to things in the room.  Her medical needs have become more than what her family can handle at home.  Please pray for peace and comfort for Linda and her family.  I think about her all the time and my heart goes out to them.  If we could wrap our head around what heaven was really like...how would our attitudes change about our loved ones going there?....no suffering, no pain, no sadness, no crying and no cancer...if we could only imagine...

 I CAN ONLY IMAGINE by MERCYME

CONTINUE TO PRAY FOR LINDA...

My "Bosom Buddy", Linda, had brain surgery yesterday because of a faulty valve in her shunt.  As a result, she has been unresponsive for the past two days.  She is working towards going to Houston to seek alternative treatment for her cancer.  Please pray for her to get back to her positive self soon! 

Continue to pray for an end to cancer!