Exodus 15:2

Exodus 15:2. "The Lord is my strength and my song...."

I saw my oncologist, Dr Parapati, yesterday in prepration for my next chemo infusion tomorrow (Friday Feb 20th). It was a very good visit. My tumor leval has dropped 3.2 points in 3 weeks!! I am now at around a 12, normal for anyone with or without cancer is below a 3. She was very encouraging with the results and might repeat the CAT scan after this infusion or the next. If my tumor leval continues to drop at this pace, I may get a break from treatments. As long as the treatments are effective, then they will not push my body to accept more chemo than necessary. I told Dr Parapati that I was looking forward to the day when she was smiling ear to ear and telling me that the cancer was gone. She agreed that that would be wonderful and I told her how blessed I was to have so many people praying for me and that I believed that one day I would be cancer free. And I do believe that.

Since I know how strong this chemo is then I know what to ask for in prayer. I ask that I do not have diarrea or headaches, and that I am able to eat to keep up my strength. I also need to drink as much water as I can to flush out the posion in my body. I also had a sensitivity to cold in my throat which made drinking the water uncomfortable. Knowing that one treatment made a big difference, then I ask that this next treatment be even more beneficial and even drop my tumor leval to normal. I also ask that I am able to go to work each morning and I thank the Lord that I have been given such a wonderful job with great benefits.

Thank you for your prayers. May the Lord bless each of you and keep you under his wing.

Ephesians 6:16

Ephesians 6:16. "In all circumstances take up the shield of faith,with which you can estinguish all the flaming darts of the evil one...."

This has been a long and sometimes difficult time since the chemo. I was told to expect to feel bad the first week, better the 2nd week and good the 3rd week. I am in the 2nd week now and am feeling better. It is hard to describe chemo and how you feel but mostly it is just yuck. That may not be a good description but YUCK it is. It is hard to think, and spiritually, very hard to pray. The reason I chose the verse today is that satan will use everything he has to get you to feel lost. I know when I am being attacked usually as I am coming out of it. I cannot read the bible nor can I pray. I just sleep and start to feel depressed. Chemo made me not want to eat (imagine that!) my stomach felt very queasy, and I just had an over-all feeling of opression. This is why I need your prayers because sometimes I cannot do it for myself. Thank you for going this journey with me. I will come out on the other side, and I give God all the glory for not letting me go it by myself.

Psalm 28:7

Psalm 28:7. "The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him."

I had chemo on Friday and a shot on Saturday to boost my white blood count. Today is Monday and I am feeling a little queasy with a slight headache. Overall, I feel good, but strange, I am having trouble praying. Please pray for me that I do not become weary of my situation. I feel that my inability to pray has something to do with all the chemicals in my body. I just don't feel right. I can't wait to go home (I am at work now) and sleep. If this is the "bad" part of the first week, I really have no complaints.

Thank you for your prayers.