I'm sorry I haven't written for 11 days. Been trying to take it easy....which has been possible with Linda and Wayne arriving Sat. the 16 and leaving Wed. the 27th. What an incredible blessings for us and the resort. Michele, our daughter, is here for the week-end to catch me up.
Yesterday (29th) Michele took me back to Denver to see a couple of Dr.s Met with Dr. Kaplan my nuerologist and Dr. Sedlacek my oncologist. Both are stumped on what happened to me Sept. 14th. She still thinks it was a TIA or a migraine with nurological side effects....but they didn't exactly fit those patterns either!! Dr. Kaplan did say the spinal tap came back normal...TYL!! (thank you Lord)! And Dr. Sedlacek insists the Arimidex (cancer drug) or black cohash for hot flashes I now have) did not cause the 'spell' either!! While at the hospital in Denver they printed off info. and gave us that said the 2 drugs above could have side effects taken together!!! Oh my....what to think....yet so easy to know that there is one that does know....and God sees the bigger picture. Love Psalm 138:3 You know my sitting down and my rising up; You understand my thought afar off. You comprehend my path and my lying down, and are acquainted with all my ways!! That's like God reaching down with a hug....isn't it?
I did quit taking the black cohash...will just suffer like millions of other women do. I'm blessed I made it this long with out them!!
I'm really feeling the same as I did before Sept. 14th. Still having BIG pain with my expanders. I do have enough pain pills to get me to surgery on the OCT. 17th. Seventeen more days....and I am counting!! We are so blessed that our daughter Teresa from Tx. will fly in Oct. 11th to help us the last few days to close the resort (Oct. 15th)...PLUS be here for the surgery. It will mean a lot to all of us to be together that day. It has been so hard on Teresa being in Texas when we didn't know what was happening to me on the 14th.
Teresa mailed me a book that I've enjoyed so much. It's called... Just Enough LIGHT for the Step I'm on ....by Stormie Omartian. Guys....this is an awesome book for ANYONE going through challanges in their life. A GREAT GIFT if you want to try to help someone.! She also wrote.."The Power of a Praying Wife"...which is great!!
I agree so much with Stormie when she says this: "None of us like pain, uncertainty, strife, or frustration. We want things to run along smoothly. But the challenging and miserable times are not without their aspect of good."
"Things happen to us during those times that are as precious as diamonds. For it is then that we have the opportunity to experience the Lord's presence in a deeper way. If we embrace the moment, we see Him in it!!!" (Stormie Omartian)
How very true. I have felt God's presence in each event of this journey. My daily prayer is that God can use my life for His glory. He know the reasons and the timing for all of us!
When you are talking with God, please whisper the following:
1. For extra strength for our family...especially Lloyd. He is working so hard.
2. For me to not be over whelmed with the pain...just enough strength for each day.
3. That the surgery goes will and the pain will be gone with the permanent implants.
4. And God will be gloryfied!!
I'll write again before surgery. Thanks so much for all your concerns and especially your prayers. I know tons of you have put me on your church prayer list and asked many of your friends to pray also......there just enought words to express what that means to us!! We had a card yesterdary from "Westmoreland Church" in Westmoreland, Tn.???? Have no idea who or where....but God does and He's answering their prayers!! Blessed beyond measure!!
I'd like to close with the first page of "Just Enought Light":
Sometimes only the step I'm on,
or the very next one ahead,
is all that is illuminated for me.
God gives just the amount of light I need
for the exact moment I need it.
At those times I walk in surrender to faith,
unable to see the future
and not fully comprehending the past.
And because it is God who has given me
what light I have,
I know I must reject the fear and
doubt that threaten to overtake me.
I must determine to be content where
I am, and allow God to get me where I
need to go.
I walk forward,
one step at a time,
fully trusting that
the light God sheds
is absolutely sufficient.
Look for the light,
Donna
P. S. I'm baby sitting the resort down the street, (Connie's brother died) and writing this on her computer and when I clicked on 'spell check'....I needed to change something on the computer.....so here goes another one with errors!!
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