10-06-2008, 02:58 PM
[COLOR="Purple"]I received this from my friend this morning - she is only 33 years old and her life came to a stand still when she discovered she had breast cancer. At her last chemo her twin sister and other friends went with her to hospital with balloons to celebrate. She worked in a foreign country with such a heart for that country.
This is what she wrote:
[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]But tomorrow is yet another day to celebrate: my last day of radiation. My last day of trips to the doctor every day, or week, since last October! It's all a bit surreal. Unreal. And yet again, a bitter sweat day because even though I will be glad for the respite from the constant flow of doctor office visits and radiation beams, I will miss the friends that I have made there. So begins a new season of making friends...not so easy when I look like everyone else now though my experiences have made me feel so different compared to the average Californian/American. Though I believe that we are all made richer by people that are different than us...so I look forward to who God brings my way!
The next step for me is to start a medicine, and continue for 5 years, that will decrease my chance of reoccurrence...as I am actually in 'remission'. So here's to never having to go around that mountain again! I am not so excited to begin this medicine as some of the side effects can be severe....though only for some. But the benefits obviously outweigh the risks, so I forge on with this next stage. Prayer for minimal side effects and maximum benefit would be splendid
!!
As I head into the season of shorts...in a land that I can actually wear them, I believe that there are things that I am to learn here during this season in my life. As I was sitting outside with a friend tonight...she recollected back to the time when she first met me and remembered how eager I was to get through this cancer treatment and get back to the field. Not so much one that wanted to really rest in the season that was placed before her. I have now come to better understand and accept in my spirit some of the reasons for this season...even beginning with how it started, being diagnosed with cancer. A season that pretty much forced me to do nothing but rest, quite literally most of the time. So begins the small season ahead; to learn about resting more with God and to begin processing all that I have been through (debriefing). I am physically, emotionally, and spiritually spent. But I will regain my strength and He will fill me up once again. [/COLOR]
[COLOR="Purple"]Like you said Sue, everyone goes through this differently but it is truly the support system around you that means a lot - I've seen it both with Jen and Stacy.
:daisy:[/COLOR]
This is what she wrote:
[/COLOR][COLOR="Navy"]But tomorrow is yet another day to celebrate: my last day of radiation. My last day of trips to the doctor every day, or week, since last October! It's all a bit surreal. Unreal. And yet again, a bitter sweat day because even though I will be glad for the respite from the constant flow of doctor office visits and radiation beams, I will miss the friends that I have made there. So begins a new season of making friends...not so easy when I look like everyone else now though my experiences have made me feel so different compared to the average Californian/American. Though I believe that we are all made richer by people that are different than us...so I look forward to who God brings my way!
The next step for me is to start a medicine, and continue for 5 years, that will decrease my chance of reoccurrence...as I am actually in 'remission'. So here's to never having to go around that mountain again! I am not so excited to begin this medicine as some of the side effects can be severe....though only for some. But the benefits obviously outweigh the risks, so I forge on with this next stage. Prayer for minimal side effects and maximum benefit would be splendid
!!As I head into the season of shorts...in a land that I can actually wear them, I believe that there are things that I am to learn here during this season in my life. As I was sitting outside with a friend tonight...she recollected back to the time when she first met me and remembered how eager I was to get through this cancer treatment and get back to the field. Not so much one that wanted to really rest in the season that was placed before her. I have now come to better understand and accept in my spirit some of the reasons for this season...even beginning with how it started, being diagnosed with cancer. A season that pretty much forced me to do nothing but rest, quite literally most of the time. So begins the small season ahead; to learn about resting more with God and to begin processing all that I have been through (debriefing). I am physically, emotionally, and spiritually spent. But I will regain my strength and He will fill me up once again. [/COLOR]
[COLOR="Purple"]Like you said Sue, everyone goes through this differently but it is truly the support system around you that means a lot - I've seen it both with Jen and Stacy.
:daisy:[/COLOR]