The Treatment Plan

For the cancer I've got there is a specific treatment plan. I do this and the odds are 90% I will never see this cancer again. Here's what will take place:
Radiation: There will be approximately 33 radiation treatments aimed at my pelvic area. They began July 5 and will conclude at approximately August 18th.
Reaction: First third: No issues. Second third: Discomfort. Final third: Increasing discomfort, culminating in 'brutal'.
Chemotherapy: There will be two courses of treatment. The first was started on July 5. The second will begin August 1st.
Reaction: First course produced nasty mouth sores, an overall sludgey feeling and 'chemo brain'. At least I know what to expect for the second course, and can make some plans.

I can do everything through him who gives me strength.
Philippians 4:13

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Y'all don't be worryin' 'bout me, now . .

There are more tests to be done on me in order to gather all the information the docs need to put the best treatment plan in place. I will probably find out what that entails sometime late next week.

So – meanwhile, my friends -
[I'm afraid the following will sound like hopeless Pollyanna claptrap to you who do not believe that the God of the Bible is the true, living God, but, here we go - ]

Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life? Matthew 6:27

Don’t!
Don’t go there.
We worry when we can't see ahead as clearly as we want to.
If we don't know what it is, why on earth do we spend precious mental energy wondering about it?
Just don’t go there!
It will be revealed when its time has come. Or not.

We take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ. 2 Corinthians 10:6

Capture your thoughts. Don’t let them go to worry.
God has our back.
He may not take us where we want to go, but he takes us to where he can use us, and to where we can learn more of Him and His ways, and to where we can grow strong and wise and serve Him most effectively.
With experience, we find that this is true. He’s done it for us before.
He is faithful. He is doing it for us this time too.
To worry is to tell God you don’t trust him.
Yet our human nature persists in doing it.
Smile. Yep, crack that smile and see what positive thoughts bubble up to wipe out the worry.

…whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable – if anything is excellent or praiseworthy – think about such things. Philippians 4:8

Worry.
Don’t go there.

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