Posted on 05/01/2015 4:55:42 AM PDT by SisterK
This may be a bad place or time, but I'll ask anyway. Tomorrow is a big deal for me.
I'm not quite back up to 110 pounds yet, but I'll go with what I've got.
Tomorrow (Friday) I have a follow up appointment with the MD that did my 15 radiation treatments.
Those treatments only treated my brain cancer, and did nothing for the other cancers we know I have.
If everything goes right tomorrow, I'll begin my HEME/ONC treatment for the lung cancers and other stuff that I have.
I've been made to understand that this is even rougher than the radiation treatments I received.
I need prayers on this. I would like to get treatment started on the lung and other cancers that I have that haven't been treated in the 4 months that we've known for sure that I had them.
Hard, I don't mind. Prayers, I would like.
Any thoughts my way tomorrow would be greatly appreciated. I don't expect to have a nice weekend, either way.
Thanks to all for the prayers so far.
/johnny
162 posted on 4/30/2015 2:25:35 PM by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
Good idea. :-) Whatever works best for you.
For the record, the port gave me a serious infection (which is very rare - most people do well with a port). A PICC line worked better... for a while. Eventually, that was removed, too, and my last few treatments were just like yours - right in the arm. Whatever works...
That would be my sign.
Sorry to hear about the port. When I was hurt back in 2009 they had a big port straight into the area around my heart... I don't remember what they called it. Big port, nicely done, didn't know it was stitched in until they took it out.
But I was inpatient then.
/johnny
You have my prayers, Johnny, and for all who love you, too.
Amen. I hope he pulls through.
Tired of Taxes, thank you for posting some good ideas for Johnny and for
anyone else going through treatment. Just my opinion, but I think that
prayers, good thoughts and empathy from people who care can do wonders.
And the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. - Isaiah 58:11
Hello, late to this thread, but I will add my piece to all of those others wishing you well.
Fight on, bro.
You’re in my prayers.
Prayers!
Continued prayers for you, Johnny. How are you doing today?
/johnny
I’m praying for you still, Johnny. Hang in there.
Praying for a painless treatment. God be with you johnny
May you get maximum benefit with minimal side effects until the glorious day the Lord heals you entirely. You are in my prayers and your faith is an inspiration to those around you.
Thank you for your honesty. Your only job now is to sleep and consume calories. We will keep the prayer vigil.
Prayers up. God bless you.
This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us—whatever we ask—we know that we have what we asked of him.
1 John 5:14-15 NIV
Amen. We must be Spiritually proactive concerning our bodies. Too often we Christians tend to ignore our bodies and not commit them to Christ as living sacrifices. God cares about our bodies, but for many they feel the body is somehow evil and at best to be put up with. God has made us His Temple including our bodies. His Temple is not evil. God is willing to heal us when we truly put His Word into practice and believe. It is never too late to begin to truly and mightily dedicate our lives to Him in a new and living way.
Many times when the evil one has tried to put a new sickness on me (which he likes to see if he can get away with, but by God’s grace hasn’t been too successful) such as excessively high blood pressure, appendicitis, gallbladder problems, acid reflex, restless leg syndrome, not to mention many other maladies such as cancer I then go into action. I lay my hands on the problem site praying for it any number of times a day asking God to heal me in Jesus Holy Name, confessing that through Jesus’ stripes I am healed. Thankfully a few days later I realize that the physical problem is gone.
I still have a few major physical problems that have been with me for years that I have recently decided to be constantly proactive Spiritually concerning. Sometimes it’s hardest to believe for a healing when the ailment has been with one’s self for years. But this too is not too much for God. He will prevail concerning me. Often, so far, He deals with the symptoms such as pain, tiredness etc. even though the full healing has not yet manifested itself. I am waiting on Him to complete His work in my body.
There may be things that we need to repent of. There may be a fuller dedication to Him that the illness will lead us into. I have been cleaning my house of anything in it that may oppose His word. I am trying to make my home a squeaky clean place that the Holy Spirit has free reign in without anything in it at all that could grieve Him. This is the place I pray, make my confessions and my primary physical stronghold against the world. It is my starting out place each day for what God will have me do.
So much of the world has infiltrated our mentality through the worldly things that we routinely take in. Modern Christians, especially through various media forms, have opened ourselves up to so much unbelief permeating our thoughts. We must guard our thoughts because our thought life is where the battle lies. Will we accept and believe truth or lies? Will we even know the difference between them when it comes to the subtle things of life in this world?
We often want much from The LORD, but are we willing to truly live for Him on His terms? His terms are the best and we are foolish when we do not commit to them. No one can dictate what His terms are to another. One must read The Bible and seek His face daily if we are to learn from Him what it is that is required.
We must also be careful not to become consumed with our own needs, even when they seem very overwhelming. We must remember that being saved, having our names written in heaven is the greatest thing that can happen to anyone. There are many that we know and love that are not so blessed. They are in far worse condition then any of us saved are. They haven’t found Jesus and put there trust in Him. They are in dire, dire need. They need our prayers, our testimonies, our faithfulness to share the gospel to them. We still have this calling while we have breath on this earth. We still have this purpose, to live for God and save the lost. Seek ye first the Kingdom of God and all else will be added onto us. Praise be The LORD.
And, of course, prayers in Jesus Holy Name going up for Johnny Random Freeper.
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