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FReeper Jeff Head - in need of prayer - Cancer surgery (GOOD NEWS update @ #1638 1688 1931! 2059)
Journal: My bone cancer (Sacral Chordoma) ^ | 4 January 2010 | Dolly Howard

Posted on 01/04/2010 2:45:21 AM PST by DollyCali

Our Freeper Friend Jeff Head was diagnosed
with a serious (they all are to me) form of cancer
just before Christmas



Please help me approach the prayer throne for our friend Jeff Head who is in Houston currently from his home in Idaho to have surgery & treatment at MD Anderson for his cancer. He will be able to respond on occasion.

You can follow his story & the particulars of the cancer at his blog/HERE

You might know him for many reasons.. His great mind & posts on this forum .. at which he was Freeper of the year in 2001. He is an Activist, Author, Man of God, Devoted Family Man(father of 6; grandfather of 5) and friend to many.

You can find him on line at places other than here.. at Facebook he is Jeff Head

Jeff's Web Page - (check out the neat stickers he sells)

Jeff's FR Profile

Jeff's blog on his Cancer

Father we pray for our friend Jeff. May he find your perfect peace as he continues to trust you with his life. Give the surgeons and medical personnel wisdom and perfect skill in treating him. Please keep him close to your heart as his body responds to treatments and to surgery. Help us to love him as our brother and give support and strength to wife Gail and their large and loving family. In the name of our Savior and Creator. Amen.


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To: Jeff Head

Hey Jeff! I wish you well. I did read up on your condition, the good new is that it IS a slow moving type. I hope your appointment(s)with your surgical team go well and that we will soon be receiving a very positive post-op prognosis. Sending prayers and positive healing thoughts your way.

Susan


561 posted on 01/06/2010 11:38:34 AM PST by SueRae
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To: DollyCali
Prayers up for you, Jeff! I harken back to the good old days when we both leaned over the barricade to debate some ignorant hysterical boy on the topic of global warming. (It was Dallas and it was Exxon.)

You did a great job, but you wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise - which is rare! ;-)

Courage, my FRiend. COURAGE.

562 posted on 01/06/2010 3:17:37 PM PST by Humidston
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To: DollyCali

We could ill-afford to lose Jeff, one of FR’s best!

Knocking on the Lord’s door this minute!


563 posted on 01/06/2010 3:47:35 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Democracy, the vilest form of government, pits the greed of an angry mob vs. the rights of a man)
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To: Jeff Head

God hears our prayers and your prayers Jeff.

In Jesus’ name we’ll keep praying for you.
Amen.


564 posted on 01/06/2010 5:00:43 PM PST by Cindy
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To: Jeff Head

Jeff, for some reason your facebook link just takes me to my own facebook page - strange!

Praying for your recovery!


565 posted on 01/06/2010 5:06:07 PM PST by editor-surveyor (Democracy, the vilest form of government, pits the greed of an angry mob vs. the rights of a man)
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To: Jeff Head

Prayers up for you and your family, Jeff!


566 posted on 01/06/2010 8:27:40 PM PST by Taxman (So that the beautiful pressure does not diminish!)
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To: Jeff Head

567 posted on 01/06/2010 8:51:51 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: DollyCali; Brad's Gramma; amom; Kathy in Alaska; Alamo-Girl; DLfromthedesert; All

Merciful Heavenly Father,

We place before you our friend, Jeff Head, and request your divine intercession in the health challenges he is experiencing.

Father, you created us and all of the components that make up our bodies, right down to the cellular, molecular, and atomic levels. Lord, we are fearfully and wonderfully made.

We ask, Father, that you would intercede in the life of Jeff Head, that you would place those atoms, cells, electrons, and microscopic building blocks of this man’s body into perfect alignment and funtionality. We lift him up to you and know and trust that if thou wilt, and by his own faith and our own, according to thy Will, he can and shall be made whole.

Overshadow the doctors, nurses, and all other medical professionals as they work on his behalf. Let all treatments, surgeries, medications, and interventions be 100% effective and all be guided by you.

Assist this man who has inspired us for so many years be granted inspiration and the expansion and full flowering of his faith during this time. Hold him and his family and friends and all of his loved ones in your arms and let this matrix of divine love be charged with your healing power for him and all tied to his heart.

Let us see around those affected tissues and cells your white light of the purity of our Lord Jesus surrounded by the most intense penetrating blue of the perfection we see of your handiwork in the sky or a bluebird’s wing. Encompass that with the emerald color we associate with the soothing healing green. According to thy will, let this light of the Holy Spirit consume the cause and core behind this thing we are seeing and calling “cancer.” Dear God, it has no ultimate power, for you ARE the only power in the universe. We do not elevate this thing called “cancer” to the level of belief that it cannot be cured. That would make it God, and that, of course is not so. You are our only God and our beloved Father.

You are the one who has the divine plan of this child of yours in your heart. We seek your Will and affirm that your Will is Good.

We are grateful that you hear us, and that when we call to you as our Father for bread, you will not give us a stone. You will intercede as much as your own Great Law and Vision for him will allow.

In loving expectancy we look for your miracle of healing with thanksgiving. We praise you for your power and mercy and wisdom and tender care and love. Let this which we call forth for Jeff be done as well for any and all who have a similar situation of need according to thy will.

We do ask all of this in the name of your beloved son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.
Amen


568 posted on 01/06/2010 9:00:27 PM PST by TEXOKIE (Anarchy IS the strategy of the forces of darkness!)
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To: Jeff Head

You’re amazing, Jeff! In the midst of this trial, you pause to direct us to patriotism. God Bless you, Jeff Head. We pray the Lord will leave you with us for a while longer. We need your strength, Brother.


569 posted on 01/06/2010 9:12:49 PM PST by MHGinTN (Obots, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: TEXOKIE

Amen

So very good to see you here my dear FRiend Texokie. (((HUGS)))


570 posted on 01/06/2010 9:24:03 PM PST by amom
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To: Jeff Head

I am praying for you, brother. Your witness is strong because your foundation is firm. Thank you for your proclamations unashamed. May the God of peace comfort you.


571 posted on 01/06/2010 9:31:12 PM PST by weston (As far as I'm concerned, it's Christ or nothing!)
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To: Jeff Head
My family and I have kept you in our prayers. Thank you so much for the journal...I never got the hang of facebook...guess I'm too old for that.

Continued prayers!

prisoner6

572 posted on 01/06/2010 9:33:42 PM PST by prisoner6 (I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed or numbered! I am a FREE MAN!)
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To: TEXOKIE

Dear Heavenly Father, humbly praying please hear TEXOKIE’s beautiful prayer, in accordance with Your Holy Will, as it is repeated from each of our hearts. Asking in the precious Name of Thy Son, our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Amen.


573 posted on 01/06/2010 9:41:38 PM PST by LucyJo
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To: DollyCali
Hang-In There, Jeff....
We (All of Us) value your Wisdom and Insight.
..really. :)

574 posted on 01/06/2010 9:46:13 PM PST by skinkinthegrass (Zer0 to the voter: "Welcome to 'MY' DeathCARE ® Plan"...Sucker! ...now just die. :^)
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To: TEXOKIE

Amen to your powerful prayer,(((TEXOKIE)))


575 posted on 01/07/2010 6:03:15 AM PST by MEG33 (God Bless Our Military Men and Women)
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To: Jeff Head

Dear Jesus,

Please have mercy on Jeff and his family. Please forgive his sins and heal his body.

Amen


576 posted on 01/07/2010 12:34:58 PM PST by GWfan
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To: Jeff Head

Thank you dear Jeff.. thinking of you, praying for you, praying for Gail, praying for all the medical people who will attend you..


577 posted on 01/07/2010 1:00:48 PM PST by DollyCali (Don't tell God how big your storm is...Tell the storm how big your God is!)
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To: Jeff Head
I am so sorry that you are going through this trial. But you have the right attitude. Hang on to it. Hang on to faith....remember, it comes by hearing, and hearing by the word of God...I know while you are sick, it is hard to read the Bible, and so I suggest your wife read it to you or get one of these:

Healing scriptures player

I hope you don't mind if I pray for you right now...Heavenly Father, we thank you so much for Jeff Head. He has been such an encouragment to conservatives over the years, and a warrior for your cause. Lord we need such warriors in this fight. We need such encouragement and wisdom. Lord, I pray for this man, in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Return to him the encouragement that he has given so many. Give him peace, hope, and joy in every circumstance. I pray that you would bless him with comfort, and free him from pain. Lord Jesus you said you would bear our burdens, and our brother has a big burden now--take it from him, we ask. You took stripes to heal us. Please Lord bring healing to Jeff Head, and to the nation that we all love..For yours is the Kingdom, the power and the glory for ever and ever, Amen.

578 posted on 01/07/2010 6:46:51 PM PST by tuckrdout ("Error of opinion may be tolerated where reason is left free to combat it." - Thomas Jefferson)
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To: Jeff Head
You're more than welcome, friend! Sending prayers heavenward daily on your behalf, prayers for a miracle -- and plenty more prayers on their way, rest assured of that. Please keep us posted.

Enrique

579 posted on 01/09/2010 2:27:07 AM PST by JohnHuang2
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To: DollyCali; All
I have made my latest entry to my jornal/blog on Facebook and on my own site. Here it is here on FreeRepublic. As always, thank you all for your kind words, wishes, shared experiences, and most of all, your faith and prayers. God bless you each for it and may He return the blessing many fold upon you and your loved ones.

----------- 10th Entry January 9, 2010 6:00 AM -----------

We now have all the info for our appointment at MD Anderson. It is next Thursday, January 14th, at 8 AM. Our initial consultation will be with Dr. Araujo, a physician there who is in the Sarcoma department that deals specifically with these types of tumors. We will leave the Denton, Texas, area (and the wonderfu hospitality of my brother Lee and his wife Brenda) Wednesday to take the 4-5 hour drive down there.

We have been told to expect that that 1st meeting will be to inform us of MD Anderson's take on all of our current information including the clinical notes, the MRI, and the pathology from the biopsy which were all done in Idaho. Then, they will outline a series of tests that MD Anderson itself will want to do in order to further and more closely clarify the nature, location and size of the tumor. This will probably include more MRI and CT work.

At the end of that process which we are told will take 5-7 days itself, depending on what they find, they will then develop a treatment plan and present the options for treatment to us.

We are grateful to be able to have the opportunity to be treated at MD Anderson. The more we read and the more others talk to us who have either themselves been treated down there, or know others who have, the more we realize how blessed we are to be able to be availed of the Doctors and facilities.

I am anxious to get started. The pain is pretty strong and the neurological complications are mounting. I do not like to take the pain medication because of the way it makes me feel and its own complications, but am grateful to have them because as time goes on I find that those concerns are less and less consequenial to not taking them.

Oh well, as I say, I am anxious to get the ball rolling.

Gail is looking for and finding places for us to stay through the first week or so, and then for the longer term once they decide the course for the treatment. I cannot tell you how grateful I am for her compansionship, love, and comfort. I look back on the 32 years of our relationship and all we have experienced and shared together and I know that the good Lord and my Father in Heavenhas blessed me in this regard beyond my capacity to receive or fully understand the blessing. Yet, I am grateful for the understanding I do have, and the ever growing knowledge (a growth that will extend into the eternities I am sure) of what that love means and how much of a reflection of our Savior's and Father's love it really is...and I am committed to more fully emulating it.

We are both grateful beyond words for all of the help, kind wirds, wishes, and thoughts of all of our family, relatives and friends. Many of whom have contacted us on facebook, on FreeRepublic, elsewhere on the web, via email, phones, notes, even their own journals of their own history with various forms of cancer. All have been helpful, all have bouyed our hearts and spirits.

Most especially we are grateful for faith and prayers and the power that is within them. A power to help us each more fully understand and know God's willl for us, to accept it and testify in faith of it to others.

So, we are several days away from that first meeting at MD Anderson. Unless something develops between now and then, I expect my next entry in this journal/blog will be after we receive that intial consultation.

Sincerely, and in Christ,

Jeff

PS: Keep the faith with our nation, our constitution, and our fundamental values and way of life. Down with the traitors and hoorah for all who cherish our Republic and its foundation:

WHY AMERICA IS FREE AND HAS PROSPERED
- and -
AMERICA AT THE CROSSROADS OF HSTORY

If I have am blessed to have any sort of legacy at all, let it be my love and dedication to God in Heaven, my Savior Jesus Christ, my wife, my children, my family, and my love for the Constitution of the United States of America and the fundamental principles upon which it was founded! And, Dear God in Heaven, my eternal Heavenly Father, let it be reflected in the lifes of my childern and grandchildren!

580 posted on 01/09/2010 4:42:07 AM PST by Jeff Head (Freedom is not free...never has been, never will be. (www.dragonsfuryseries.com))
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