Sunday

Thought I would spend a moment or two writing before calling it an evening. 

I have been home from the hospital since late Friday afternoon.  It is good to be home and I am certainly resting and sleeping better here than in the hospital.  The nursing staff was wonderful while I was at Memorial and the Lord provided me with a nice and quiet private room which I was grateful for.

I am so glad the surgery is over and all I have to do now is heal.  It was quite grueling according to Dr. Kletzing but he considered it successful.  Curt said he sure did look tired when he came to speak to him while I was in recovery.   Glad I was the first one on his schedule that day! 

My voice is weak and I am not using it a lot.  I am not feeling like myself (physically and emotionally) due to frequent surgeries but also because my body is trying to adjust to the thyroid medicine I am on now and also low calcium levels.  This was something that we found out this past week.  I started experiencing tingling in my finger tips two times last week prior to surgery.  I mentioned it to Dr. Kletzing the day of surgery and he checked out the levels and found out they were running pretty low. 

My next appointments are with Dr. Rafat Ansari this coming Wednesday and a follow up with Dr. Kletzing on Thursday.  I/we are “anxious” to know what Dr. Ansari has to say about follow up treatment for the breast and also what the pathology shows on the tissue that Dr. Kletzing took out of the neck.

Two lymph nodes were taken out of the neck area along with the thyroid.  One of them did have cancer in it.  I believe the other one looked fine. Dr. Kletzing was not overly concerned or worried about cancer being found in a lymph node.  He said the treatment is the same…radioactive iodine therapy which should clean up anything that might have been missed by the surgery.  If he is not concerned then I have decided I will not spend time being concerned either.  A person could decide to worry themselves to death over all the “what ifs”.

So, that is where we are at for now. 

We are asking you pray that…

~We would be a testimony during this time of God’s goodness and faithfulness.  We do want him to increase in our lives.

~Clear direction for Dr. Ansari with regards to my treatment.

~Healing

Psalm 62:5-8

My soul, wait thou only upon God; for my expectation is from Him.  He only is my rock and my salvation; he is my defense; I shall not be moved.  In God is my salvation and my glory, the rock of my strength, my refuge is in God.  Trust in him at all times ye people; pour out your heart before him.  God is a refuge for us.

He is still more than wonderful!!  We continue to count our blessings every day.

Love,

Carmel