I have decided not to recommend a no iodine/low sodium diet unless you are a person who likes deprivation. I suppose it is somewhat a healthy diet although going long term without iodine would not be healthy either.
A friend asked me recently what I would like to eat first after the diet ends. At first I really did not know. So many things sound good when you go without them. But, now I know. I love italian food and I love spaghetti. So, that is on the menu immediately on my first day of freedom. I suppose it would be too much to have it for breakfast, lunch and supper?
I would say that my overall preparation for this therapy is going better than I expected. I have several lady friends from church who have gone through the exact same thing. I learned from them that I would be VERY tired. I am tired but not as tired as I expected to be. I have wondered about the reason for that. Is it that my body has been tired for so long? I have been extra tired since having problems with my parathyroid gland, then radiation for the breast cancer and now this. I don’t know. Maybe it is yet to come these next few days and then after the treatment.
I am so sorry that friends from church have had to experience breast or thyroid cancer but on the other hand it has been so comforting to know that there are others that know exactly how I feel. I have people that I can go to when I have questions or to talk me through the fear that I might be experiencing. They have ministered in incredible ways. Thank you, especially to my sweet angel Kathy. I love you and thank God for your friendship. Your life is a sweet smelling sacrifice to our Savior. You have comforted me as you have been comforted.
I would just ask for continued prayer about my body accepting the treatment to come and for success. And that first and foremost Christ might be glorified.
Lastly, no word from Isable or her mother. I will continue to keep them in my prayers and when they come to mind, ask you to do the same. I will continue with a ”card ministry”, I suppose.
Philippians 2:4 (dedicated to Kathy)
Don’t think only about your own affairs, but be interested in others, too, and what they are doing.
Love,
Carmel
Mom, I’m disappointed in your choice of spaghetti. I thought you were gonna get a big ole’ plate of wings! Oh well. You’ve been doing so great and I am so very proud of you. I see you talk of others and how uplifting they have been, but you are doing the same for all of us. When you get through this, and you will, then you can share with someone else who may possibly go through this.
I love you.