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Smitty500mag
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Miss June is still fighting the fight of her life with this stage 4 lung and spine cancer. She's also fighting her second bout of pneumonia at this time with antibiotics. It's been one year this month that the cancer was discovered after she had just had shoulder replacement due to arthritis.
I still have her hospital bed set up in the living room where she doesn't feel imprisoned in a bedroom. It's been really painful and she takes a boat load of pain meds now. At least we're able to get the medicine now unlike before where we had to beg for it due to the governments crack down on opioid medicine. I give her enough pain meds to control the pain without making a zombie out of her and it's hard to keep the balance just right. If she sleeps to long then the pain returns with a vengeance and if I wake her to give her the medicine she sometimes has a hard time going back to sleep.
She still takes chemo pills everyday that really has her depressed due to what it does to her body such as thin skin and hair loss to name a couple of the worse not to mention nausea that rears it's ugly head from time to time. She's been pretty lucky not to have battled nausea very often this past year on the chemo though.
The tumor in her lung has shrunk down to just a small spot in the MRI but we don't know what it's doing to the cancer in her bones. They removed 2 vertebras in her neck last Oct. and installed a cage with 2 steel rods and screws to take their place. She's already lived longer than the doctors first predicted back last year. Her blood work is almost perfect. The only thing high this last week on her lab test was blood sugar. Her hemoglobin, potassium, etc. and everything else is near perfect. In fact she's healthier than me except for the cancer.
She can still walk with my help. I don't want her to take a chance falling walking by herself again like she did back last December that put her back in the hospital for a week. The loss of balance is due to all the medication she takes. So I help her every where she goes. We use a wheel chair for doctor visits.
I still sleep beside her bed in my recliner. It makes it really tough having to do everything that she needs 24 hours a day. The only time I leave her alone is to go to the pharmacy to get meds and I make sure the next door neighbor is at home before I leave. Thank god for good neighbors. Our neighbor Jeff has mowed our yard and trimmed scrubs for us this year. I think we've both had nervous breakdowns this past year. I've never faced anything like this in my 72 years.
I had a tele/video appointment with my doctor and he prescribed some nerve pills for me. They help some but it's not miracle medicine and if not for the Ambien I would never sleep.
We've not lost our faith we continue to pray for a miracle and we thank all the people that's been praying for us this past year.
You all take it easy and hug your loved ones every chance you get because you just never know when something terrible like this can strike.
Greg
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My prayers continue for both of you.
Thanks for the update. Prayers from here for a full recovery.
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
God bless the both of you.
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Prayers continue from our home to yours. Thanx for checking in, I'm sure it's not easy to steal those few moments.
"She can still walk with my help ... So I help her every where she goes." "I still sleep beside her bed in my recliner. It makes it really tough having to do everything that she needs 24 hours a day. The only time I leave her alone is to go to the pharmacy to get meds" "...he prescribed some nerve pills for me. They help some but it's not miracle medicine and if not for the Ambien I would never sleep" -Greg
What does our good Lord have to say about what you're going through? Let's go to the source:
"Remain in me, as I also remain in you. No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine. Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me. I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing." -John 15:4-5
"If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. This is to my Father’s glory, that you bear much fruit" -John 15:7-8
"As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Now remain in my love." -John 15:9
"I have told you this so that my joy may be in you and that your joy may be complete." -John 15:11
"Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends." -John 15:13
"You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you so that you might go and bear fruit—fruit that will last" -John 15:16
Greg, our Lord asks impossible things from us. They are designed to be impossible if we try to do them on our own strength. They are designed to push us to our knees, where we will come face to face with the greatest source of strength the world has ever seen. Our good Lord is there waiting to talk to you and tell you "Well done good and faithful servant." Don't try to do this on your own, wrap yourself up in God's arms and talk to him about it. He already knows all the details, but he loves spending time with you. Tell him about it, and let him give you peace that passes all understanding. Remain in him. You are producing a great harvest for his glory, whether you realize it or not. Remember, he chose you. He has faith in you. He trusts Miss June to you. Draw near to him and let HIM do the heavy lifting.
Bless you, brother.
Prayers continue!
The strength that the two of you show in fighting this is both amazing and humbling. Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Bob
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Keep your faith...........
I will continue to keep both of you in my prayers.
Bless you both.
Thanks for the report. You have been and are a strong man. June must be a determined and strong person as well to survive the meds strong enough to kill the cancer yet not her or her spirit.
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Yes, a tear in my for all you're going thru. God bless !
Both you and June have been in my daily prayers. May God Bless and keep you both!
Praying for healing and peace. Your love speaks volume about your faith and character .May God bless and keep you .
Smitty, I am a caregiver for my wife in similar situation. I will continue to pray for you and June. May God bless and watch over you and June.-------------Ray