A Blessed Thanksgiving

How blessed we are! Kevin, Anneliese and Toren spent Thanksgiving with us and what a delight it was to have them here. Toren is 5 1/2 and such a joy to all of us. Thanksgiving morning we went to an outdoor ice rink in downtown Salt Lake and Kevin, Anneliese and Toren skated for about an hour. The weather cooperated and they had a fun time while "Grandpa" and I watched and took pictures! Then we came home and Kevin made a pumpkin pie from fresh pumpkin that they brought with them. I fixed the rest of the dinner and we enjoyed a most healthy Thanksgiving dinner.
Tawnya and family spent Thanksgiving with Greg's family in Pocatello.
Tiffany spent Thanksgiving with friends in St. George. She will be by to visit tomorrow on her way home from St. George.

I am eager for this week - December 4th - as I will be seeing my Primary Care doctor and will be having an ultra sound. I pray that the ultra sound will back up the cancer blood test - that came back as "normal."

Being diagnosed with cancer certainly puts one on an emotional rollercoaster. My faith in God is strong and I continue to pray for "wisdom" to do the right thing and feel positive about what I am doing. But I would be lying if I said I didn't have my difficult times too. Sometimes all kinds of thoughts and questions fly through my mind. Sometimes there are intense feelings of fear and panic. If I allow myself there may be thoughts of, "what if what I am doing does not work?" I believe we can control our thoughts and I do not allow myself to dwell on the negatives that sometimes threaten to overtake me. Instead I like to do visualization and visualize in my mind the white blood cells destroying the cancer cells. I visualize the tumor being completely gone. This goes along with the understanding of the mind/body connection.

I continue to feel well and have no pain or discomfort. My energy level is good. Sometimes I get tired ~ but then at 65 I have the "right" to get tired after a day of activity!

An interesting website: http://www.thebreaststaysput.com/

I really appreciate those of you who are remembering me in prayer and are being supportive of my choice of treatment. It is not easy to go against "mainstream" medical treatment, but every time I even allow myself to think about going that way it makes me feel nauseous. I know there are success stories and I praise God for those, but I also know that there are many who have not lived after their extensive medical treatment. And of course there are those who did not die from their cancer, but died instead from the treatment that devastated their body.

I thank God every day for the healing that is taking place in my body.
Blessings to each of you reading this Post~~