Praise God!

God willing in ten days I will be cancer free!

(AND on morphine!)

(can i get an "amen"????!!!)

A Cheater???!!! Moi?????

I was accused of being a "cheater" the other day in our office weight loss contest - "Biggest Loser"
Between the interferon, and the liquid diet imposed by the painful tooth and now, surgery...

I laughed as I replied, "if my primary motivation in all this was to lose weight, I'd have gone for the radiation/chemo option" (On the other hand, if I win a free lunch on the others and my recent medical issues are part of the equation.........................hehe!!!!)

Smiley Girl!!!

I slept the entire night last night!!! Praise God!!

I had a root canal today!!! Praise the Lord!!!
(I'm really looking forward to eating!!)

Then yesterday, two seperate comments stating that I "looked like" a lawyer and that I "looked like" I was married??!!!!
(I'm not either) (lol)
When I inquired as to what the latter meant, the response was, "Well, you look happy."
HUH?????!!!!!!!!

Thoughts on Teeth.........

I can hardly open my mouth, seems like my jaw is locking up

As a result, I had to cancel my appointment with the (regular) dentist today.

Fortunately the endo called and they had a cancellation tomorrow morning.

Praying that this piece will be completed soon. (the pain has improved somewhat)

My personal opinion at this point in time is that Paul's "thorn in his flesh" was a toothache!

For Females Only

Today, I started menstruating.

For the last time.

I'm not quite sure how to deal with this knowledge.
Part of me is okay with it.
Part of me is weird about it.

But to know that it is the definitive end is kinda strange.

Philippians 4:19

And my God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

With God All Things are Possible

Amazed, overwhelmed, blessed................the words aren't sufficient.

Yesterday, I was meeting with the boss on some business related matters. She asked if I knew yet, my schedule for the surgery.

I shared with her that pre-op is scheduled for June 21st and that June 20th would be my last day in the office; surgery is Monday, June 25th; I will be in the hospital three to five days and that the the doctor said recovery time is expected to be six to eight weeks. (though she will consider the POSSIBILITY of allowing me to return on a part-time basis after four weeks).

I asked wonderful boss, if she would consider allowing tech support to set up remote access from my home computer to our business, as it would be much easier if I could initially work from home. WB agreed.

I suggested to her that it was time to make an official announcement to staff and director's (they will probably notice that I'm gone for two months). WB then inquired as to how much sick/vacation time I have available. I told her that I probably had less than 40 hours remaining, as I have been using time for doctor appointments up to three times a week since January.

I started crying when WB told me that she would send out an Email to staff offering them the opportunity to donate sick or vacation time. We would discuss the balance at a later date.

Due to another dentist appointment, I didn't get to the office til almost 9:30 this morning. First order of business is to check my Emails, schedule and phone messages. There was the Email to staff, the next was a reply from K, asking to donate a week. At about 9:35 WB informed me that within 20 minutes of sending the Email, three weeks had been donated. At 1:10 she informed me that I now have 8 weeks of donated sick time. 5 minutes later, I was meeting with our CFO. A staff member rushed in stating that he had been in meetings all morning and hadn't had time to reply to the request. "Could I still donate a week, and you can give some time back to the others?" CFO smiled at me.......... "see? everybody wants to be in on this". The generosity is overwhelming.

So often in my life, God has shown up wearing "people clothes".
All praise to Father, Son and Spirit. Amen.

Surgery Scheduled

Pre-Op is the 21st and surgery 6/25. (Jupiter Medical Center)
Pat said to expect to be in the hospital three to five days! I didn't think anyone stayed in the hospital that long anymore!
Mom is coming down to help the girls while I am in the hospital.

Speaking of which............Nel and Angie started their summer jobs yesterday. They are working 9am to 6pm as junior counselor's for our company's summer camp program. Yesterday AND today they both walked home for lunch, which they thought was pretty cool. I do too!

:-)

My Life

I got to see two dentists yesterday, and have half of a root canal!
(emergency visit)

sigh!

lol

My polka dots are fading :-)

(big red circles from interferon injections)