Now when you Fast Forward my life 4 years ahead you find someone with very little evidence of every being sick. PLEASE trust me when I say that being told you have Mantle Cell Lymphoma does not mean you have been given a death sentence. As I think about it, when I told I had mantle Cell it was more like a “Life Sentence”. I was sentenced to live my life, my hopefully long life, in a way that I truly see each day as a gift. Although I have never been one to see my cancer as a gift (if it was a gift I would ask for the receipt and return it) I truly believe that LIFE IS A GIFT. As cancer survivors we simply see it clearer than most others. We do try to make the best of each day.
As you may have seen on my last posting I have to go back for a PET scan because there was something showing on my CT scan in June. Although I am very confident that I am fine, this does bring in to focus that my Mantle Cell is a part of me forever. I will always have to be checked and pay attention to what my body is telling me so that I could have my brilliant doctors take care of whatever ever is going on. I recently have felt that I was taking my health for granted and was being a little lax with my eating habits so I decided to start eating healthier. I have been on Weight Watchers since April and have lost about 35 pounds. I feel GREAT!!!! YES, Life is a Gift, but it is probably a good idea to take care of such a great gift.
Psalm 118:24 – "This is the day which the Lord has made; Let us rejoice and be glad in it."
I truly find peace in music. Here are the lyrics to a beautiful song by the David Crowder Band called “Sometimes” that I think you will find peace in also. Enjoy!
"Sometimes"
Sometimes every one of us feels
Like we'll never be healed
Sometimes
Sometimes every one of us aches
Like we'll never be saved
Sometimes
When you've given up
Let your healing come
Till you're rising up
Let your healing come
It's your love that we adore
It's like a sea without a shore
We're lost in you, we're lost in you
It's your love that we adore
It's like a sea without a shore
We're lost in you, we're lost in you
Sometimes
Sometimes
It's like we'll never atone
For all the love we've known
Sometimes
Like in a smile or a song
When you feel love come
And that feeling's gone
It flies
When we've given up
Let your healing come
When there's nothing left
Let your healing come
Till we're rising up
Let your healing come
Where you go, we will follow
Where you go, we will follow
It's your love that we adore
It's like a sea without a shore
We're lost in you, we're lost in you
It's your love that we adore
It's like a sea without a shore
We're lost in your, we're lost in you
It's your love that we adore
It's like a sea without a shore
We're lost in you, we're lost in you
It's your love that we adore
It's like a sea without a shore
Don't be afraid
Don't be afraid
Just set your sail
And risk the ocean, there's only grace
Let's risk the ocean, there's only grace
Let's risk the ocean, there's only grace
Let's risk the ocean, there's only grace
It's your love that we adore
It's like a sea without a shore
We're lost in you, we're lost in you
It's your love that we adore
It's like a sea without a shore
We're lost in you, we're lost in you
Where you go we will follow
I'm on my knees
Where you go we will follow
Oh, God send me
Where you go we will follow
I'm on my knees
Where you go we will follow
Sometimes
Here is a YouTube link to “Sometimes”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSFoRKnD6Ss
I plan to post my next update after I get my PET scan results on August 20th.
More to come…
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