Interruption Intervention Inspiration

Some blog readers have asked "How did you make your decision about chemotherapy?"

I spent time specifically asking God for guidance, in prayer, about this major interruption in my life.  I prayed for wisdom in making my decision.  I had planned for years not to have cancer.  I had a hysterectomy at 39 to remove a cyst on an ovary.  That cyst turned out to be a grapefruit size tumor.  I had suggested/requested a hysterectomy when it was diagnosed.  There was no sign of cancer but I felt it would be prudent to have my "female surgery" at the time the cyst was removed.  I was avoiding uterine cancer opportunities in the future.  My Daddy had told me when I was a little girl not to smoke.  He was a smoker but he explained to me that it was a very bad habit and unladylike.  This was long before the surgeon general's warning.  Both my parents were non-drinkers of alcohol .  They explained I shouldn't drink and I haven't; nor have I smoked.  I've had regular mammograms, pap smears, and physical exams.  I was NOT going to have cancer!

When the oncologist told me, on April 28, 2010, that I had pancreatic cancer, liver cancer, and blood clots in my chest I asked HOW DID THIS HAPPEN?  I had done all kinds of preventive measures to avoid cancer.  The oncologist, the orthopedist, the infectious disease doctor, and my family care physician all agreed that I'd done all the right things to ewaiat having cancer.  However, I had Stage IV pancreatic cancer which has a  2% survival rate. 

Immediately stated my position of no chemotherapy.  The oncologist said that was understandable and the decision was mine to make.  He said he isn't God and from a medical standpoint the chances of curing my cancer are slim.  Hampton from a spiritual standpoint all things are possible.  I didn't have to make a decision that day.  That's when he talked to my family as I told in an earlier blog.

I concluded that God was telling me to give chemotherapy a try!

Jesus said, "With men it is impossible, but not with God, because all things are possible with God"
                                                                                     Mark 10:21