Nothing but good news on this day.

I am on Day 13 since my last chemo. The worst days of weakness are behind me. Am I snapping right back to normal? Not yet. I am finding myself recovering at a very slow pace. I can be sweeping the floor and without warning I am wiped out of energy and have to sit down. It comes on fast without warning. I take it day by day, sitting down or moving slowly. But I am ok and I know that my body needs time to heal and rest. I can do that.

On Monday, I had a CT scan of my pelvic and chest area. Praise God the results were good and all is clear. 

I am thankful I have two doctors helping me make decisions about what happens next. I have appointments in a few weeks with my surgeon, Dr. Alexis Hokenstad and my oncologist, Dr. Matthew McGee. Each will review my scans and genetic testing results and labs. By then my bloodwork should show that my immune system has recovered and my body is strong enough to take on a new maintenance drug. 

After that, they will be watching me, but my appointments will be months apart instead of weeks apart. I am looking forward to that. A break to live my life and find my new normal. I have not had normal for six and a half months. But in that time of my surgery and my six chemo treatments, everything has gone as good as we could possibly ask for. God has been with me every single step of the way. And he has sent all of you to walk with me as well.

Reed and I were married on this day in 1982, forty-two years ago. He held my hand and we promised each other that we would spend our lives together. I am so thankful God chose him to be the one who shares all my yesterdays and all my tomorrows. How blessed am I to have this man still holding my hand.

I have much to be thankful for. Good test results. A wonderful team of caregivers. My family and friends who are my army of prayer warriors. My people. It's going to be the best Thanksgiving ever for me.

I still have so many thoughts about all this. The idea that God makes good out of all things we go through. Learning to trust in the storms. I search for what lessons I am supposed to be learning and sharing. What is the good that I am to make of all these hard days. I am a changed person. 

At the beginning of all this, I had a friend say to me maybe this is all happening so that you can show us the way. What if you are supposed to be a light for the rest of us? Maybe so.

I will leave it at this. Find your people. Always tell them they are loved. Help them to shine. Find a way to be a light.