My PET scan was scheduled for Wednesday with a follow-up doctor appointment on Thursday. So I scheduled MD Anderson for the following week. However, the scanning machine broke down.... so I pushed MD Anderson back a week.
The machine was back up by Friday and I was able to have my PET scan taken that morning. It was interesting to learn they can tell the difference between aggressive and non-aggressive cancer as well as cancers that are dying and where and how they are going away. This gave me hope that they might be able to see positive results from the natural healing I've been doing.
I actually feel very well. I mostly have energy and the size of my stomach area has shrunk since the colonoscopy. ( I also lost weight... but even after the weight quit going down, the stomach area reduced in size.) So I hope this is all good news.
When I went to schedule a follow-up appointment with the oncologist, I learned he would be gone all next week. There was no way I could see him and keep the new MD Anderson appointment. So I asked for another doctor. I will see Dr. Latanzi. I've heard good things about him. We'll see what his treatment plan is.
Monday I will pick up the PET scan report and also the images to take with me to MD Anderson. I may be able to understand some of what is said on the report.
While it seems like health takes up an inordinate amount of time, I did get a few other things done. On Monday I went out visiting teaching. I'm pleased I get to keep visiting these ladies. They are so nice and I enjoy the visits.
Monday night I called a lady who was a friend of a friend who had just finished cancer treatments for colon cancer. It was helpful to listen to her experience with surgery and chemo. Didn't make me eager for either of them. She was totally delighted with her surgeon, so I might consider using him. He is near Miranda's so I could go stay there.
I spent some time weeding the front garden. Tom spent the week gathering up dead-fall and burning it. We cut some saplings as we cleared the fence line for the new fence. He's done an excellent job cleaning all that up.
I finally finished the last of the Chad promo and sent it off. I had the Eagle promo that was going to be left undone...because I was leaving. Since I'm not leaving, I thought I should volunteer to finish it if they wanted. I sent a few emails and go no reply. Finally the last email got a response. As far as the marketing director knew, it was languishing on an editor's desk. I haven't heard back. I think I'll just let it die. I offered...
Tom and I have been working on Croatian... albeit slowly-- poloko. I feel like I'm making some headway learning numbers, especially as I have to count deep breathing and acupuncture massage rotations. So I can count up to 100... mostly. Sometimes we learn phrases only to have them disappear from our mind the next day.
This weekend Miranda and Dan and family came. It was so nice to have them here, even if Rachael had a fever and residual ear infection and was less than her usual happy self. I played legos with Camden. Tom played connect four with the boys. And everyone went outside and picked up limbs and contributed to a humongous bonfire. The boys especially had a great time riding in the bucket of the tractor. Later the boys roasted marshmallows and had s'mores.
Miranda helped me thin the irises and Tom and Dan hacked down the huge rosebush over the arbor. I was sorry to do it, but 70% of it was dead wood and some of the live stuff grew very weird with bursts of many shoots off one tip. This pruning will either heal it or kill it. I'm hoping for the healing.
Saturday night we had the missionaries over for hamburgers and a belated Pi day. Tom was so happy he had two pies-- Chocolate Truffle and Tollhouse Cookie. My favorites. But I did not eat them.
Church was good. I'm continually surprised at how many people are still concerned about my health and are still praying for us. 95 year old Br. Cubr came up and said, "We pray for your three times a day." Another sister said her little niece, Piper, who is about three years old starts every prayer with, "Please bless Sister Fox." How sweet is that!!!
Today we learned about being spiritually nourished. That the spirit is light and truth. Elder Uchdorf said:
"It means that there is a power, a strong influence, that emanates from the Savior. It proceeds “forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space.” Because this power enlightens, uplifts, and illuminates our lives, the scriptures often call it light, but it is also referred to as spirit and truth.
This profound insight—that light is spirit, which is truth, and that this light shines upon every soul who comes into the world—is as important as it is hopeful. The Light of Christ enlightens and saturates the souls of all who hearken to the voice of the Spirit.
The Light of Christ fills the universe. It fills the earth. And it can fill every heart."
Then he equates this light to the sun. Darkness is simply the absence of light. When the sun goes down, we don't worry that it will be dark forever. We know that in time, the sun will rise again and darkness will flee.
So with spiritual problems. We can trust that God is there, even if we are temporarily in the shadows. He said, "Darkness is not an indication that there is no light. Most often, it simply means we’re not in the right place to receive the light."
So happy to hear the good news about Jim going home from the hospital. We hope and pray he will continue to progress to full recovery.
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