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Update #9: March 12, 2022 -Celebrating Half Way Through Radiation!!

 Family and Friends!

We are celebrating half way through radiation!  (I say "we" as you have joined us in this journey, too!)

God has been faithful as always, and we have seen Him provide safe trips, trained medical personnel, modern equipment, and so far, minimal side effects.  There was one day when the equipment was down, and a repairman travelled from Appleton to fix it, and thus, I didn't have radiation that day, but got my visit with the doc in still. So we are 17 days completed and 16 remaining.  The doc reports that all is going according to plan, so that's good, too!  April 4 is my target finish date!!  

The morning trip to and from town has become "routine," with extra time to listen to podcasts, and I even don't "mind" the radiation time---as it has been a "relaxing" time to pray, recite Scripture, and meditate on the Christian music lyrics ringing through the room.

(A correction to previous blogs---regarding the stage of the cancer.  The reports post surgery now give the cancer a Stage 1B--which is much better---and not the Stage 3 we predicted. Even though it was a sizable cancerous tumor (stage 3 size), when they enter in the other factors now, it calculates as the lower stage.  The two lymph nodes were still found to be cancerous, and thus a concern for future cancer spread.)

Thanks for your continued prayers and encouragement.   (And thanks to the anonymous sender of the delicious fruit basket, since we can't personally thank you.) 

We continue to trust God for His plan on this cancer road.  Great is His faithfulness!!

Great is Thy faithfulness!
Great is Thy faithfulness!
Morning by morning new mercies I see;
All I have needed Thy hand hath provided.
Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord unto me!

(Text: Thomas O. Chisholm)

Linda (and Dave)

Enjoy the pics!!

Day 1--with 33 days to go!                                           Day 17-with 16 days left!!





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