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I will praise thee, O LORD, with my whole heart; I will shew forth all thy marvellous works.  Psalm 9:1

 

You are cordially invited to participate in the joyous thumbs up celebration of the marrow biopsy report:  other than a severely depressed functioning level there is nothing wrong with my bone marrow!! 

 

Simply put, the radiation and chemo treatments succeeded in  killing my monster but put my bone marrow production into a kind of twilight sleeper mode; it's barely producing anything.  This means my body is still trying to heal with very low levels of blood/blood components. It also means I'm still in constant pain, my hair is still falling out, extremely fatigued, have a 24/7 low grade fever, shortness of breath, consistently cold and just generally feel yucky.  My bone marrow needs to wake up!, until it does these issues will continue and there isn't any timetable for it to do so. According to Dr. C it might never wake up, however, a medical never isn't acceptable to me.  In the meanwhile I'll most likely be getting more blood transfusions to assist my system. I'll also be trying to craft a bone marrow alarm clock; with all the crafting materials I've got this shouldn't be a problem, eh?

My list of things to do today include:

 An appointment with my gyno-oncologist for my 1st 3 month check up

 An appointment with my medical oncologist for new blood labs/transfusion set up

 Working with my cancer social worker to get dental and vision care

 Working with my ACS navigator to get my medical care transferred to Texas

But for right now I simply want to praise God with my humble thanks for healing me.  He brought me to the place and people He used to restore my health.  He led each of those people to be His vessels at the specific time I needed them.  Each of you also have been strategically placed in my life and this journey is ours not just mine; our lives are forever intricately entwined.  Our prayers, His powers......how cool is that!!

"Now and then it is good to pause in our pursuit of Joy and just be Joyful."