EIGHTY-ONE AND LOVING IT!

Life\’s Changes

Thursday, July 14, started as any other day. I prepared breakfast, did my morning routine, and got ready to go to the doctor. This doctor\’s appointment was very important. I\’d had a Core Biopsy the week before and we would be told the results at 2:30.

Mammograms are something I do yearly. My maternal grandmother died from breast cancer. I never felt I\’d have breast cancer, because my father had colon cancer. I knew I\’d have colon cancer.

All week before the appointment my husband and I had tried to encourage each other, tried to be positive. We talked a little about what could happen and might happen if the biopsy was positive. I\’d prayed a lot it would be negative. In the long run, I knew I\’d have to accept whatever God handed me.

Before the appointment, we went shopping, and my husband treated me to lunch at my favorite Mexican restaurant. We enjoyed the meal, skipping around what we both dreaded.

We arrived early at the doctor\’s ovvice and called in first. Sometimes that\’s not a good thing. The doctor walked in and he went straight to what we wanted to hear. The lump was positive for cancer. We both knew that would be the answer. We felt it would be cancer. The big \”C\”.

All cancer is not deadly. Too many of my friends have shared their experiences with the disease with me. There is a sisterhood of cancer survivors, and they want to help each other and those new to the disease. I am so thankful for their friendship and concern. My cancer is very common and easy to treat. The Lord blesses us in ways we never thought of. I\’d rather have a cancer that is easy to treat than one that is not. Then, I feel guilty because mine will be easy.

August 9, I will have a lumptectomy. Very simple. My surgeon doesn\’t think it has spread. It is small and very treatable with radiation. I am so thankful that I will only have to have radiation. Of course, that can change when the surgeon goes in and the lump is removed. I pray it will only be radiation.

Because of everything that will happen for the next three months, I am cutting back on the blogs. I\’d like to do two blogs a month, but to be safe, I\’m going to tell you I will do only one a month. I plan to schedule the blogs for the last Monday of the month. I look forward to telling you about the progress I am making. I know it will be good. If you want to know more before that time, my email address is on the bottom of the page. I will answer your email.

I ask for your prayers during this difficult time. My emotions are going up and down. Right now, I\’m anxious to get it over and continue with my writing and my life.

Until next month, I wish all of you the best. Enjoy these last days of summer. I will be back.

Kathy Cretsinger

kathycretsinger@gmail.com

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