Post by MrsLeftyFixIt on Mar 2, 2018 23:43:30 GMT
You know, when God takes you by the hand, He takes you by the hand with a firm grip. Today, God took me by the hand and said 'Fear not, I am with you always'.
I have had this lump on my throat. I've had it for about over a month. Finally I saw a Dr.. I had a CT scan and was referred to an ENT. He took a biopsy on February 19, and he called me with the results.
Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma.
As he's speaking, I went into prayer, and really didn't understand a lot of what he said. I asked a few questions, because, quite frankly, I was numb. I'm not sure if I didn't want to hear what he was saying, or if it was pure fright. I'm thinking the latter. No one wants to hear that. I wS hearing him, but I wasn't listening.
So he's telling me all the options. Another long needle biopsy, a minor surgery to take a part of it, or surgery. Honestly, I just want it gone, so I asked him what his suggestion was. He said surgery. Then I hear words like radiation and chemotherapy. Needless to say, those words snapped me back to reality. I told him ok to surgery, so he told me that he would have his nurse call me. He stays on the phone with me a little longer, reassuring me that everything was going to be ok.
I didn't cry or anything until after I told my daughter. She's smart and asks all kinds of questions. My head was swimming and I honestly didn't know how to answer her. I know she will google stuff, and ask me more questions, most of which I will write down to ask the Dr. Then I kinda broke down, and went to lay down, and tried to let this all soak in.
My surgery is scheduled for March 22, and my follow up appointment is March 29. WOW...they wasted no time. I'll be getting paperwork in the mail I a few days with more info and stuff. So this is all that I know for now. I'm sure I'll be finding out more as time goes on.
My Pastor has been speaking on healing at church. Very timely too. Sunday, Pastor said it was a God thing that this was put on his heart. Needless to say, I soak in everything my Pastor has to say like a sponge. God is with me.
I know this is short, but I feel better. Thanks for reading.
I have had this lump on my throat. I've had it for about over a month. Finally I saw a Dr.. I had a CT scan and was referred to an ENT. He took a biopsy on February 19, and he called me with the results.
Diffuse Large B Cell Lymphoma.
As he's speaking, I went into prayer, and really didn't understand a lot of what he said. I asked a few questions, because, quite frankly, I was numb. I'm not sure if I didn't want to hear what he was saying, or if it was pure fright. I'm thinking the latter. No one wants to hear that. I wS hearing him, but I wasn't listening.
So he's telling me all the options. Another long needle biopsy, a minor surgery to take a part of it, or surgery. Honestly, I just want it gone, so I asked him what his suggestion was. He said surgery. Then I hear words like radiation and chemotherapy. Needless to say, those words snapped me back to reality. I told him ok to surgery, so he told me that he would have his nurse call me. He stays on the phone with me a little longer, reassuring me that everything was going to be ok.
I didn't cry or anything until after I told my daughter. She's smart and asks all kinds of questions. My head was swimming and I honestly didn't know how to answer her. I know she will google stuff, and ask me more questions, most of which I will write down to ask the Dr. Then I kinda broke down, and went to lay down, and tried to let this all soak in.
My surgery is scheduled for March 22, and my follow up appointment is March 29. WOW...they wasted no time. I'll be getting paperwork in the mail I a few days with more info and stuff. So this is all that I know for now. I'm sure I'll be finding out more as time goes on.
My Pastor has been speaking on healing at church. Very timely too. Sunday, Pastor said it was a God thing that this was put on his heart. Needless to say, I soak in everything my Pastor has to say like a sponge. God is with me.
I know this is short, but I feel better. Thanks for reading.