Friends
I just received the phone call from the doctor's office that all of my lymph nodes that were taken out were clear! No cancer in any of them. They actually took out 11! Praise God! That is the BEST news i could have received!
I want to personally thank all of you for your prayers. I do believe God hears our prayers & has answered them! I can't even begin to count how many people around the world have been praying for me & my family!
Please take a moment & share this good news with someone as a way of letting God's goodness be seen. Maybe even let out a BIG, "YEAH GOD!!" with a fist pump!:) Since i'm an athlete & football player at the core i like to connect with God with high fives & TD celebrations!
Now we will look toward starting my year long treatment in December to make sure & get rid of any leftover bad guys trying to land anywhere else! The interferon treatment pumps my body with the natural alpha protein that our bodies make & bolsters my immune system to fight off the bad cells. There is about a 40% chance that the cancer will return within 5 years. Doing a year of interferon reduces that by another 10-15%. That would put it down to around a 25% chance of return. Pretty good odds!
The treatment is 5 days a week for the first 4 weeks (1hr infusions thru a pic line), then 11mths of giving myself a shot 3 days a week (Dyan & the kids might have fun taking turns sticking me!) The main possible side effects are fatigue & depression. So i might have 1/2 my energy & be a little moody!
I love how God ties things together in our life. Today i read in Luke 1 about Zachariah who was blessed to have a son John in his wife's old age & he was the for-runner to Jesus & God revealed how he was going to bless him & the world thru these two boys being born a few months apart & Zach was so filled with joy & prophetically spoke of God's goodness! Today i received some prophetic news about how God is working in my body to bring healing! He can do the same for you or anyone! I encourage you to put your faith in Christ & let him guide your life, you'll never regret it!
Let's all take some time to celebrate God's goodness & the life he's given us all today with those we love!
Thx
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Have been following and reading all your blogs. I have been praying for you continually and celebrate with you this wonderful news. It will be a life changing event for you and your family. You now walk among the blessed to have gone through such an event and come out different, wiser, stronger, and living life in a new and dramatic FREE way. May God continue to use this experience for his glory, as you continue to give him all the credit. Congratulations you have just had a brush of what "death" could feel like and have been given free life. ......I guess, just like Christ gives us daily. God bless you, Carolyn
ReplyDeletePRAISE GOD! A PERFECT ANSWER TO PRAYER IN THUS THE MONTH OF THANKSGIVING! FRED, WE LOVE YOU AND DYAN AND YOU HAVE BEEN IN OUR DAILY PRAYERS AND WILL CONTINUE TO BE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR UPDATES BECAUSE AS WE KNOW YOU HAVE BEEN GOING THROUGH THE TRIALS WE HAVE SEEN GOD BLESS AND KEEP YOU. ALL OUR LOVE TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY! Theresa and Dean Winn
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