According to the American Cancer Society, 1,437,180 people in the U.S. will be diagnosed with cancer this year.
Make that 1,437,181. I got the news today.
After my biopsy experience (see previous blogs) I had my follow-up today. The right side of my prostate is covered in cancer and the left side has one spot on it. Why the inequality I have no idea, although I am right-handed and tend to lean right politically.
That news was enough for me. But wait, there's more!
On an "aggressiveness scale" (whatever that is), with 2 being the least aggressive and 10 the most, I scored an 8. That means there's a 50/50 chance that the cancer has spread elsewhere. I now have a bone scan and CT scan scheduled for next week, after which I'll find out what's next.
What's next.
A few days ago, I read this verse from Daniel where the three Hebrew teenage boys responded to a cruel king who was threatening to throw them into a furnace and burn them alive if they didn't bow to his image:
"If it be so, our God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the furnace of blazing fire; and He will deliver us out of your hand, O king. But even if He does not, let it be know to you, O king, that we are not going to serve your gods or worship the golden image you have set up."
My understanding of cancer is that it is cruel and unforgiving, irrespective of whom it affects. It is a Killer King to those it encounters.
I believe the Lord will heal me. The doctor and I agreed it's out of our hands.
But if not, I will not bow down.
By the way, the teenagers got thrown into the furnace by the king. When he looked in to make sure they had burned up, he saw a fourth Person in there with them.
He's here with me, too.
2 comments:
You are so strong and so wise, dad. I believe God is in control and I believe in His healing... I plan to "dance" with you.
Well said, brother, well said.
We're praying for you.
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