December - 2018

"Healing through faith" is a state of being that you must strive for throughout your existence. The concept of it is to identify your wound, uncover it, provide the proper treatment, forgive, and move on.

Getting Started

The pain is there. At times, it feels as though nothing else matters. How do you move pass your pain to desire a more fulfilling life? The answer lies behind your faith. Do you have enough faith to believe that God has better things in store for you? Do you understand the magnitude of His love for you? If you have any inclining as to how much He loves you, you can embrace that love and push forward. Pushing forward is what helps to get you through the heartache. God's promise is to give you peace and joy. Your faith in God helps you get to the joy that He promises you.

Day 77 - 12/25/18

Ahhhh… Christmas day has arrived. Yayyyyy!!! I’m always excited about Christmas because I get to somewhat spoil my children—as much as I can. When I was a single parent, it was a struggle to buy “extras” for them throughout the year, so I always went above and beyond during Christmas. This habit has not changed with my younger children. And now, more than ever, I am trying to give more love than material things. Material items will only last as long as interest in the item la

Day 75 - 12/23/18

I’ve been blessed with not having to work throughout this treatment process. My employer has an amazing short-term disability benefit that has allowed me to take the time off needed to heal. And when this process began, I had strict instructions from our management staff to focus solely on getting better. And I am following those instructions to the best of my ability. Since I’ve been off from work though, I don’t have a “normal” schedule to follow. I’ve always struggled with

Day 73 - 12/21/18

I woke this morning having sharper pains than yesterday. This is at my threshold, so I will take something for it today. In an attempt to gauge how my body is feeling throughout the entire process, I’m comparing the levels of pain through the different chemo cycles. The pain is sharper than what I experienced in the last chemo cycle (Treatment #2), but it is still not as bad as what I felt in the first chemo cycle. As promised, I’ve continued to search for the right descripti

Day 72 - 12/20/18

Today I woke up with more fatigue. There was a little bit more pain also, but still not enough to make me want to take anything for it. I’m hesitant about taking any more medications than what’s absolutely needed because of how much medication I’m already putting in my system. I figure, if I’m just a little uncomfortable, I can do without it. I’ve never really been a fan of taking a lot of medications, so I prefer to take the bare minimum—especially now. That probably only ma

Day 71 - 12/19/18

2nd day after 3rd chemo treatment, and I am beginning to feel the effects of the chemo medications. I woke up a little later again today, and I can feel that the fatigue is settling in my body. I also had a small wave of pain shortly after I awakened. Thankfully, it went away after a short time period. At this point, I don’t believe I need to take anything for it. Next up is the morning medications for nausea, diarrhea, and my fluids. Not realizing it, I dozed off again befor

Day 70 - 12/18/18

I woke up in the middle of the night and had difficulty falling back asleep. Even though I’m not feeling any nausea, I took more nausea medication. Taking it like this has proven to work because I have not had any vomiting during any of my treatment sessions. The only thing to do in the middle of the night is pray, so I began to send prayers up for everyone that crosses my mind. Praying for my prayer warriors as God puts them on my heart individually. I may not know what they

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