April 9
5:40 woke with ♫”To God Be the Glory”♫ playing in my mind.
Oh, the pain is much. Every ounce of me hurts immensely. Sinuses are congested. Arms and hands are numbish but stinging throbbing. Muscles extremely stiff and painful to move. Nerves stinging.
Song switches to “Press On”.
Hebrews 1:3; 1 Samuel 1-8; Philippians 4:13; Jeremiah 17:14; Hebrews 4:16
Moving slowly. Need to get my juice ready for the day. Lunch will be left overs. Probably be a little late for soul winning.
Joe asked me what my pain level was. Told him probably a 7. He asked if I took anything. Told him no. He asked why. Told him because it’s an ongoing debate of when I should take and how often. So most days I don’t take anything. (There’s only one Rx pain reliever which is not mine, and OTC doesn’t help when I hurt this bad).
When I hurt this much, I get grumpy (not intentionally).
We had 12 out for visitation. Joe paired us up. He paired me up with HW and her daughter, Hayley. She is a precious soul with special needs. She was eager to help hold the tracts and door knockers to help me. This tickled me. She got even more excited when she saw Pastor and her Dad at the other end of the road.
Once back at church, started working on the bulletin board. The teens decided they wanted to help. Joe needed my help elsewhere so I told them what I wanted and let them do it. The board looks good.
Joe talked with an Evangelist friend about scheduling him to come preach. He told Joe that they were just talking about me. Asked when we get the results to please call and let them know because they have two doctors in the family who want to help us in making the right decisions on fighting the cancer. Encouraged Joe that breast cancer patients have the highest survival rate now. My heart is humbled & excited. Thank you, Lord.
Off to Sam’s to get needed supplies for church. Able to find my niece a bday present too. Thankful because I didn’t have much more energy that I can force out. Still have to make the bread for dinner.
Once home, I asked Joe to get the bread maker down for me. Ingredients placed in maker and turned on. I’m going to go crash while it’s mixing. Listening to wholetones music daily as well.
Drinking fresh juice 3xs daily, DE chia seed chocolate milk smoothie once, taking Niacin 1,000mg and Vitamin C 3,000 mg three times daily, zinc and Echinacea or Elderberry once daily, plus my regular vitamins morning and evening.
Crashing now..
Went to parents house to help celebrate Tara’s birthday. Enjoyed it. Decided to go for walk after dinner. Most of us went. Weather pleasant.
Once back home, I ask Joe a question. Why does it seem that since my news that most everyone is treating me like a porcelain doll? I’m not going to break. He said it’s because of the “C” word; they’re afraid of it. I replied, “Oh.”
Finished working on bulletins and printing them. Washed few dishes and started prepping for the day tomorrow. Also making list of things to get done. I seem to accomplish things better with lists. Once I got to printing the meal planner, I decided to look up breast cancer diet ideas. Joe getting ready for bed asked me what I was doing. I told him. He then asks, “How much does the breast cancer weigh on your mind?” I told him I don’t know not much I guess. I’m not worried about it. I was just looking to see what kinds of foods would be better to eat since I’m preparing for meal planning for the week. Why do you ask? He said because he was asked that and didn’t know how to respond.
11:35a It’s late and I need to get some sleep. Night vitamins taken.
Exhausted. Muscles not stinging as bad as this morning, but still stinging. Muscles tight. Have a good night. Having trouble keeping my eyes open.
Thankful for…
- God’s propitiation for our sins
- Clear day
April 10
5:00am fell asleep writing my thankfuls.
Woken by pain. Deep muscle pain and my bone hurt. Nerves burning. Sinuses congested. Back of left heel feels like I bruised it. Vision is a bit blurry.
Song on mind: ♫Victory in Jesus♫
Romans 5:6-8; 1 Samuel 9-12; Isaiah 41:17-20
7:00 fell back asleep for a little bit.
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
Whole body stiff and throbbing. Tired.
On way to church, told not to bring lunch. Another family tells us they want to take me to store to buy groceries this afternoon. While I’m grateful and thankful (we really need some groceries), I’m not used to this much attention. I don’t even know the do’s and don’t for eating healthy for fighting cancer.
Drinking pomegranate juice today instead of juicing. I’m not fond of the taste, but I’ll drink it. Need to find more recipes. I wonder if I can ask my friend that’s a health coach for ideas?
Playing piano caused much pain today. Messed up several times but able to cover it up for most part. Pain shooting stinging sharp pain from fingers to elbows.
I’m craving a Big Mac but after looking at the ingredients I’ll have to pass. End up choosing Subway.
Able to ask couple ladies to help rotate playing offertory with me.
Able to take a short nap. Listened to wholetones during nap. Worked on meal planning for week. Trouble finding meal ideas to fight breast cancer. Finding types of foods but not actual meal ideas.
Woke from nap to both arms numbish and tingling. Sharp pain in abdomen. Feet cold. Put socks on.
God provides a weeks worth of groceries!
https://stanfordhealthcare.org/medical-clinics/cancer-nutrition-services.html
Neck cracked loudly and hurt during song service. Now I have a headache.
Think I’ll look for make ahead freezer meals.
Exhausted. Headache. Feet freezing again. Nerves stinging slightly. Muscles ache throughout. Dry patch on left elbow hurting. Sinuses congested slightly. Sleepy. Low back and right hip throbbing. Back of throat hurts. Burping a lot this evening.
Thankful for…
- Being treated to lunch
- God’s provisions of groceries
