Monday, October 18, 2010
The kind of surgery you want to have
Last Thursday the 14th Karen was scheduled for surgery - to have the chest port removed that delivered chemotherapy. This means that she has made it to a point where the risk of recurrence is much lower. We remain humbled by the fact that ovarian cancer has a high recurrence rate, as high as 90%, but after two years that drops dramatically. This is the best kind of surgery we could ask for!
Sunday, August 15, 2010
August 2010 - still cancer free
About three weeks ago the latest round of tests came in and Karen remains cancer free! This is 2 1/2 years since chemotherapy ended. God is so good!
It was about three years ago now that Karen started seeing doctors about what appeared to be a very large tumor in her abdominal area. These were dark, painful days in our lives. The darkest day was August 28, when her surgery lasted over three hours and I sat in a conference room to have her surgeon come in and start with the words, "the news I have is not good". Then a round of phone calls to our daughters and other relatives and close friends, followed by seeing Karen come out of surgery, awaken and ask me, "so what's the prognosis?", and to tell her: "They found cancer", watching helplessly as the woman I love cried about how she would not see her daughters' weddings.
We endured this dark valley and have come to a more stable, secure place in life, but our security is grounded in God alone. There is no security besides Him.
Thank you for continued prayers....and check out our Facebook page.
It was about three years ago now that Karen started seeing doctors about what appeared to be a very large tumor in her abdominal area. These were dark, painful days in our lives. The darkest day was August 28, when her surgery lasted over three hours and I sat in a conference room to have her surgeon come in and start with the words, "the news I have is not good". Then a round of phone calls to our daughters and other relatives and close friends, followed by seeing Karen come out of surgery, awaken and ask me, "so what's the prognosis?", and to tell her: "They found cancer", watching helplessly as the woman I love cried about how she would not see her daughters' weddings.
We endured this dark valley and have come to a more stable, secure place in life, but our security is grounded in God alone. There is no security besides Him.
Thank you for continued prayers....and check out our Facebook page.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
2 years since chemotherapy - STILL CANCER FREE!
Karen went in for her most recent blood work. This is the first time she had done so since April 2009, close to 9 months ago. The CA125 test came in at only 4.3. It doesn't get better than this! She remains cancer free!
It has now been two years since Karen had her last chemotherapy treatment. We have been told that the first two years are the most critical in terms of a recurrence of ovarian cancer. It shows no signs of returning.
We are thankful! But we are mindful that this is against the odds. Ovarian cancer is a very tenacious disease. We have prayed for healing...but know many others have too, with different results. We can only rest in the goodness and will of God. He knows what He is doing, even when we don't.
Thank you for continued prayers...we are keeping this blog up as long as we need to, but you can also go to our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1821552779
It has now been two years since Karen had her last chemotherapy treatment. We have been told that the first two years are the most critical in terms of a recurrence of ovarian cancer. It shows no signs of returning.
We are thankful! But we are mindful that this is against the odds. Ovarian cancer is a very tenacious disease. We have prayed for healing...but know many others have too, with different results. We can only rest in the goodness and will of God. He knows what He is doing, even when we don't.
Thank you for continued prayers...we are keeping this blog up as long as we need to, but you can also go to our Facebook page: http://www.facebook.com/#/profile.php?ref=profile&id=1821552779
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