Thursday, October 4, 2007
Sometimes the Truth sounds like this...
A telemarketer called today and I answered. He told me the company he worked for and then said, "And how are you today?" I replied, very matter-of-factly,"I feel like Crap. I have cancer. I've just had chemo and I don't have the time or the energy to talk to you today. Good-bye." He simply said, "Oh, okay, good-bye" What could he say? I spoke the truth and didn't think twice about it. I wasn't emotional, it's just the way it is. Today was a particularly painful day. I pray that tomorrow is better.
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I don't understand your suffering but I pray that you will have a good night and tomorrow the Lord Jesus will give you hope.
"May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit." Romans 15:13
Nice to read something real,and totally non-commercial on the web. It seems that Google has gone so corporate that every second blog is wallpapered with ads.
Tell youself cancer Im just not going to take you anymore. Or something like that. I work in healthcare and there are great opportunities when you come into the room with mortality.
Maybe busylizzy is wrong, maybe in spite of it all you are not suffering. Here is your opportunity to do iv drugs without having to find a dealer and steal a few CDs and pawn them to pay to get the monkey off your back.
Visual image, you are bigger and stronger than a polar bear,and tougher than a tasmanian devil.
I blog at Adventureboy7 says..
What is up with the dots anyway. Boys and their egos, brutal.
Have a laugh, there is always time for that.
Phil aka adventureboyseven
Still being real.
Hi Feather,
I found your blog because a friend of mine is close friend with one of your friends Christy and I was told about your story. I sought out your blog via google and here I am. I started at your earliest post back in the archives. In just a matter of a few hours I have read every post you have written on this blog.
Anyway, after reading every one of your posts non-stop I am merely at a loss of words to say to you. I have been inspired by your words, brought to tears, infuriated at the cancer that ravages your body, but mostly......I am moved. So deeply, profoundly moved by your outlook on life. The joy you have comes through loud and clear even on the days when you write about feeling terrible. Your humor is fantastic, and your transparency saying it just like it is, is truly refreshing. I love that you proudly walk with your beautiful bald head. You own it and I commend you for that! You love your family, your husband and your life. You are a breath of fresh air.
I am in my last year of nursing school and for a while now I have been discerning the Lord's calling for where I am to work when this journey of mine is all said and done, and as I read your words I feel that same prompting come up in my spirit. I know that during my nursing career I will very likely be an oncology nurse. Reading your story makes me yearn to lend a gentle touch and a kind presence to people like you experiencing the horrors (and blessings) that cancer brings. It would be an honor to care for and treat someone such as yourself.
So an all around thank you is due here. Thank you for this blog and the beautiful eloquent words you write. You are such an encouragement both in your physically good and bad days. You are an inspiration. May the Lord bless you today and you continue to fight.
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