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Post by cara3 on Dec 27, 2008 21:13:49 GMT -5
Thank all of you for your support and recipes. Monday, I will take the food to my parents and hopefully, it will get them through the chemo days which will exhaust and drain them.
Last night, my son told me he has skin cancer. Monday, he will find out what kind and what the treatment will be. He is 30 years old. Please keep all of us in your prayers. In the last 7 years, my mother, father, sister, son, and I have fought this beast. I still praise God through the storms. Nothing is too great for Him to handle for us.
Kitty
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Post by Ruth on Dec 27, 2008 21:28:43 GMT -5
Kitty,
I am sending my prayers your way.........You are handling more than most of us have to handle.
Ruth
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Post by Mary on Dec 28, 2008 8:57:03 GMT -5
Kitty, I am adding your son to my prayers too... May God bless you all with His perfect peace. Love and hugs, Mary
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Post by cara3 on Dec 29, 2008 11:05:17 GMT -5
Thank you so much for your prayers! My son called this morning and the one place on the trunk of his body is the only place he has cancer. I am delighted that it is basal cell rather than melanoma or squamous. I never thought I would be happy about cancer!!!! The doctor will remove it January 8. I cannot tell you how relieved I am. I have been so sad.
We have a silent moment every day at school. If there are any special requests, I always ask the students who pray to remember to pray for the request and those who do not pray, please meditate about the request.
Now, off to Atlanta I go!!! Can't wait to see my family!!!
Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your support and prayers!
Kitty
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Post by earthangel on Dec 30, 2008 2:45:07 GMT -5
kitty, I am so happy for you and your son! I think he will do just fine. I wil keep you and him in my prayers. Stay strong! Rebecca
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Post by julie on Dec 30, 2008 9:06:19 GMT -5
Kitty, You and your son remain in my prayers. Have a good trip and enjoy your family. Julie
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Post by cara3 on Dec 31, 2008 19:54:08 GMT -5
I thought about a new thread... BUT THOUGHT I WOULD END THIS THREAD WITH.....
God, love, and good wishes have invaded my life from FIT!!!!! Thanks a million!!!
I used all of your ideas (Tips) to make a basket for my father and bought him cotton boxers, which he modeled!!!! Of course, he said he will need none of this... rose-colored-glasses!!! Makes me smile. God is good. The treatment is agressive and he will fight everything head-on. Mom, my sister, and I did not have chemo. My sister and I had mastectomies. Mom had a lumpectomy and radiation. Therefore, we know only a little about radiation but nothing about chemo. You, my sisters, have helped temendously!!
Cancer may web its way into my life again but I have God. I have family. I have YOU.
Thank you Tigger, Ruth, Mary, Julie, Rebecca (earthangel), Hildie, Sherrie, Grits, Bricky, Karen.... all of you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! God bless you as He has blessed me!
Kitty
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Post by Mary on Jan 1, 2009 10:37:00 GMT -5
Happy New Year, Kitty, and may God bless you and your family richly this year with good health and much happiness!
Love and hugs, Mary
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Post by julie on Jan 1, 2009 11:02:23 GMT -5
Happy New Year Kitty - keep us posted on your dad's chemotherapy. We Care, sweetie......
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Post by Grits on Jan 1, 2009 18:27:18 GMT -5
You know Kitty...many years ago when my first-born son was very small and very ill, my mom sat me down and had a heart to heart (as we've called those talks through the years) and told me that no matter how bad things seemed there was always someone with a bigger load to carry...well, your post here has certainly brought that talk to mind...you are certainly loaded down friend, and just wanted you to know you are in my prayers, along with your family that 2009 brings good health to your home! Much love, Jane
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Post by nanakaren64 on Jan 2, 2009 12:24:14 GMT -5
Happy New Year, Kitty ~ I am so glad for you and your son that his skin cancer is basal cell....that is much easier to treat. Keeping you both in my thoughts and prayers.
Hugs, Karen
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Post by cara3 on Jan 3, 2009 21:34:50 GMT -5
Gee, thanks everyone.
Oh, Jane, how right you are. Yes, there are always people who carry bigger loads. Thanks for reminding me. I really am thankful for all God has done for me and He comforts me through all the storms. That footprint story..... It is true. Is your son all right now?
Karen, continue your prayers. When I know others are praying, it is really a boost.
Kitty
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Post by Grits on Jan 3, 2009 23:26:49 GMT -5
Kitty...I was meaning that "I" was sitting around feeling a little sorry for myself...it would have been my son's birthday... then read your post and my moms words came back to me..."You", my friend are the one with the bigger load to carry and "You" are the one who jolted me back to realizing how good things are for me right now and how thankful I should be...I am thankful now, thanks to you and I promise to continue to be thankful for each healthy new day in 2009! You and your family continue, as always, in my prayers. My first-born son was born with major medical problems and was only given a few months to live...well, I had him for 6 years before Heaven called...that was a long time ago...he died in 1977...I've been blessed with a daughter and another son...and now two beautiful grandsons! A mother never really gets over losing a child, but with the help of the good Lord, I've learned to keep him resting in a special spot in my heart that only I can visit! Hugs, Jane
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Post by cara3 on Jan 4, 2009 0:57:06 GMT -5
Jane, My heart just aches because of what you wrote. A few months max? But God gave you 6 years? Glory to God for this. Yet, nothing is worse than suffering with your children or losing them. My first pregnancy went awry. This was before all the "sophisticated" era and I had to choose between my life or my child's life. I signed the paper for abortion. When I awoke, the nurses and doctors told me I had already aborted naturally and they did not find the fetus. However to this day, it hurts. But the hurt does not compare to what we had to endure when my 16 year old son had a tumor on his spine. You had such a mountain to climb. Thank you for sharing this with me. Thank you for all you give. I will share this link with you that states how I am feeling and I know you understand how deeply I am affected by your story. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MslbhDZoniY Kitty
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Post by Ruth on Jan 4, 2009 9:14:11 GMT -5
Oh Kitty,
I just looked at the UTUBE Link that you supplied.....What a huge inspiration this young man is......Watching him makes my problems shrink in comparison.......
Thank you for sharing it with us....and Please keep us posted about your Dad's Chemo.
Hugs, Ruth
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Post by cara3 on Jan 5, 2009 22:20:35 GMT -5
Ruth, I thought the same thing. Our trials shrink in comparison. I saw another one of his videos and he said to NEVER compare problems. He said to gather together and work on our adversities. He is so neat.
Today, the doctors hooked Dad's chemo pack to the port. Tomorrow, he will start radiation. My parents ate the Orange Chicken (one of the recipes that Tigger posted) and really liked it. The dinner was such a help to them.
Kitty
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