Several of you have asked how Jon is doing. He finally seems to be getting better, although he still sounds bad and still has quite a cough. I'm very thankful the rest of us have avoided this bug. The crazy swings in the weather here probably aren't helping him much. We actually used our wood stove today. Glad we still had dry wood in the box left over from one of the other spring storms.
My sister is coming out again. She'll be here on Saturday. I think she's planning to donate her abundant hair to me this time. Mine is coming out again. (This is our running joke for those of you who don't know Teresa. She has grown her hair since November, but when I was first diagnosed, she had slightly longer hair than I have right now.) The kids are excited, and I'm thankful she'll be here for a couple of weeks.
my experience with breast cancer and other life events
Amy and Gilead
True Breast Cancer Awareness
November 2010
January 2008
A Little History
I was diagnosed with stage III, metastatic breast cancer in October 2008. At about the same time, we discovered I was pregnant. Initially, the prognosis was bleak, but after detailed analysis of the cancer, successful surgery, and treatments, the picture brightened considerably. I completed nine rounds of chemotherapy, twenty-five radiation treatments, and took Tamoxifen until October 2010.
After the fifth round of chemotherapy and various other treatments and tests, Gilead Victor was born six weeks early on Mother's Day, 2009. He is a healthy littly guy and a joy to us all.
In October 2010, tests showed that the cancer had returned in my liver and bones. This is now considered stage IV, terminal cancer.
Jon and I have lived in Colorado since 1997. We have seven children - four boys and three girls.
After the fifth round of chemotherapy and various other treatments and tests, Gilead Victor was born six weeks early on Mother's Day, 2009. He is a healthy littly guy and a joy to us all.
In October 2010, tests showed that the cancer had returned in my liver and bones. This is now considered stage IV, terminal cancer.
Jon and I have lived in Colorado since 1997. We have seven children - four boys and three girls.
How You Can Pray
Please pray for Jon and the kiddos - this is much harder for them than it is for me. I would appreciate prayer that my pain would be insignificant. Even more than that, please pray that I will be able to think clearly all the way to the end of my life. And even more than that, please pray that I will accept the grace from God to deal with anything He chooses to bring my way. You may also pray for my healing, but I have to be honest - I am more mentally and emotionally invested in seeing Jesus right now than I am in being healed. If God chooses to heal me, He'll give me the grace to wait a little longer to meet Him "whom having not seen, [I] love."
5 comments:
I know she is just as excited about getting to come out again and see all of you and the new baby too:)Congrats again on the new healthy baby!
We have a hair joke here, too. I have a lot of thick hair, but for some reason my bald brothers won't take it!
Glad to hear you are doing well. We will keep praying for Jon and all of you!
Lisa
Greer, SC
I'm late getting to read your post, but am glad to hear that Jon's doing better and to know that you'll have Teresa there for a little while! Thank you for taking time to update us; we're still praying for all of you!
Love,
cousin Cynthia
Hey, Jon and Amy! Just wanted you to know that we are safely in Arizona now. We had such a wonderful time catching up with you. We continue to pray for you often and trust that God's miracles and blessings for your family are not over! Hope you enjoy your time with your sister.
Love, Stephanie for us all
Amy--it's so good to read your updates. Mike and I have been out of the loop since we moved to GA a couple weeks ago and have been wondering about you. (We don't have internet yet, so we usually have limited time borrowing from others...or using the wireless at Krystal's :) Who would have thought that would be the place to go for free wireless?!? We'll keep you in our prayers. Glad to hear Gilead is doing so well! Praise the Lord!
-Beth Goforth
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