I want give you an idea as to what Kathy is going to be going through in the months ahead. Forgive me, but I had to use words in here that may make some uncomfortable. I am talking about a woman's reproductive organs... I can't call them anything but what they are... That said, she starts radiation Monday. Before that happens, the same day, she has to have a PET scan, don't ask me what it is because I don't know. All I can tell you is that she has to drink a sugary substance and that after that they will scan her body to see if this sugary substance has adhered itself anywhere in her body. If it has, they will know that the cancer has spread. Now, like I said, she starts radiation Monday, on Tuesday, she has to have a chest x-ray and then radiation again. She may possibly start chemo on Wednesday, depends on how these scans go. If she does, it will be for 8 hours, and she will have to have her kidneys flushed the entire time to prevent them from shutting down. Then, the end of November, beginning of December, she will have to travel, oh, by the way, she also has to drive 45 miles one way to get this radiation Monday thru Friday, she will be then travelling 145 miles one way to a doctor twice a week so that she can have a radioactive isotope put up her vagina and attached to the mass, so that it can radiate beams of radiation to the mass. She is looking at 2-7 of these treatments. The mass on her cervix is about the size of a tennis ball. Some of the side effects of this isotope are irritation to the intestines and the bowels. This isn't anything to mess around about and it all could have been prevented...

Friends, I found out today that Kathy's cancer has spread. It is also in her stomach, lymph glands and adrenal glands. I don't know if she will be continuing with radiation or chemo. I don't even know if it will work for her. I don't know if the doctors will even want to do that, if they feel it will do any good. I pray she will get better, but with these odds... I don't know. Please pray.

Her physical situation is very important, and we need to pray about that, however, her spiritual condition is even more important, therefore, we also need to pray that she will allow the Lord to heal her spiritually which will also help her in her physical problem.

Absolutely, Daryl. I can see by the weather changes and strange days we have been having that it won't be all that much longer... He will be coming soon and I pray for the spiritual well-being of everyone. I get so scared thinking about what could happen to each and every one of us. I was so scared last night because we had horrible winds here and all I could think about was what if something happens and I don't make it to see another day? Am I ready? I prayed for almost an hour last night for everyone I could think about. I haven't heard from Kathy or my father-in-law, but my husband, Jay, told me that with the wind storms going on, they lost power to their home. I don't know if it has come back on or not. She has been thru so much and now to lose another comfort most of us take for granted. Well, I've rambled enough for one evening. God bless you all!

Well, she had a checkup today... They told her that they can't see anything on her cervix and they didn't see anything in her belly. Today was her last day for chemo/radiation. They will wait until February to see if it truly is gone... The scar tissue has to have time to heal. Keep her in your prayers. It's not quite over yet.

Amen!!!

yes Daryl, AMEN!
(I like your clapping hands, do you ever use them in worship?? Opps that's another thread )

Yes, the absence of cancer following chemo and radiation therapy really makes this a miracle of God: those threatments deserve their infamy and God has earned the glory, yet again...

God has also provided the basis for non-toxic herbal treatment and preventative therapy - not a cure - for many cancers, with Amygdalin, contained in Laetrile as found in the pips of apricots, peaches, plums and apples - it's that bitter taste, and better known as vitamin B-17. It is controversial with the cancer research people who publish strong reservations, but the fuller story is available here, for example (from a word search on "laetrile therapy") http://www.1cure4cancer.com/controlcancer/information/laetrile.htm

This alternative therapy (not complementary) is backed by many medical doctors, and requires close control and supervision, not just purely DIY homecare, but can be done at home....

Angie's Kathy may wish more information for her situation for from now on...