do not be discouraged

• one of the things that I prayed about when starting this blog was:


• was that I did not want to discourage any one because


• of David's death-from his cancer


• it is important because many people have cancer now and they


• are struggling with the diagnosis and chemo and or radioation etc


• and learning to live with cancer


• I want you to know that David did live with his cancer


• and we always spoke of him as living with cancer rather than


• dying with cancer-


• his cancer was not discovered until he was in stage 4 plus and


• involved his pancrease - upper bowel and stomach and there


• was no surgery that could be done to remove the cancer as


• the surgery -in it self- would have killed him immediately


• also his cancer was too extended for radioation and
  
• he could only have pallitive chemo as normal chemo could


• not decrease the cancer but the palliative chemo


• could possibley slow the speed and spread of the cancer down


• the doctors could give him no hope but


• we had hope in the Lord with the promise of eternal life


• and as you will see in later posts that the Lord


• blessed David indeed=


• I pray that anyone with cancer who reads this
• blog will remember that........


• he did not die in vain or with out hope


• keep your hope as many cancers are healed and do not give


• up your treatments or your hope-
  
• God was in control and walked with us through the valley
• he gave us nearly 42 years together and left us with memories
• to hold that I want to share with you....
• yes, I cry and rage at times and my joy is painful
• but I know that God had a purpose for every day that He
• gave to David
• we believed that God could heal David and when he did not we
• still believed God
• we did cry and beg and promise God many times but we always
• asked God according to His will-
• so please remember that cancer is also a beginning and death is not
• the end
• I love you- friends
• and I thank you for walking with me
• it is so good to know that I am not walking alone
• huggles me, Meme aka Oma