Hello loved ones,
To start, I want to say, Thank You, to all who have prayed, served, blessed, visited, sent cards, cookies, flowers, emails, texts, movies to watch, gift bags and baskets filled with all sorts of goodies, and sent their love to us! I have been so blessed by so many. People coming over to sit with me and care for me after I came home from the hospital. People coming over to clean my house, do our laundry, pick up groceries, and bring us wonderful home cooked meals, or have awesome meals delivered from restaurants! Let me tell you I can feel the love!
There are so many references to love in the bible, here are a few:
John 13:34 "A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another."
Romans 12:10 "Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves."
1 John 4:19 "We love because He (God) first loved us."
1 John 3:11 "This is the message you heard from the beginning: We should love one another."
1 John 3:16 "This is how we know what love is: Jesus laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers."
Okay, so more than a few, but more kept coming. :) Jesus showed us the ultimate gift of love when he laid his life down for us on the cross and I'm so thankful to receive that love and I hope and pray that you too will receive that love. It's because of that love that I can go through this terrible process of ridding my body of cancer. I know my ultimate home is in heaven with Jesus, my Lord and savior.
My recovery has been slow, I'm still dealing with a lot of pain, nerve pain to be exact, which is difficult to get a handle on. I'm on a anti-seizure medication, neurontin, which is slowly helping with this pain. You have to work up to the right dose that works for you. Along with that med, I was also taking a strong pain medication, percocet, which was only dulling the pain. With taking percocet I was unable to drive, but it seems that I've found the right dosage of neurontin so I don't have to take the percocet anymore. Praise the Lord for that!! Taking percocet and neurontin left me in a bit of a fog. Not how I like to be. So I 'm thrilled to not be taking the percocet anymore. I can get back to more of a normal life. Except for how I need to take it easy with all my surgery sites.
I'm working on getting my full range of motion back in my arms and shoulders after the mastectomy. It's amazing how much we do and take for granted that we can actually do those things. Just reaching up to get a glass out of the cupboard was a difficult task. Throwing on a sweatshirt or my towel over my back is rough. I'm thankful to say, I can now do most of those difficult tasks. It's not easy to do some, but I do it anyways. :)
Please continue to pray for complete healing from my surgery. For the nerve pain to subside. Also, please pray for my dear friend and sister in Christ, Amy, who is battling breast cancer, that the Lord would rid her body of all cancer cells! That she would have a long life and get to see her grandchildren many, many years from now. :)
Praise God that He has healed me and has removed all cancer cells in my body! I'm so thankful to be able to say that. God is so good. Thank you, Jesus!
Sorry for such a long update, I guess I had more to say that I thought. :) Again, thank you all for your love and prayers.
Love and blessings,
Melanie
