Posted by taitcha on June 21st, 2011 in Text ·
[note: this is a draft post that I stumbled upon while ridding the site of spam. Terry never finished it, but I thought I would share it anyway -Tait]
I decided that it is time that I do a little blogging myself! Just skip this if you don’t want a rehash of my almost two month journey. I feel that I need to have the story in writing to help process where I am now. The rollercoaster ride of a life time ( if you know me, a rollercoaster ride is the last place I would choose to be ) that I didn’t have the luxury of excepting or rejecting! It’s a story of many miss steps, blessings, wish I hads, and being surrounded by a Love that I’m sure I’ll only see the equal of in Heaven! This morning when my Internal medicine doctor asked me how I was doing, I said,” I was diagnosed almost two months ago with possible aggressive invasive stage IV breast cancer but haven’t started treatment yet!!!!!!!!! With every medical appointment I have, the doctors are telling me that it is imparitive that I start treatment soon!” How do I get off this speeding treadmill to get someone to follow through? Prayers are answered sometimes in the way you would hope! By the time I returned from my doctors she had left me a message that she had gotten the bone biopsy and surgery for the port placement scheduled! ( Not her job but she was happy to intervean after hearing our frustrations.) A reminder that EVERYTHING is in Gods’ hands both the bad and good.
The beginning of this story started on Friday August 24th. My book club pals will enjoy this part. The house was quiet. Everyone was in bed and I decided to stay up and do a little night time reading. The summer read was a big book! I dropped it on my chest and as I was picking it up felt a firmness on my left breast that I immediatly began to investigate. It wasn’t a lump but more of a thickness that I deffiniently hadn’t noticed before. I was concerned but had a yearly physical scheduled for Monday August 27th and a yearly mammogram scheduled for the week after that. But I was 5months over due for both.
Posted by taitcha on December 21st, 2009 in Text ·
Terry passed away early this morning, and crossed over into heaven. She passed peacefully, and no pain, just breathed her last breath and went to be with Jesus.
Psalm 73:23-26 Yet I am always with you;
you hold me by my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me into glory. Whom have I in heaven but you?
And earth has nothing I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart
and my portion forever.
John 14:1-3 Do not let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God; trust also in me. In my Father’s house are many rooms; if it were not so, I would have told you. I am going there to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come back and take you to be with me that you also may be where I am. You know the way to the place where I am going.
In Gods Hands,
Ray
Posted by taitcha on December 19th, 2009 in Text ·
Terry is at home where she and her family wanted her to be. She is resting comfortably, medicated, so is not awake much.
We are glad she is home, and pray for every precious minute we can have with her.
We are under His care.
Ray & Terry
Posted by taitcha on December 17th, 2009 in Text ·
Terry will be coming home Friday afternoon for Hospice in home care.
She is medicated so is usually pain free and comfortable. She gets nauseated, but takes medication for that, but when heavily medicated is not awake.
Many have stopped in to see Terry.
We so appreciate everyones prayers, support, loving messages…
We are depending on His care,
Ray & Terry
Posted by taitcha on December 15th, 2009 in Text ·
The doctors could not find any evidence of a blockage in the liver bile duct, so they did not do a stent. They did find in the cat scans scar tissue building up on the good part of the liver…and they believe this is what is causing the fluid buildup and the high bellirubin. So she will have to have the fluid drained from her abdomen a couple of times a week.
At this point they will continue the 5-7 days of antibiotics in the hospital. They will not continue to treat the cancer with chemo.
Then Terry will come home, and be in hospice care.
We have a Good Lord who is giving us strength through this hard news, and He will be with us and help us carry this burden.
Under His Care,
Ray & Terry