Quote:Wow! Mary-Margaret- "Your eyes are glowing!

Chemo Treatment # 4 of 6!
This was said to me yesterday as I was exiting from church service from an exhuberant and kind lady at church. "Your eyes are glowing!"
My response felt like the punch line on a bumper sticker that could only make sense to chemo patients. I said, ever so quickly and intinctively, "My eyes are glowing as my eyebrows and eyelashes are going!" Ha! This next treatment will most likely cause the brows to go. However, as small as this issue is in comparison to the BIG picture...Read how faithful God is to my slightest need. I met a woman today at the Yawkey Infusion Center. She has ovarian cancer, too. She finished chemo treatment # 6 in June. She wasn't wearing a hat or wig, and had a cute short hair do on her covered scalp-just one month after her last treatment-HOPE infused in me.
Then, we began connecting through conversation. She ended up giving me a great tip about eyebrow loss. (Yes, they will go-unless God supernaturally intervines and keeps them connected-This is possible.) However, Cinique has a product: Eyebrow liner that has a brush...it looks very natural. I can invest in during my eyebrow loss phase. It'll keep the "alien from another planet look" at a minimum. I was so grateful for this tip.
Then as I went through all my process to get to the Lazyboy hook up seat, I was given some information today that seems like a huge wave from that storm that surrounds me as I stand on the rock with my Jesus holding me and shining His light through me. Protecting, Healing, Keeping me safe from the storm. My CT scan of July 27th showed shrinkage in my lymph nodes. I questioned this immediately.
Lymph nodes? I thought they were all clear?
The ones they biopsied from my surgery were. Clear 100%. However, today I discovered that our bodies have many lymph nodes...the ones that showed up on the CT-scan could not be biopsied at surgery time...breathe out. sigh.
Does this mean they are cancerous? No, not necessarily. However, to me, if something in my body is shrinking because of the chemo treatment-perhaps a gang of those gargoyles found their way to some lymph node...
PLEASE PRAY FOR ME. Please pray that fear won't grip me. Please continue to pray that this treatment will target those lymph nodes with a blast that will eradicate the "gargoyle gang related activity" there. No gang activity in my body allowed!
I am so grateful to God for sustaining me during this process. I am learning a lot.
My faith in Him is deepening. I am being transformed by His Light, Love, and Word.
I was able to teach part-time this summer, and completed that commitment on the 31st.
I made some great connections with teachers and students this summer.
August will bring help with Elisha as I go through treatments. Some summer fun! Kindergarten for my little guy: Aug. 24!
Maybe a couple days up to Lake Sunapee in New Hampshire for some fresh air and clean swimming.
I feel well for the most part, and just keep walking forward.