Walking With Faith ... Holding God's Hand: Radiation and a Few Other Things ...

I have now taken 14 radiation treatments and that means there's only l9 to go. Praise the Lord! It is going well, I must say. My skin is turning red under my left arm and feels tender. I keep it moisturized with the Remedy lotion that I get at the pharmacy. I feel very tired and I don't know if it's the radiation or if I am just tired. The tired seems to follow me everywhere ... but I'm dealing with it. I would rather be tired than feeling the effects of chemo. I just keep counting down every day when I am finished with every treatment.

My eye brows continue to fall out and my eye lashes are getting mighty thin. I didn't use eye liner today so what little lashes I have remaining, you can see. I am going to ask for a prescription of the LaTesse (spelling not sure). It is the stuff that makes your eye lashes grow and I hear it is pretty expensive but praying insurance will pick up some of the cost since it's due to the chemo.

My hips continue to hurt. The pain I feel is in my bones and not my muscles. I tried the Advil and it didn't seem to help so I told Alicia, my daughter, I was going to save my liver and just deal with the pain. I just pray it goes away and doesn't take up residence permanently.

I have blood check and appointment with Helena on Thursday. I am anxious to see what my blood counts are and if they have gone up to at least almost normal levels. At this appointment I will discuss the hip pain, the eye lash stuff and anything else that comes to mind.

All in all I think I'm doing well and I am so thankful. I'm tired so I am going to cut it short tonight. I wanted you to know that I am still here and still plugging along. Going to start reading the book of Jeremiah tonight. I was listening to Pastor Robert Morris' sermon from Sunday and he used a Bible called ... The Messenger Bible. Has anyone ever heard of this? I am going to look on Amazon and see how much they are.

Praises:
* My grand daughter's ear tube surgery went well yesterday.
* Only 4 weeks and I get to meet my new grand baby.
* I got to keep Braxton Sunday afternoon.
* My survivor sisters whom I love dearly.
* My family who I love even more.
* Many many more things that I am thankful for.

Prayer Request:
* A dear close friend of mine has found a lump and will be getting it checked out soon.
* Unspoken request. God knows.
* My survivor sisters who continue taking their chemo treatments. These ladies need our prayers. Chemo is pretty grueling.
* All continues to go well with my radiation.