My mom met her oncologist on Thursday, and in one of the weirdest blessings God’s ever given me, the bad news didn’t sound too horrible.
Dad and I said later that we were both expecting to hear the worst of verdicts – something like, “There’s nothing I can do.” And I can’t speak for him, but I’d been feeling God prepare me for that situation. I was full of sadness, but yet peace in knowing that God is sovereign, as I wrote in my earlier post. Anyway…
So the doctor explained that Mom has Stage IV ovarian cancer. It’s not considered “curable” but it is treatable. Next Wednesday, Mom will have a pre-op visit with Dr Burke, a gynecologic oncologist in Savannah; as soon as he can fit her into his OR schedule, she’ll be having a total hysterectomy and exploratory abdominal surgery to remove the tumors that have metastasized there. (Like I said, that’s kind of bad news.) Further, she’ll begin chemotherapy in hospital and repeat chemo doses every 3 weeks. The goal The prayer is that the debulking surgery will remove nearly all the cancer and that the oncologists will find the best chemo cocktail to put her into remission. So when you consider the news we were anticipating, this sounded absolutely encouraging to me! I felt nearly light-hearted.
Once we know a surgery date, I’m going to try to head South to be with Mom & Dad. Keep praying!
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Let me know as soon as you can about the surgery and I am seriously happy to work out some sort of plan with you! I can fly up etc.
So sorry to hear about this big surprise for your mom and for all of you, my friend. Life is such a gift, and I know I take my own for granted on so many days! Am saying many prayers and sending much love to you and your whole family.