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The oncologist told me last Friday that my blood cancer marker number had gone up from 52 to 73; it's not high enough to warrant immediate treatment. She recommended waiting three months and running the tests again. She also said that I have multiple fractures in my back. That's probably why they are having me take monthly treatments of Zometa, a drug that is used for osteoporosis and bone mestastasis (just had one yesterday). I have started researching online the different medications I am taking, so I can be more informed and able to talk with my doctors and make decisions. Found a web site called MediGuard.com, which gives information about possible and known drug interactions.

Next subject of research: How to help strengthen and heal bones naturally.   :)

Fear not, for I am with you; be not dismayed, for I am your God; I will strengthen you, I will help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.  ~Isa 41:10

Cold and dreary today...

Well, today I go to the oncologist to hear the results of all my tests the past week...I am a little apprehensive, please remember me in your prayers.

What time I am afraid, I will trust in thee. ~Psalm 56:3

A Quiet Sunday...

...sitting here in the comfortable chair in my room, checking email and Facebook, and looking out the door at the gold-and-brown tall grasses being blown by the wind...the National Weather Service says 41 degrees today and 17 for tonight. Ah, December in Oklahoma! Right now I am thankful for cuddly robes and warm blankets. :) If the current temperatures are any indication of what January will be like, I need to find a large cardboard box soon to put on the front porch for the cats to huddle in at night. Brrrrr!

Rachel and I picked Emily up and went to hear the Messiah Concert yesterday evening in Lawton; it was well-done, as usual. We were remembering taking part in it years ago; good times! Afterward, we took pizza to my mother-in-law Iva and had a short visit, then home again, home again.

Have CT and bone scans scheduled for tomorrow, then exercise on Tuesday, Rachel's last test and a tea party on Wednesday, and a visit with the oncologist on Friday. I will also find out the results of my bloodwork done last Friday. Busy week ahead.

We are more than conquerors through him who loved us. For I am sure that neither death nor life, nor angels nor rulers, nor things present nor things to come, nor powers, nor height nor depth, nor anything else in all creation, will be able to separate us from the love of God in Messiah Yeshua our Lord. ~Romans 8:37-39