Life

want to add a prayer request & update:
*My neice Jenn has been struggling for a while, in Aug. she was in a car accident, in which she had a concussion, then in Jan she had a tramatic experience and hit her head, now she's been having black outs and so they are waiting for an EEG to be done on her brain to see why she's having them, the last one lasted an hour and thankfully was rushed to hospital so they could check out her situation more thoroughly. Pray that she'll get an apointment soon, as the wait can be up to 6 or even 9 months to get an EEG done.
**Serena ate a lot better today! Still not good, but better. Also, her catheter came out, so that makes everything soooo much easier to do. She loves going for walks now, and gets pretty upset if we tell her no.
Rob is feeling much better, hopefully none of the rest of us get whatever he had.
Tomorro​w (Friday)Serena will be getting an x-ray to try and figure out why they can't get blood out of her central line anymore. The doc who put it in thinks that maybe it is kinked up by her neck. Hopefully everything can get sorted out and fixed, they have had to take blood out of her arm again the last four days. Not fun. Other than that though things are good.
***I have been doing quite well, then last night i had a coughing spell, i hadn't had one in a long time, so not sure what that was all about, but it definately puts fear into a person, but thankfully verses of scripture and songs kept popping into my head so i could relax and get a good sleep.

as i read my devotions this morning, i am touched by: "Life is not about the length of time on this earth but where we are with our Creator."

well i better get some things done around here, my folks are comin' and mom says its window cleaning day, so better get started lol!!

p.s. pic i took in 2007 of a set of bambies relaxing in the shade in our back yard, although that year we were blessed with two moms both with a set of twins and they visited us regularly on the yard, amazingly with pretty much no damage to fruit trees or even my garden, guess our lawn is plush enough they were happy with that. hoping to see another set soon,

I've got the Joy of the Lord in My Heart

As you can tell by the side of my blog, food, recipe ideas are definatly something i love, i want to do a bit of baking and bring my neighbor some, i found out recently she's also been struggling with the unknowns, i will call her today, see when it suits her for a visit. A young wife, mom, with two little girls pregnant with third baby, who has some lumps in her neck that are thought to possibly be cancerous but doc's will check out more thoroughly after baby is born. Pray for her as this is an important time for baby's health as well as hers, she's had a lot of bumps in the road already in her christian walk, but God does not give us more than we can take, sometimes we want to question how much is enough and we think we've had enough, but we need to submit our whole being over to Him, he is in charge.
Another little girl story: on sunday little girl came home from sunday school with a cup with a couple bean seeds placed in soil, so she's got her stereo playing songs for her plants that have not as of yet come up, but i'm sure at this rate they'll be popping if not bouncing out of the ground soon, she had her plants in the living room and her stereo beside them, playing then leaving the room, two nights ago i decided to move her stereo back into her room, not realizing the music was for her plants, she was so upset with me that her plants wouldn't grow, trouble is living room has north window, so now they are in a south window and get "Jesus songs" as she calls them so they can grow. Although i love her songs, this morning as i was bouncing on the trampoline waiting for the bus, we were bouncing to I've got the "Joy, Joy, Joy in my soul" it just boosts a person to know even when we have illnesses that are out of our control, we still can know that we can be Happy and have the Joy of the Lord in our hearts, one of my devotions a while ago, also spoke on that, Can I be Happy while having cancer? Absolutely, why?? you might ask, because we have God in our hearts and he is the reason we ought to be happy. Who'd want to be miserable the rest of their life, no matter how short or long it is, even when things aren't going the way we have planned, God has a plan for us. If he chooses to take us home, we know we are in the ultimate place.
I didn't get to my transplanting of cabbages this week, think i'll hold off till next week, they're still looking good, although i did see a pepper plant has a couple buds on it already and we've still got another month and a bit before they head out into the garden, so we ought to have red peppers come Aug. def. Sept.
Many of you are asking how do i post a reply or even become a follower of a blog, well it seems one needs to have a google account, so just go to www.google.com and on the top right hand side is a "sign in" button click on it and it will then have options, so if you don't have an account create an account now (right side) and you'll be able to post comments or be followers of many who blog.
I had started a blog completely different from today's yesterday but then my sis was here bright and early so i x'd it, so today needed to be a new start and i'd forgotten what i was even going to blog about. go figure. anway, hugz to all of you,diane

p.s. pic is of my all time fav. bird "Bald Eagle" it is such a majestic creature, i know the pic isn't great, but i've only got a small camera and every spring and fall they come and sit up in our tallest trees, i love when they come around, although i have not seen any this spring yet, maybe cause water is too shallow in the creek. Also love - friends of ours knew i loved Bald Eagles so they found a calendar for 2010 which has only bald eagle pics on it as well each month has a scripture verse, another neat idea, which i just love.

Lab results

hi! well i think we've come to the conclusion that the turtles are painted turtles, we've had to go see them everyday, although there must be quite a few as we've got different sizes, but only have seen three at one time. Anyway....
Yesterday afternoon i went for my doc apt. and no more iron as my blood count is now 135 so that's normal for me, yahoo!! no more inhaler, as i don't need it at this time, yahoo!! Wish i could say the same for the needles, but it has become so normal already i don't even think about it anymore. Out of 24 tests done only one showed up still abnormal, so that means i'm 95.8% normal, now some may disagree lol!! anyway... i did some research yet last night it is not something that can be humanly be fixed via vitamins or herbs etc. Prayer is the only thing that can change that test result back to normal, it is my lymphoma cancer test way, way, too low. I woke up middle of night and remembered my massage therapist gave me a name of a lady who massages lymph nodes to drain them, so hm.. even though it means going for daily trips to wpg. maybe i should call her and see what or if anything can be done, its worth trying anyway. My doc is so great, i gave him the info i'd collected on hyperbaric oxygen treatments and was going to research last night as he was on emerg, not sure if he'd have had time, he's at least open to check things out and said what ever i needed i should just let him know. His main concern was same as mine, that i'd be away from family too long, so its a big matter to pray about.
Well i'll leave this email on the shorter side, i'm hoping to get some visiting in this morning and mow the lawn after lunch, good thing its a ride on, those crawly creatures are out and about.

Prayer & Praise:
+ Serena - a little 2 yr old girl with cancer, going either yesterday or today for an ultra sound to check if tumor has shrunk.
+ Dave & Tina - Dave has leukemia, doc's can't give chemo or any help
+ Mari & Agabus - Mari is a young mom who has liver cancer, still in pain. Has CT scan in May
+ Blaine & Tamara - Blaine as he deals with pain on a daily basis dealing with cancer (fund raiser for Blaine & Tamara as well as Will & I April 30th.)
+ My cousin's son David a young 22 yr. old who has alphonse disease,
+Helena- will be in the Carrefour area for part of the time and then also helping out at an orphanage in St. Marc - helping where needed in Haiti.
+ Sharon - Josh (son) is a match (donor) for her now waiting for a surgery date on the liver transplant in London, ON, i haven't heard of any date, but she has a month now, surgery in May!!
+ April & Dwayne - April recouperating well now after her last treatment last week, pray for them as they move on to the next step
+Isaiah Beatty. He is still in the hospital fighting infection that the doc's don't know what to do about, pray for wisdom. He has really been going through a lot lately. (Isaiah has problems swallowing)
+ Darlene's mom who is taking chemo for her uterin cancer
+ Breanne - and her DTS team, haven't heard if their flight made it out to Turkey yet, but pray for safety and that their team will be able to do minister there.
+ David - Donna & Gerry's dad - taking chemo for his lung cancer as a precaution
+ friends asking for prayer to help quit smoking
+ friends of cousins who are struggling with marital issues
+ Janice as she deals with the loss of Tom ( Tom & I both had lung/lymphoma cancer, we did treatments almost at the same time, he passed away almost two weeks ago)
+ Ron & Joanne - Ron dealing with liver cancer

p.s. pic is one of my fav's, one i took last spring when the ornamental apple tree was in full bloom, look forward to that again, i'm sure soon

Is Jesus Enough?

Little girl & I have been out walkin' these days, we've had such beautiful weather, and yesterday lo and behold on our first walk we saw a turtle in the creek, there's little girl still wearing her pj's and rubber boots clomping beside me, i had tried to sneak out for a walk myself she caught me hense the hurried pj's and rubber boots. i'm sure quite a site to neighbor driving by and she's chatting a mile a min. so we decided after supper to go for another walk of course making sure little girl is dressed in normal cloths and of course i forgot again my camera, so that means going for walk # 3 this time the baby turtle wasn't on the log, he was too busy swimming back n' forth so anyway caught what i assume to be mama & papa sunning themselves. She also figured she needed to go home and get on her swim suit to jump in and catch one, br.... i think not, so hopefully i drilled her enough about it being dangerous. Now to find out what kind of turtles we have and where do they stay during the winter?? Oh, and then on second trip little girl brought a basket hoping one would be ambling over the road so she could take one home, even telling the turtles resting on the log she'd take really good care of them, they just needed to come to her lol!! she's quite the little motivator, of course we had to go for a walk again today, but only saw one, i'm sure we'll go for another walk, we stick to the road now as the slithering creatures are out, they're a little more visable there than walking down the back path. anyway... i just loved my devotions for today and thought i'd share them with you, also a word of advice if you know of anyone dealing with cancer and don't know what to get them, a devotional book on cancer is an excellent idea. ( two devotional books i've been reading are Praying Through Cancer & Hope for the Journey Through Cancer)I will soon be searching for another book, as i'm down to my last page in book 1 then to finish up book 2

Today's Topic Is Jesus Enough?
Phil 3:7 "But what things were gain to me, these I have counted loss for Christ."

devotional by Lynn Eib author of When God & Cancer Meet, & Finding the Light in Cancer's Shadow

My cancer diagnosis was especially upsetting to my husband. He had lost his first wife 20 yrs earlier to Lou Gehrig's disease when they were still newlyweds. To watch me face an uncertain future was more than he felt he could bear.
One day he came upon a car with a bumper sticker that read "Jesus Is Enough" He was so overcome with worry and fear of losing yet another wife that he wondered out loud. Is He really?
Have you asked that same question?
If i lose a breast, is Jesus enough?
If i lose my hair to cancer, is Jesus enough?
If i have to quit work, is Jesus enough?
And worst of all, if the cancer doesn't get cured, is Jesus really enough?
My husband answered that question two weeks later when he preached a powerful sermon entitled "Jesus is Enough" In it, he reminded all of us that God doesn't need to do another thing for us on this earth. He has given us His one and only Son, and in Him we have everything we need to cope with this life and every promise for eternal life. Jesus is Enough!!
Lord help me to feel in my heart what I know in my head - that You can and will meet every need I have during this cancer journey. Help me deal with the changes this disease is bringing into my life. I pray that they will be temporary ones and that my health will be restored completely. But even if its not, help my soul to be satisfied in You alone.
It feels unfair to have cancer after I've tried so hard to live for You. and then i remember that You lived completely for your Father and life still was very unfair to you. I'm glad You understand what i'm feeling and facing. I am so grateful that You, an all powerful God, have given me everything I need for this life. Thank you for this very great and precious promise. I praise you for being all I need - for being enough.
Today's tip: Listen for the word "enough" in conversations, and when you hear it, remind yourself that Jesus is enough.
Prayer Refrences: 2 Peter 1:3,4; Psalm 42:1

Tomorro i see my doc for a regular check up, to make sure i'm still doing well and to give him information i've collected about Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy, he will do some research and we'll discuss if it is something that i should try. i still am not sure wether i want to persue it, but it does sound good, but, there's always buts aren't there, it means being without my family for two months, it would be in Calgary as that's where they have medical staff available at all times, and it can be covered by medicare if you can get your doc to agree and if the consultation from them says its ok. i don't think i could handle being away that long, nor can my hubby take off work for so long i'm sure. so there's lots to pray about there. I also started up again my herbal medicines for cancer and so far i'v been able to swallow them, so i think its a sign i should continue them.
Anyway, as always my post seems to be long once again, but we are always thankful to all of you for your prayer support, love, diane
p.s. don't forget to check out the prayer & praise items on the 15th. of April