well, it seems like i havent been home long enough to post anything. tyler has had ballgames in roanoke on friday and today. we lost both games, but thats okay, they all played great. i am very proud of our team. the guys have tried very hard. got results back friday and really didnt show what they wanted, so now i have to go back monday, wed and thursday of next week to do more testing and to start my treatments. please pray for me. i am very nervous about this, since it is an unknown thing to me. i know that the lord is going to refine me as pure gold and bring me through it. just keep me in your thoughts and prayers and you all just really dont know how humbled i am just knowing that i have so many praying for me each day! i pray that he will use me in some way to touch someone else next week during this time!

Well, today was a long day, but got alot accomplished. mammogram, ultrasound and mri. still looking! They will have the results either friday or monday. It is amazing the technology and what goes on there.. But God is so much more than that and I know that he is in control of this situation and will work accordingly, in his time and how he wants it to go. I know that he is going to work through these doctors to show his hand. I just pray for patience, peace, comfort and healing and also to be a light to others for him through all of this. please keep me everyone in your prayers daily!

Prayer Warriors

Well, I have people praying for me in MD, PA, Wisconsin, Missouri, Texas, FL, SC, NC, TN and VA. God is in control and I know that he is hearing these prayers!

What really matters.......

You know, you go through everyday wondering how your going to do this and how your going to do that, but does it all really matter. All of the little things that bind your time so much and take so much of your days, does it really matter. When it is all said and done, do you even remember what you did a week ago, and we spent all of that time trying to get things done. I myself am really quilty of spending alot of time on this computer and my cellphone, but do we also spend as much of that time in meditation and reading Gods word. How much better off we would be if we put that energy and our minds into the Lord and spending time with him and building that relationship with him instead of concentrating on these things that really dont matter! Things are so trivial and we let ourselves get so involved in things that Really Dont Matter! Just a Thought!

What an awesome day at church today. God is always so present and you can just feel his spirit there. Pastor Jonathan presented another great message on The Father Knows Best talking about Love. We had a wonderful membership meeting with Matt Wilmington presenting the missions and goals of Dan River Church. Also a wonderful lunch from the Checkered Pig. The music is always so good at church. I always have such a worshipful time singing! Feeling pretty good. The Lord is good and his mercies endureth forever!

Feeling good today. helped cleaned at the church then we decided to go to the jv boys tournament game in lynchburg. They won the tournament. I have gotten a little tired today though. My energy level gets zapped. I am finding that I really dont need to sit and concentrate on this problem, just my solution. People do continue to amaze me. I pray for those people and thank God for the good ones. God is my Healer. I will put my trust in Him!

well, this was really special. I had a very special lady tell me tonight that she is in a group at her church of ladies who pray and fast for people and my name has been added to that. so I have some very special godly women praying and fasting for me. This feeling doesnt get much better than that!!!

As I continue to state, God is showing me his love for me through his people. They are not just praying for me, but keeping me lifted up daily!

Friday, February 19, 2010
Feeling a little emotional today, a little overwhelming at uva yesterday, but they know so much there and have so many resources to do so much. uva wants to do more testing and approach this in a different direction with chemo first. God is so good and I know I have to go through the fire for him to use me. I am alittle sad today though because I am just getting tired just thinking about everything that I am going to have to go through. But I want to Live! God is Good, He is my Rock!

February 17,2010

Today is Wednesday, February 17, 2010. A few weeks ago I was sort of interested in starting a blog, but my comment to someone was, well, I really dont have anything to blog about. Well, now I do! I was recently diagnosed last week with Breast Cancer. This is something that I guess has always been in the back of my mind because of my family history. My mom first had breast cancer at the age of 24, back in 1962 when they found hers she was pregnant with me. They couldnt do anything until after she had me and then they removed her right breast. Thirty years after that, she was diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer, Stage 4, she passed away in 1992 about a year and a half after diagnoses. My case is this. I have had mammograms every year since I was 24. Never having any problems. I was in a study at Duke back in 1994 for a gene testing.
I found this knot under my left arm back in November 2009. My first doctors appt. was in January, doing an ultrasound and mammogram. The mammogram came back okay, but of course the ultrasound showed the tumor. My doctor has ordered a gene test (BRACA) that will show if I have this gene and then he will know which way to do my surgery. So I go to UVA tomorrow, thursday. Also, having some pain under my left shoulder blade. Hope its not moving or growing!

I am trying to take this all one day at a time. I know that my Lord is going to heal me and get me through this. I have asked him to show me his love through his people, and boy does he do that every single day! I know that he is going to strengthen me and lift me up every minute of the day. I just pray for him to use me and show me how I can help others! This is definately a road that I have never experienced, but I will get through it and only by Gods Mercy and Grace and Healing!! John 11:4