This blog is for and about Margaret's journey during a health crisis. It is begun with permission and is written for you -- the huge and loving support network that surrounds her. It is a place where I will share with you her trials and markers. It will be a place to find updates.
On January 11, 2011 ~ Margaret was diagnosed with breast cancer and that it had started to spread beyond that point. It was a long hard week and a half to wait to find out the full diagnosis. However, it was also a week to come to grips with the news and come to know how very much Margaret and the rest of us are loved, cared for, and supported by God.
Today her loving entourage (son Chris, sister Jackie, and friends John and Lorraine) accompanied Margaret to Mt Sinai Hospital where we met Joan (Margaret's angel) and the most wonderful surgeon Dr. E. Port. Dr. Port informed us that Margaret's breast cancer is a very aggressive type known as Inflammatory Breast Cancer (IBC) and is at stage III. An additional biopsy of the skin was done today as well.
Next week Margaret will take her first "PET" scan and meet with an Oncologist who is a specialist in this field. Sometime soon thereafter she will begin chemotherapy as step #1 of her healing journey.
Margaret is doing well. She knows she is surrounded by a most loving family, true and good friends and an extensive support network. She knows that she is cherished and supported by and in God. Please join us all in prayer!
Posted this on Facebook last night but some of you will only see this blog.
ReplyDeleteBy this evening my spirit was truly sagging. A class tonight in Ignatian Spirituality made a world of difference. I went to class with tears in my eyes and after class there was a song in my heart. Sang badly all the way home but I Have Decided to Follow Jesus and DeColores never sounded so good. That was in spite of a really Godly and kind man telling me how wonderful dying can be. Thought of a wonderful comeback after class, alas it was after class. It was to ask him if he was speaking from experience lol. Don't judge him he is really kind and generous in Spirit. I do love my Tuesday night classes and tonight's was really a blessing. Lone Episcopalian in a class filled with my Catholic brothers and sisters
Margaret, I feel your powerful strength in reading your post. God is amazing in that the fact that I've never met you and am thousands of miles away. I feel so fortunate to be a part of your life and journey. May God continue to heal and protect you.
ReplyDeleteBlessings, Jerry
"When human beings whom God loves suffer, God is present with them, compassionately loving them through the suffering, desiring life for them, and acting to bring it about when human forces have played themselves out." - (Prayer: Elizabeth Johnson – Consider Jesus p. 115)