Good Tuesday

Hello to my family and friends!
Yesterday I had my 9th treatment of chemo - Yes- only 3 left of this drug. It is only by God's strength that I can do this! Sometimes I can't hardly believe that 12 weeks of chemo will be under my belt. On August 12th I will have a chemo education class on the next drug they will be giving me. From what I understand this half of the treatment is a cake walk compared to the next drug. I will admit I have been been quite fearful of this next drug. It sounds pretty harsh and causes a lot of nausea. I could really use your prayers that God will keep me safe from negative side effects and that my body receives this drug well. My first treatment of this new drug will be August 27th - Please start praying!!!! Doing pretty good today. Not too tired. My stomach has been a little upset but I think it's just because I have been thinking about the next 3 months rather than just taking it day by day. That's really the best medicine is just living for the day and not worrying about what tomorrow holds. That's a hard lesson to learn. I find myself talking to God all day just telling Him what's on my mind. He has become my very best friend! I really do need your prayers for strength, courage and a warrior mentality. I really started out strong in these areas but in the last week and half my attitude and spirit toward this whole thing has really hit bottom. This is where I know your prayers will lift me right back up. I am trying to remember those things God spoke to my heart before all of this began. Well, that's it for now. I hope you all are enjoying this day!!!!!

Love you,
Dana

Happy Saturday!

Yes, I love the weekends!!!!! The chemo for the most part is out of my body and I feel soooooooo much better. WOW, what a difference in the attitude too when your body feels better :) I always have the "tired yuk" feeling but at least on the weekends it's not as bad and my stomach feels a little better. I've only had a few days of a nausea but nothing bad at all. Most times my stomach just feels heavy and doesn't tolerate any of my favorite things like chocolate milkshakes and birthday cake. Yes, those two delicious items are my favorites! Since I have been on chemo for whatever crazy reason I can't tolerate milk products or chocolate - how unfair is that!!!! Sometimes on a good weekend I might try and sneak in some goodies :) Not much happening today. We are just going to get some cleaning, laundry and little grocery shopping accomplished. I am looking forward to my 9th treatment on Monday. Yahooooo, after that only3 left of this drug! I will also be visiting with my oncologist and having an exam. Please pray that God would give my oncologist wisdom from above over my body. I believe so far God has guided her in my treatment and will continue to do so. Thank you all so much for your prayers. It was a rough week emotionally and I got through because of the prayers of MANY!! Thank you Lord for your Saints that have rallied around me!!!

Love you!
Dana

A Day of Blessing

Hello Family and Friends,
What a day of blessing from the Lord! God just knows what you need when you need it. Yesterday as my body was physically tired from chemo my emotions started to go down hill too. I am realizing that this is more of a mental game than it is physical. Sometimes I just get tired of being strong and that's when I know the prayers of many carry me through. I was also starting to feel for the first time in this process a little "U-G-L-Y, You ain't got no alibly" I mean when you look in the mirror and see a baldie with pimples all over her head it's not the prettiest sight. Anyways, as I poured out my heart to God last night after today I know He heard every word. It's like that scripture in Psalms 30:5 "...weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning." This morning the kids auntie and uncle took them to the city pool to have a day of fun in the sun and then back to their house for the rest of the afternoon. I was able to rest the WHOLE day - what a needed rest too! I crashed hard! Thanks Deb and Kev for the sleep and quiet time - a total blessing. Then two special friends came to deliver meals from Supper Solutions. What an incredible blessing. I was totally overwhelmed with their kindness. Sandy G. and Susanne you have blessed me and my family more than you know! What a total treat! Then I received a card in the mail from a special lady who I have yet to meet. A gift certificate was enclosed for a manicure. How fun that will be to help in the "pretty department". Thanks Toni! God is true to His promises. He is a faithful God even down to the smallest of details. He even cares that I need to feel pretty :) So to say the least, today was an incredible day despite the tired. Thank you all for your prayers and support - it's what helps us get through.

Love,
Dana

Prayer Requests:
*Please begin to pray that my body will tolerate the next chemo drug well with no side effects. It supposedly causes a lot of nausea and other wonderful things. That will start in 4 more weeks.
*Please pray that God take away fear and helps me to trust Him in everything!

Hot Summer Day

Hello All!
Wow - it was super hot today -101 degrees. I thought I was going to explode trying to get my groceries in the car. I thank the Lord for air conditioning just about everytime I walk in the house :) All is going well. Feeling the "normal crummy" feeling, but nothing that is unbearable. All went well with the 8th treatment. The Lord answered my prayers with my port poking. The nurse did a great job and I barely felt it - yeah! Sometimes I just can't believe the things I fret over. I was worrying so much about getting poked bad that I guess I already forgot the lesson in trusting God WITH ALL THINGS! He even cares about the little things like getting a "good poke"! For those praying about the urinary tract infection all is well there too. No infection - look'n good! No much else to report. Please continue to pray for strength to make it through the duration of the treatments and strength for Mark to carry a heavier load around the house. Thanks a bunch!

Love to you,
Dana

Weekend In the Mountains

Hello Family and Friends,
Hope you all had a good weekend! The Lord blessed me and my family with an awesome weekend up in the mountains camping. We went camping with Mark's family up to Ranger Lakes. It was absolutely beautiful! Weather was perfect and I felt great. I was able to stay in Harlan and Marlene's 5th wheel and the boys and daddy camped out in their tent. We all had a blast and the mountain air was awesome. Chaz, Mark and Harlan all went fishing Saturday morning (and after a little prayer by Cade) they hit the fish jackpot! Actually, Harlan and Chaz were fishing and kept reeling them in so Mark stood next to them with the net to catch them all :) ( I am not telling fish stories either) It was so much fun to see Chaz get soooo excited to hook a fish. Chaz did catch the monster fish that day! We know it was a "divine fishing appointment" because every other time they went fishing they didn't get anything. The best part of the trip for me was Marlene's cooking - wow!! She is quite a cook and we all agreed that for some reason food cooked at the campsite always tastes soooo good! Thanks Marlene for all your great meals. I am hoping that those fine meals tip the scale to over 100 lbs tomorrow at chemo! I am still stuffed :) Thanks to both Harlan & Marlene for all the effort it took make the weekend happen and making good memories for us all! Yes, tomorrow is chemo #8! Please pray that all goes well and that my port is up for another poking- still a little tender from last week. After tomorrow only 4 treatments left of the Taxol and then I get to start the next drug. Man, God is sooooo good because I can't hardly believe that this portion of the treatment is almost over. Mark did notice today that the top of my head is bald in certain spots and I also noticed that part of my eyebrow on my right side is gone - Yikes, like I said in my last post I am a definite Beauty Queen:) It is kind of funny when you see Mark and I standing next to eachother. If you have ever seen Austin Powers movie with "Mini Me". Yea, that 's me - Mini Me standing next to Big Baldie! The doctor did say that most of my hair would be gone but I was hoping not to have to shave anymore! But no, that hair still has to grow like gang busters! Have a great Sunday nite -

Love to all,
Dana

Prayer Requests:
Tomorrow's chemo at noon goes well!

Lonely, But Not Alone!

Hello Family and Friends,
It has been a few days since I have posted an update. My mom and sis left on Wednesday. Thanks Mom and Brit for making the trip and helping out with so much! I received my 7th treatment this last Monday and all went well with the exception of a sore port area after the nurse had placed in the needle. (The port is under my skin on my chest and it looks like a little button. This is where the nurse places the needle to adminster the chemo each week.) Normally, when I am poked it just feels like a mosquito bite. However, this last Monday was a doozy! I did have the port checked out today to make sure all is well and it is :) I am really starting to feel different effects of the chemo that I hadn't the first five treatments. I am basically a beauty queen right now - bald, pimply, and half of my brain feels like its on vacation. I lost my keys twice today and couldn't find my cell phone. I had to call it to locate it in the house. Then as I was getting ready for bed I couldn't remember what medication I had already taken and which ones I had left. However, to give myself a little credit I do take about a dozen pills a day. I have had several people ask me how I have felt today. To be quite honest, not really sure how to express how I feel physically or mentally - just plain shot! The chemo really is taking a toll on me as it continues and I guess it gets a little discouraging because I am trying my best to keep my head "above the waters". The whole "bald thing" has never gotten to me except for today when I had a little girl just stare at me like I was from a different planet and then several people I noticed couldn't stop starring. Sometimes I wonder what goes through their minds. I try and place myself in their shoes and wonder what I would think. Today was the first day in this whole process that I truly felt a loneliness that was undescribable. Something I knew that only I was going through and nobody around me could take away or understand. My husband is the most wonderful man and has ALWAYS been and IS my hugest support but even he can not take away this lonelines that comes with this territory. But there is One who understands this loneliness and is right now giving me this realization! Christ, our Saviour, who died on the cross for each of us experienced a loneliness that none of us could imagine and He did it to show us His great love for us! I believe that even in these lonely days Christ is standing right next to me saying" Daughter, you are mine and I will walk with you every step of the way!" I must remember that He has brought us through some many other difficult times so why would this be any different??? I have to thank a dear friend of mine - Tracy N. Thank you Tracy for the most encouraging note and lyrics to Ginny Owens song -POWERFUL words! I was a sobbing mess when I read the lyrics to that song. I must admit I felt like I was reading my story. You can't possibly know how timely your card was and what it meant to me. I also love the socks! Where ever I go I always say that "With God, all things are posssible"! For those of you reading this my friend sent me these adorable socks with that scripture on them. Tracy, I will probably wear those things out :) Please pray that God would protect me from negative side effects of the chemo and that I can continue on in God's strength!

Love you all!
Dana

"Come and see what God has done, how awesome his works in man's behalf!" Psalm 66:5

Victory Report - PRAISE HIM!!

Hello Family and Friends,
It has been a couple of days since I last checked in with you. Today was my 7th chemo treatment and all went great! White blood cells were up and blood work looked good! God has once again shown Himself. I got the results back to today for the gene testing. This gene test was done by blood work and showed whether or not I carried a gene that was prone to cancer. Well, by God's grace it came back NEGATIVE!! Yes, I am doing another happy dance. If it had come back positive I would have had to have boths breasts removed and fallopian tubes and ovaries out. So I am one happy lady :) Thank you all for your prayers regarding this gene test - God heard them all! What made chemo extra special today was having my mom and sister by my side. They flew in from Wisconsin on Sunday and have been a huge help and encouragement to me. I loved having them there with me today cheering me on - Thanks mom and sis!! I am feeling really good tonight. Thank you all for your continued prayers and thanks most of all for celebrating these victories with me!

Love you,
Dana

Prayer Requests:

Prayer for few side effects this week - especially sleep- the steroids keep me awake all night!
Prayer for a friend named Keith who was just diagnosed with prostrate cancer -God's healing on him!
Prayer for Jenna, 7 years old, who has leukemia - God's healing on her!

"With God, all thing are possible" Mathew 19:26

Great Day!

What a nice day today. Usually by Friday the chemo is starting to wear off and I begin to get a renewed strength and energy - yeah!!! I am thankful for these good days because I kind of get to feel like a normal wife and mommy. This morning Chaz was finishing his last day of football camp and Aunt Debi and Uncle Kev watched Cade for me so I could go and watch chaz do his thing! Thanks Deb and Kev for taking Cade for the morning. He was just telling daddy how Auntie Deb let him jump in the pool and then you caught him but he still went into the water :) He too had a blast today - thank you!! I was blessed once again by one of God's angels. A special lady named Twila, who is an incredible massage therapist, gave me an upper body massage to work out some of this tension. All I have to say is "aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh"! It was wonderful and I am so grateful- Thanks Twila! I just praise God for allowing me to see all of His wonderful blessings around me and be thankful for my every breath - He is good!

Love,
Dana

A Rock of Rememberance

Hello Family and Friends,
Today was a good day for clouds and rain as I could stay inside and lay in my Lazy boy and sleep off the effects of the chemo. Thank you Marlene for "Grandma Camp" today for Cade as Chaz was at football camp- it really gave me a chance to rest :) The chemo effects seem to get a little more intense with each treatment. I can easily deal with the tiredness but the feeling of nausea is sometimes a little too much! As, I was resting today God brought to my mind the story of the Isrealites after they came through their desert experience and had entered the promised land. Joshua had set up 12 stones (for the twelve tribes of Isreal) to help them remember and also future generations to remember of how God saved them from their desert experience and brought them into their promised land. I don't think that these were just small stones but rather large rocks maybe boulders ( I am going to google this after I am done because I think I had heard that these "stones of rememberance are still there - how cool!!) Anyways, what an awesome reminder to us as believers of God's true faithfulness and power! It says in Joshua 4:24 "He did this so that all the peoples of the earth might know the hand of the Lord is powerful and so that you might always fear the Lord your God". I too am experiencing a "desert experience" but can look back on previous "stones of rememeberance" to know He is faithful and will pull me through this. I will have a large "rock of rememberance" but it will be a joy to look at because it will represent His strength in my life. So when I start to question why me I had better start quoting Joshua 4:24! Will you guys please remind me of this verse on my bad days??? :)

Prayer requests:
Continued strength physically, mentally and spiritually
Tolerability of chemo treatments and able to still care for my family

Love you all!
Dana

The Joy of the Lord Is My Strength!

Hello Family and Friends,
I am beginning to understand what it means to have the joy of the Lord be my strength. Today I really don't have a lot of physical strength due to the chemo but His joy is getting me by! I have noticed now there is a definite pattern of emotions that I go through during the week. By day 3 and 4 after treatments you get so physically worn down that the spirit tends to drop with it. These are the days that it is more of a mental game than physical. Today my mind started to wander to the length of my treatment, how many crummy days are ahead, wishing I could just have a "normal fun summer" with my boys and the list goes on! It just takes me awhile to get out of that funk because I soon remember all of the promises that My God has given me and that pulls me out of the pits! God is awesome because he has already shown himself today through "His helpers". Jay & Brandi you guys are the best - thank you for the delicious meal you brought not to mention one of Mark's favorites :) Your smiles warmed my heart - I needed that today. Thank you to Laurie H. who just stopped by to ask to pick up my kids to take them to the park for the afternoon. ( I will take a rain check on that since they were napping :) That was so thoughtful and how timely. God is faithful and knows what I need when I need it. Not much else to report - Signing out for now!

Prayer requests:
Pray for gene test to come back negative
Pray that lymph node under my arm will shrink to nothing!
Pray for lifted spirits in our home.
Minimal to no side effects during chemo

Thank you and Love you,
Dana

Bald Buddies

Happy Monday All!
It was a good day today. Today was my 6th treatment of Taxol. I reached my half way mark with this drug - Yahooo! I can really feel God's people praying for me on Mondays because it really is my very best day! There is a peace in me that I can't even explain, a determination to fight and a joy that fills my heart - Wow, the power of prayer! Thank you so very much! White blood cells dropped a few points from last week but still in the "normal" range. Still no results on the gene test yet, but hopefully by next Monday we will know more. I want you all to meet a friend of mine who lives right next door. Her name is Jen and she is the sweetest gal who has a heart of gold. I am truly blessed to have a friend like her. God has blessed her with the gift of creativity. This gal can make anything! She has a purse and jewlery line that you ladies would drool over and she sews like nobody's business. A month ago Jen said she would shave her head so I wouldn't have to be the only one on the block with a shiny nogin! I tried to talk her out of it but her mind was made up. Today she came over to show me her new doo! Wow, she pulls it off well and looks beautious! Jen, I love ya and thank you for your wonderful support and love for me and my guys - anyone would be blessed to call you friend!

Love,
Dana

GOING, GOING, GONE...

Hope you all had a great weekend! We had great, sunny weather here in Fort Collins. This weekend the boys took mama to the archery range so big Daddy D could get some practice in for Elk season this fall. Chaz has got himself a little bow and loves to go out and shoot with dad. Cade likes to stand behind daddy and imitate his every move. Mama had to give it a shot herself. There is no way I could even begin to pull Mark's monster bow back but I surely could attempt to shoot chaz's. The competitive nature in me got the best of me once again and I had to keep shooting until of course I managed to get in the circle area :) Yeah for mom! (This nature of mine to win has come in handy these days - thanks Lord!) We really didn't do much else but just kick back and relax- doctor's orders. That is hard for us as we love to be on the go, however, I am staying focused on next summer and dream of the places and things we will do! Mom, Yellowstone is on the calendar next year! The only other highlight for the weekend was the "hair cutting party" we had at grandma's house! I absolutely could not stand my hair all over the house. The last straw was waking up at 3:00 am Sunday morning with a clump of hair in my mouth and then trying to turn over on the other side of my pillow to get another clump in my eye. So let the shaving begin.... One by one my kids and hubby stepped up to the plate to support mama and shave their heads too. I really didn't think Cade would go for it but once he saw how cool his big brother looked he was all for it. Those boys are the cutest little bald blondies I have ever seen. Not to mention Mr. D. He has a perfectly round shaped head and looks pretty darn hot if I might say so myself! You always wonder if you have a cone shaped nogin with a few bumps or lumps. Now it was my turn to find out and to my surprise I too have a nice round head. I was totally ready for it to be gone and actually really like the feeling of the fuzz on top. It must have been all the prayers because I couldn't at one point have ever imagined my head with no hair, but it is true "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength". I must admit there is quite a freedom in feeling the wind against your baldness - hee hee. Also ladies, I will never have a bad hair day for awhile :) Tomorrow is my 6th treatment of chemo. It is also the half way mark of this specific drug. Yeah!!!! You all could pray for our spirits to remain high around here. Today was a little emotional. I am realizing that everybody in our family goes through cancer - not just me! My husband and kids are all going through something that I don't understand. I can see it in the behaviors and attitudes. Especially the the little guy. He has really been pushing mommy and daddy to our limits. Mark himself has a lot on his plate too caring for everybody and watching me change physically. So please pray that the Lord meets everybody's needs. Thank you for all your prayers and love.

Prayer Requests:
Healing for mark and the boys of their colds
God protects me from their colds :)
Lord meets our physical, mental and spiritual needs

Love,
Dana

GOD IS REAL & WORKING IN ME!!!

PRAISE THE LORD FOR HIS GREAT MIRACLES! I just received a call from my oncologist who gave me the results of the MRI I had done yesterday. She told me that the radiologist first asked her why she even had me have an MRI because the breast looked normal. :) :) :) :) :) :) (If you could only see me now - I am doing a happy dance ) My oncologist asked about the lymph node that had popped up under my armpit and there was no revealing cancer in that area as well. She said she was puzzled as to why the lymph area wasn't lighting up as it has raised to the surface of the skin. So my doctor will have another radiologist review that lymph node area on monday to make sure it's nothing we should be concerned about. However, if you all could have seen the MRI I had taken 5 weeks ago - it looked like clouds of cells covering the whole breast and now it looks "normal" . That is God's miracle of healing working in me! I thank God everyday for all of you who He has rallied around me and are praying. I hope this encourages your faith in Christ that He is listening and answering - IT DOES MINE! I will end with this verse that a dear friend from Minnesota sent me yesterday. Luke 1:45 "Blessed is she who haas believed that what the Lord has said to her will be accomplished". (Thanks Judy!)

Love - Dana ( Please view the picture off to the side of me doing the "happy dance" . For some of you that don't know me really well - I can get a little crazy at times ) :)

Another Day Accomplished!

Thank you Lord that you helped me through this day! Yesterday and today I must admit have been a little physically difficult. The chemo hit me hard yesterday making me extremely worn out and a little achey. Today not as tired but just a tinge of nausea. Thank you to Jill who bought me some peppermint tea - it really works!! It definitely cuts the nausea a bit. On these days I must remind myself that it's ok to just rest. My nature is to be on the constant go motion and this has really been a difficult adjustment for me. For instance, today my goal was to just complete a load of wash and get it folded. Well, mission accomplished! I was so proud of myself for getting it done where as on a"normal" day that would have been a pretty puny task. The Lord is teaching me just a few things on this journey and one of them is patience and learning to wait on Him. Not only that but to trust Him for completely everything even my very breath. How many times as a Christian have I recited the verse Proverbs 3:5 "Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your paths straight? I have said that one to myself many times and have shared that with others as well. However, that verse these days have taken on a whole new meaning. I am learning that by trusting in Christ for my EVERYTHING takes away a lot of stress, anxiety and worry. I know now that He knows what 's best for me and that gives me peace! However, I know these hard days will come to an end and when it's my time to shout His praises there won't be anything holding me down! I sometimes invision myself as bull in it's pen waiting for that moment to bust out with all it's might and charge!!!!! Well God is showing me JUST A FEW THINGS while I'm "waiting in my pen" but I tell you when that time comes for me to bust out there won't be anymore time to be resting in the Lazy Boy- I will be put'n on the "Busy Mode" and singing His praises of grace and mercy! Oh yes, I did have my MRI today and will have the results of that by next monday. It will show how much cancer God had destroyed since the last one 5 weeks ago :) Please continue to pray for the boys that they will be healed of their colds and that I and Mark will remain healthy too! Thanks all for your posts - I love them and they encourage me so! P.S. Sarah, thank you for setting up a meal during the week. Today's meal was so awesome and came on the perfect day. What a total blessing! Also, to our Wellington small group, you guys have been so supportive with cards, prayers, calls and delicious meals! Thank you doesn't seem to express our gratitude. We love you guys!

Love,
Dana

Happy 4th of July!

Hello Family and Friends,
Had a little bit of a rough day today. The third and fourth days after chemo tend to be the hardest. Super tired and a just a bit achey. Both of the boys came down with colds yesterday and today. Not good as I am not suppose to be around ANYONE sick - yikes!! Prayer for their healing and for mommy and daddy to remain healthy. I am so grateful to you all who are praying - I feel those prayers everyday. Tomorrow I will have an MRI to check out that lymph node that has popped up under my arm and to check on the cancer in the breast. I am believing that this MRI will look much better than the first one before chemo :) God is healing. Took the boys to the fireworks tonight - so I am exhausted. I am hoping this entry is making sense.

Prayer requests:

MRI results come back good.
Healing for both Chaz and cade.
Protection for Dana against the kids colds.

Love - Dana

Happy Birthday Mark!

Happy Birthday to my Honey! Mark is 39 big ones today and we started our morning by visting Lamars doughnuts for a special birthday treat. We all went in our jammies - what a sight! We had a great birthday celebration with Mark's family last night and Marlene out did herself again. She is an amazing cook and whipped up a special mexican feista! OLE!! What a fun time with the fam! I praise God for a wonderful man - he's my treasure from heaven. Today has been a great day. I feel surprisingly good the day after treatment. Thank you all for your prayers - I feel them today - YOUR AWESOME!

Love,
Dana

VICTORY REPORT - PRAISE THE LORD!!!!

Hello Family and Friends,
Thank you ALL for your many, many, many prayers- that's what gets me through! I am blown away by all the people praying and people who don't even know me have such a heart for praying for my healing - WOW! God has truly rallied His saints around me. And here is an example of the power of prayer: today I met with my oncologist who did an exam and she confirmed that the breast tissue was becoming much softer (as it was very firm my first visit) which means the tumors are shrinking!!!! I did have one little lymph node that had popped up under the one I had originally taken out. So we are going to watch that. I will have another MRI this week or the beginning of next week to see exactly how much the tumors have shrunk and see what that lymph node is doing. I can't wait to see the results so God can reveal His great power to all the docs and nurses!! 2nd praise is that my white blood cell count has gone up from 1.2 last week to 1.8 this week ( the normal ranges are 1.5-8.5) That is a praise to God! I was able to receive my treatment today -Yahhhoooo, 5 done 7 more to go of this drug. "I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me" Phillipians 4:13 A month ago I was horrified at the name "chemo" and look how God has given us the strength to do all things. The Bible works - His promises are true and they are there for the taking! All we have to do is believe and He does all the rest. For those of you who may never have considered a relationship with our precious Lord please consider it today because no matter what you are going through in this life God can carrry you through it AND you can still enjoy life - I am a living testimony of that! One other quick thing of how God works so beautifully. Today at chemo I pulled out my bible and just opened it and a piece of paper fell out. I opened it and noticed it was dated June 25, 2006. I had written it almost a year ago to this day. It started out by saying "If you have experienced great trials, you have the potential for great praise" It was a notation from my study bible. Then it was followed by a verse found in Psalm 107:32 "Let them (the Isrealites)exalt him in the assembly of the people and praise Him in the council of the elders". Then I had written "the Isrealites suffered greatly before reaching their promise land. However, once they reached their promise land they had much to praise God for- Thank you Lord for trials and tribulations so we can recognize your power and victory in our lives!" (Yikes, it kind of gave me chills) This was an awesome reminder today. How many times have I been in my bible and that piece of paper has never fallen out or I never saw it except for this day. He works in wonderful ways.

PRAYER REQUEST:
Today I had a gene test taken to tell me if I carry a cancer gene that makes me more prone to cancer. Please pray that it comes back negative. If this test comes back positive it requires a bi-lateral masectomy and removal of ovaries and fallopian tubes. I am believing that when God created me He gave me good genes not bad ones! It takes about 1 to 2 weeks for results.

I Love you!
Dana

Great weekend!

Hello all-
It has been a wonderful weekend. I usually feel pretty good by Saturday and Sunday as the chemo has worked it's way out of my body. We had some dear friends, Pamela and Brian, come by this evening to spend a little time with us and gave me the most incredible foot rub - aaahhhhh! What a wonderful treat -thank you for the pampering! Tomorrow is my 5th chemo treatment. Prayer warriors, please pray that there are no negative side effects. I will also be meeting with my oncologist tomorrow so she can examine me and check to see if the chemo is working. Please also pray that the Lord would use me to minister to those receiving chemo that may not know Him. If I am there I might as well be used by Him!!! :)

Thank you all for your prayers and love,
Dana