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Sunday, 20 July 2008

  • Summer..

    One of my favorite things about being an ADYS was the summer at camp and that ministry.  But also getting that break from the office.  Now that I am at THQ I am mostly in the office.  Since I don't even remember much of last summer with doing chemo I did not feel the difference as much as I do this summer.  I find myself in the quiet office looking out the window needing to be outside instead of at a desk.  I have traveled and done some camp visits and that helps.  This week I am doing sunbeam camp in FL.and am looking forward to a good week. The theme for the week is Super Babes girls of God.  At vespers we will be adding another piece of the Super Babe costume and learn about how we need to live as girls of God. My creative side is still slow so I hope everything goes well.   

    Please be in prayer for all the DYS's as they are at that point of the summer when everyone is getting tired.

Saturday, 24 May 2008

  • One Year....

    It has now been one year since my world changed.  It was May 25th of last year when the Dr. called to let me know that I had cancer.  It's a day that I will never forget. My life fell apart and I have spent the last year putting it back together.   This year I have been through 4 months of chemo, 3 surgeries, hours of physical therapy, and many days where I could not even move.  But I am now cancer free. 

    My final surgery was two weeks ago and everything went great.  I see the end of all of this in sight.  I am now on a schedule of seeing the Dr's only every 3 months.  Cancer has changed my life.  I am now a survivor but it has left me with many lasting effects that changes how I live physically as well as in my outlook and the way I live.

Monday, 05 May 2008

  • Last week I went to TYWC and it was a good week.  But long...  It has taken me 3 days to recover. 

    My last surgery is in the morning.  This one is outpatient and much easier than the last two.  It will be good to get it over with so that I can heal and move on.

    We also have a new little guy in our family.  Ethan is such a cutie.  I'm sure his daddy has him watching hockey already.  Tell him Auntie Joy can't wait to see him.

Monday, 14 April 2008

  • Life is going along pretty good.  I am at a place that I was not sure I would ever get back to, and that's the busyness of normal life.  The big diffrence is that now I struggle more with not letting work take over my life.  Before it was just normal, now I don't want it to be the routien I fall into again.  I am starting to travel again and am ejoying the opportunity to tell people in person how much I appreciate their support.  I am cancer free, done with treatments, and only have one surgery left.  The Lord has been so good to me!

     

Monday, 24 March 2008

  • These days life is going good.  My energy level is still low but slowly getting better.  I  have one minor outpatient surgery left and it will be on May 6th.   I'm just hanging in here and figuring it out as I go.  Some days are good others, are a little bit of a struggle but all in all I'm doing pretty good. 

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