Anniversary!

Today marks 10 years since I was first told the doctors suspected I had cancer. Time flies so fast! Since then I had 2 surgeries on my leg, chemotherapy, radiation, lung surgery, and numerous tests. Every 6 months or year I go in for scans to see how things are progressing, or lacking progression! Since the lung surgery in the summer of 2000 the tumors remaining in my lungs have been stable, growing and shrinking ever so slightly that it could just be attributed to the scanning machines. When we were first starting the treatment process my parents did not feel good about doing chemotherapy, but the docs persisted. After the cancer grew due to the treatments, the main tumor was removed from my leg. One of the docs gave me a 25% chance of surviving (I think this was past 5 years)! But, the Lord has blessed me greatly. There were many times during the treatments and surgeries that I know I was being strengthened by Him. I know that I would not have healed nearly as fast as I did after the lung surgery had it not been for a priesthood blessing. He has now blessed me with a wonderful husband and 2 beautiful boys who brighten my life everyday.