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Yes, Laura, rest and HEAL! 2 of my own sisters down w/ resp illnesses. Tough time of year. love and prayers to all, xoxo,jennifer
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Hi ladies.
Thank you for all of your prayers on my behalf. I had my bone scan today, PET scan last Friday, DEXA scan will be this Friday, then the onc on Tuesday. I'm praying that there's nothing on my lower spine and they will just tell me I have arthritis. I told a friend, I will be the happiest old arthritic lady you have ever seen, lol. Seriously though, am so very scared. My back is getting worse all the time, more and more pain. Tylenol is not cutting it. I've gone on to Lortab. If there's nothing there, I really do need to find out what is happening. I asked the girl who did my bone scan today if they truly can tell the difference between arthritis and cancer on the bone scan and she said no. It's an educated guess by the radiologist. Not a great answer
Anyway, have been praying alot to St. Peregrine, Our Lady and St. Pio, as well as my Guardian Angel and I appreciate the prayers that have been said for me here. Will let you all know as soon as I get an answer.
God Bless you all.
Gracie
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Hope you don't think I am a crazy person......but what do you think of this......?
I have always felt like I have had someone watching over me.....a guardian angel......or perhaps my father who passed away after I graduated college.....or perhaps God or Mary......I just felt that things happened in a way that included some kind of intervention.
When I was diagnosed I was sitting in a waiting room at the doctor's office in Dallas tx. A very nice older couple struck up a conversation with my husband and I. She was battling cancer for the second time....she had such a calm around her. As her name was called she stood up and as she passed by she gave me a copy of a story......and handwritten she underlined the moral of the story which was ......TRUST HIM. I kept the article and still have it. I thought a lot about trying to put this cancer in HIS hands and trust him.....easy to say.......hard to do.
Not too much later I was sent an inspirational story......the gist of the article was that when you find a penny....which says.... IN GOD WE TRUST......it is God's way of talking to you.....again....you need to Trust HIM. I was sent all kinds of inspirational stories and prayers the first year but for whatever reason this story stuck...... and as it stuck I started to see pennies in odd places when I was usually at my lowest point. I would be upset or nervous about a pain and then reach for a book and a penny would fall out......like why would a penny be inside a book? It was just so uncanny to find these pennies when I needed to TRUST God the most. Crazy perhaps.....but I felt like someone was watching over me and trying to tell me that I am going to be okay.
This past week was hell. I had a tumor marker test and my numbers jumped nearly 10 points...almost to out of the normal range....I thought for sure this "was it". I have been having a lot of bone pain and I have been afraid it was more than arthritis. I spoke with my doctor and he wanted me to rerun the test as well as get a pet scan. UGH..... I hate scans. It has been a year since I had one and I was more than scared with the high number. So while we were all praying I took the tumor marker test and the number slid back down.....and then on the weekend I took the scan. I was leaving sunday to go on a business trip and asked my husband not to call me with the results until I got home at the end of the week as I didn't want to be alone to find out the results.
On the way to the airport we missed the green light and there was the usual man with a jug looking for donations as always.....but this time he looked at me and along with the jug....he held out a penny to show me.....I've never seen him do that. Was this a sign I was going to be ok?
When I got to the Atlanta airport I decided to stop in the restroom..... I passed several and decided to go into the one closest to the gate. I went to wash my hands and on the shelf above the sink there was a book standing on it's edge. From my position I could only see the back cover. No one else was in the restroom with me. As I proceeded to leave the restroom I looked back over my shoulder to see the title of the book.......it was...."The lovely bones". I just knew at that point that my scan was going to be OK. Crazy, right?
Today my husband sent me the report even though I am not home.......no sign of cancer
Prayers were answered ladies and I cannot thank you enough......
Jacqueline
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Jacqueline...I'm so happy for your good test results. I'm positively grinning!
And thanks be to God!
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Jacqueline,,, He heard all of us... SO SO HAPPY FOR YOU
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Jacqueline-
I just felt the prayers being answered for you, had a sense of peace and no worry for you!
I believe in all the signs too, have had many myself and we just have to believe, it is the universe working on our behalf.
So glad you are ok!!
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Jackie!!! Great news!!! You have a great guardian angel, there!!! Ladies, we all have them....we just need to remember to ask for their help if they are not as outgoing as Jackie's is!!
Laura, I hope your angel watches over you and lowers that temp tonight...and yes....fluids, please. Keep them going in you as much as possible.
God Bless you ladies!
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Ladies...just a note on today's feast day of St. Paul of the Cross. He wrote, "It is an excellent and holy practice to call to mind and meditate on our Lord's Passion, since it is by this path that we shall arrive at union with God. In this, the holiest of all schools, true wisdom is learned, for it was there that all the saints became wise. Taken from a letter written by St. Paul of the Cross
God Bless!
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Thank you God! You are great and holy!
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Praising God, Jacqualine. You bet your story is for real, what an awesome God we have. All we have to be is open. He is always trying to get our attention and He sure got yours. No coincidences there, wow I just loved your story. God is so personal and He deals with us in various ways and He just knew how to get your attention...Your not crazy girl that was the real thing....
Gracie you are in my thoughts and prayers, will light a candle before the Blessed Sacrament today on your behalf. We are all with you Gracie, helping to lift your cross. May God have Mercy.
Laurie not fun to have pnemonia, prayers going up for you, hope you are feeling better, please keep us updated.
Okay, ladies, tomorrow my daughter Candy is having her physical, Mom gets a little crazy, please pray for her that everything will be fine, remember she had BC in both her breasts, now 5 1/2 years ago, husband Mart also having some issues and having to have chest exray, I pray that everything goes well with him also, Love to know all my sisters here are praying, I get such peace from that. I love all of you and remember PRAY, PRAY, PRAY
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Jacqueline, you are not at ALL crazy...I do believe there is divine intervention...Every major decison....how many times a seemingly strange path was laid out before me......I used to think coincidental...NOW I try to pay attention....carefully tho. CONGRATULATIONS. Gracie love and prayers! Oh gosh I love the penny story! I get to do a dexascan in the next month or two......I was sort of under the impression tho mine was to eval my bones since I am premeno and on Tamox........anybody? I guess I can always ask...Need to schedule but no hurry as I am just now 4 weeks out of BLM and recon....and very happy so far. Going to LE therapy today....still lots of "normal, and expected(for me) post op swelling esp to previously irradiated L breast skin". My last abd drain came out yesterday so things are progressing well...THANK YOU GOD! Have a great wednesday ladies. I'll be playing catch up w/ bible study the next couple days and probably be back for breaks! xoxo,jennifer
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Definitely praying for all the women here on the board, and for your daughter and her husband, noni.
"Pray, Hope and Don't Worry" St. Pio.
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thanks to our God for Jacqueline's results and prayers for all the women here.
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Praying for God's blessings of healing for you all. Congratulations Jacqueline...what wonderful news! And no, I don't think you're crazy. I often feel a guardian angel is watching over me...or it is God giving me a gentle reminder that He is always walking with me.
Bless: Thanks again for the recommendation. I got the book My Other Self in the mail a couple of days ago. It's absolutely wonderful, and I'll cherish it. Reading it really makes me feel Christ is speaking directly to me. I'm taking it all in slowly and know I'll re-read it many times. Wish they'd reprint it again.
I pray to St. Peregrine for his intercession on behalf of all those with cancer.
Peace be with you all, and God bless,
~Janathan
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Hello dear sisters,
I told another sister who is going in for her BMX tomorrow in Calgary that all of us would pray for her this evening....so please remember Digid....for strength and well being! I copied her post below...
God Bless!
Hi everyone-
I am scheduled for my double mastectomy for Grade 2 IDC, DCIS and a positive sentinel lymph node tomorrow morning - Thursday, October 22 in Calgary, Canada. If you have a moment during your day, please send me all the strength and love and hope you can muster. I am 31 with a beautiful 4 year-old, and I will be strong and overcome. But sharing the amazing spirits of all of you as I move through my fear can only help me be stronger. Thank you and let us all be healthy and NED until we're old and cranky.
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Prayers today for Laura, Gracie, NoniJones (daughter and Husband), and Digid.
May God's light shine on all of you and strengthen you with peace and light! May you all enjoy good health and good outcomes! St. Agatha please support Sandy and Digid, and Laura!!
AMEN AMEN
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Ladies, I am coming out of the land of the dead....thank you for the prayers. You are all in my novena and those who wrote to me.. for others.. are too! Bless you!
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Estepp
Glad you're feeling better. You will continue to be in my prayers.
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Great to hear you are better Laura...but take it easy....if you can!
God Bless!
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Laura, so glad to hear you're on the mend. God is listening, so let's make this evening a specially prayerful one for all the special intentions. For Stephanie (TripleNeg) and Digid; for everyone on bc.org that needs help...but doesn't know where to look or ask for it. Answer the prayer that's in their heart. Amen.
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Janathan,
I'm so glad that you like the book! Enjoy and let His love fill you and surround you.
I've emailed every Catholic publishing company that I could find on the net asking them to consider reprinting it. I haven't gotten any answers, but we can pray and hope...
Blessings ~
Ann
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Prayers for all my sisters at BCO!
May Peace of our Lord Jesus be with you all.
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Laura, so glad to see you back. Tonight we ask for special prayers for Digid may she rest in peace tonight and we ask that tomorrow the surgeons hands will be guided by Our Lord. Blessings to you Digit we will be holding you up in prayer tomorrow.
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You are absolutely not crazy - I have had similar experiences - just accept them for what the joy that they bring. . . . . your posting is a sign to me - I am terrified of tumor markers - mine went up (in normal range) and freaked me out. I am having it drawn again tomorrow. . .. . . . .hopefully I will have the same experience as you.
Thank you . . . . . .
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Tonight I went to a Healing Mass at the Franciscan Renewal Center, it was wonderful and and afterwards they had prayer partners for all that wanted to pray together.
I mentioned all of you on this thread with special prayers for Jacqueline, Laura, NoniJ, Gracie,Janathan, Be well and know you are getting extra healing prayers>
Ozzi I will include you in my continual novena tonight, I hate TM's too I told them I didnt want them drawn this time because they are so stressful.
Be Well!
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Continuing the novena...St. Peregrine, please intercede on behalf of our special intentions...and for all at bc.org. Amen.
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I pray this morning for all of my sisters here. May they have peace this day.
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MMM, thank you, would of loved to be their with you, God Bless You. Keeping Digid in my thoughts and prayers as she undergoes her surgery today. Praying that the operating room is filled with a heavenly host of angels interceding before the throne of God on Digid's behalf.
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I'm traveling to Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach CA for my lumpectomy surgery on Nov 3. We are leaving to fly out there on Oct 31. We will be staying in multiple locations from Dana Point to Newport Beach for 2 weeks while we are there. Can anyone recommend a Catholic church on personal experience. I've found several on the internet in the area. My husband and I usually attend daily mass and I hope to be able to do that while we are away too. Thanks.
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I can't recommend any parishes in California, but I can recommend http://www.masstimes.org/dotnet/Default.aspx as a way to find local parishes when you are traveling. You can get a pretty good feel for a parish by checking its website, and you can also see which masses are in english, and which are in other languages which could be an issue (or a wonderful new experience) in areas with a diverse population.0
