The Results, treatment, the wedding and Thanksgiving

Well the results from the biopsy are back. Cervical cancer is the diagnosis and a hysterectomy is the treatment. Mid December I will have the surgery. Have a mentioned how much I hate hospitals? The oncologist says that chemo and radiation will not be needed after the surgery so God has yet again poured blessings upon me that I just don't deserve. What an awesome God we serve!!!!

My niece, Katie, got married last weekend! She was the most beautiful bride I have ever seen. Not that I am at all biast, as she is like a daughter to me. Her husband is set to deploy to Iraq in a couple of months and he is just a wonderful man. I am so proud of them both.

Thanksgiving is such a great time of year. I am thankful that I serve a loving God, who sent His only Son to create a pathway to Him, to an eternal home. I am thankful this year that my God allows people to stand in the gap and pray, pray to change hearts and pray to change a sting of events that are not God's will.

We went to Bill's mom and had dinner at noon yesterday and then went to his niece Charity's house after that. Charity has bought a beautiful new home that was big enough for all that family. Which included a total of 9 kids and 16 adults. Every year we go around and tell what we are thankful for. Every year I cry. This year was especially emotional. Dalton volunteered to start and the very first thing he gave thanks for was God followed up by being thankful for "all the great looking food". We all just giggled. Next was Justin and Betsy and then me. I may have well have just cried and not said a word. I am thankful for so many things this year. Thankful that God changes hearts, thankful that while Bill was in prison, I stood my ground, moved on with life and filed for divorce. Thankful that Bill realized his ways don't work and living a Christ centered life is more important than a self centered life. Thankful that we stayed together and stopped the divorce, living a testimony that is a powerful showing of Christ's love. Thankful that the diagnosis of cancer is a curable one. Thankful that even if things don't go as the doctor's plan, I know that my eternal home is with a Loving God whose chose ME!

Surgery is over

About a month ago I went to the OBGYN for a check up, which I haven't done for about 6 years. I know, I know... bad girl~ When I went 6 years ago they discovered that I had two fibroid tumors and the only way to guarantee that they would be gone and not come back was to do a hysterectomy. Which at the age of 26 was out of the question for me. So in true Sarah fashion, I just stuck my head in the sand like an ostrich and ignored the situation. Life got busy and I just didn't deal with it.
Well over the last six months, my monthly visitor, we'll call her Flo, became MUCH more painful, longer and extremely heavy. Back to the doctor I went. The pap smear came back with abnormal cells, another ultra sound showed the tumors still there, no bigger than they were before, thank the Lord, and my uterus was larger than it should be. Biopsy's were done and surgery scheduled. The results from the first biopsy's were that the abnormal cells are precancerous. So yesterday I went to the hospital and had a cold cone biopsy to remove the abnormal cells and a procedure called Nova Sure to take care of the uterus. Everything was scheduled and happened so fast I barely knew what was going on.
Soooo..... I am resting and relaxing this weekend. Taking it easy and enjoying being pampered.

Updates on everyone else.

Boys are doing well in school. Blake is done with football and on to basketball. Tyler didn't do so well this 9 weeks, so his social life is on hold. Dalton did well and surprisingly has settled down in school a little this year.
Bill is doing great. Back to work and I can see a true heart change this time. He has always been all about Bill before and it is not like that any more. He has truly but me and the boys first now. Which is hard for me to accept. I am used to doing everything around the house, and now I don't have to, and he doesn't let me.
Bill is working, going to counseling and we have filed a notice to reconcile with the court. Which feels great. I hate divorce, hate it. Didn't want to do it. And glad that he has changed his heart, surrendered to the Lord and is doing what is right. We were officially together for a decade on the 8th. I told him last night that I am glad that after 10 years, I love him and am still in love with him. I fall in love with him all over again nearly everyday. I am thankful that my Lord is a giving, loving Lord and has blessed me with a soul mate, and a best friend. Despite Bill's downfalls, I love him. Nothing will change that.

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