I Have Eye Brows

It amazes me how a simple thing like eyebrows can be so  exciting.  My eyebrows are coming back along with eyelashes and about a half inch of hair on my head.  But it is the eyebrows that excite me the most. 

I have five  more days of radiation and I will be done with the majority of my treatments for this dreaded disease.  I will continue to have an infusion of the Herceptin every three weeks until June but the side effects are minimal.  It has been a long and difficult journey but God has so richly blessed me and provided for all of my needs and then some.   My energy is beginning to return and it feels so good not to be tired all of the time.  The numbness in my fingers and toes is still there but getting better. 

I love this time of year and I am thankful I can help with the decorating and festivities that go along with the season even though it is toned down from past Christmases.  I am studying Romans in my Bible study.  In Romans 5:3-5 there is a progression from tribulation to perseverance to proven character to hope.  I know I have  experienced tribulation and perseverance through the operations and grueling treatments.  My prayer is that all of this  has also produced proven character for the Lord and I know He has given me hope.  There is joy in tribulation in that it proves that God is faithful and He will never leave me.

I continue to covet your prayers as my emotions still take over from time to time and I need to be reminded that God is in control even when I am not.  One of the side effects  of the  Herceptin is  that it  can cause heart damage.  Please pray that my heart will stay strong, no damage, so that I can complete the full regimen of the Herceptin.