INTO EVERY LIFE A LITTLE RAIN MUST FALL

HI ALL!  THE GOOD NEWS IS THAT MY WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT POPPED BACK UP INTO THE NORMAL RANGE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS! THE BAD NEWS IS I AM ANEMIC & STILL FIGHTING A SINUS INFECTION, FEVER, & RESPIRATORY PROBLEMS THAT STARTED BEFORE THE CHEMO BEGAN. MY ONCOLOGIST DOES NOT LIKE TO DELAY REGULAR CHEMO FOR ANY REASON, BUT BECAUSE I WAS FEELING SO MUCH WORSE ON THURSDAY AFTERNOON, DECIDED TO POSTPONE MY SECOND CHEMO FOR ONE MORE WEEK TO GIVE MY BODY A CHANCE TO RECOUP. HE WAS A LITTLE EXASPERATED WITH ME FOR OVERUSING MY ASTHMA INHALER, MOUTH WASH, & IBUPROFEN IN AN ATTEMPT TO MAKE MY PROBLEM AREAS FEEL BETTER. MEDICAL PEOPLE TEND TO MAKE THE WORST PATIENTS, YOU KNOW. THEY HAVE ENOUGH EXTRA KNOWLEDGE TO BE DANGEROUS & THINK THEY KNOW ENOUGH TO SAFELY PRESCRIBE FOR THEMSELVES. THAT'S NEVER A GOOD IDEA! YOU CAN CREATE MORE PROBLEMS THAN YOU STARTED WITH, AND I CERTAINLY DON'T NEED THAT. ADD IN A LARGE DOSE OF TIREDNESS, BRAIN FOG, & LIGHTHEADEDNESS AFTER MY BLOOD DRAW AND YOU HAVE A TEMPORARY BASKET CASE. I HAVE BEEN PROPERLY CHASTISED & WILL NOT BE DOING THAT AGAIN. MAYBE I NEED TO HAND OVER THE REINS OF MY MEDICATIONS & THEIR TIMING TO MY SWEET  BUT ALSO EXASPERATED HUSBAND, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE "FOGG" SETS IN. LAST NIGHT I HAD TO PUT INTO PRACTICE WHAT I HAVE BEEN LEARNING IN BIBLE STUDY TO PUT ON THE WHOLE ARMOR OF GOD & FOCUS MY SCATTERED ANXIOUS THOUGHTS ON WHAT IS GOOD & TRUE & RIGHT. THE FEARFUL ANXIOUS THOUGHTS CEASED. MY BODY WAS FINALLY ABLE TO RELAX, AND A SWEET NIGHT OF PEACFUL SLEEP ENSUED. THANK YOU JESUS!
I WOKE UP TO A BRIGHT SUNNY MORNING & A NEW DAY. GOD IS SO GOOD & KNOWS JUST WHAT WE NEED. WE JUST NEED TO REMEMBER TO DO OUR PART & HE'LL TAKE CARE OF THE REST. MY DAUGHTER & GRANDKIDS TOOK OFF AFTER BREAKFAST FOR A MUCH NEEDED FEW DAYS OFF. PRAY GOD'S REST, REFRESHMENT, & TRAVELING MERCIES ON THEM AS THEY COME & GO. PRAY THAT THE SINUS & RESPIRATORY ISSUES I HAVE BEEN FIGHTING WILL RESOLVE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS & THAT I CAN FACE THE NEXT ROUND OF CHEMO WITH MY HEAD HELD HIGH. LOVE & BLESSINGS.