Since my last post, most of the time has been spent in waiting. Day-to-day duties and chores are getting done, even if a bit late at times. The main feature of our moments has been hubby's pain management, as the tumour on the pancreas presses in on his spine and causes nerve pain, which we are managing with prescribed pain-killers.
We have been charting the little victories: the chiropractor whose treatments and whose prayers over him have reduced the severity of the pain - as the muscles around the area are very tight and increase the pain, and discouragement also increases the pain - and we look forward to those sessions.
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I've been waiting specifically for any contact from Oncology. Thankfully, two days ago (Friday, July 3) we got a call from the Cancer Centre with the information we'd been waiting to hear: he has appointments this coming week - July 6, 7, and 8 - culminating with a consultation with the medical (chemo) oncologist who will be working with us. I say "us" because we are just as much a part of hubby's treatment as the chemotherapy drugs will be.
We've been asked to bring a few things: his health care card, his medical insurance number, and his pills (including supplements and over-the-counter meds) in their actual pill bottles. That leads me to believe that they will be billing his medical insurance for the chemotherapy drugs, and they are NOT CHEAP. Since his plan covers only 80% of the cost, there will be a cost to him for the treatments that have the purpose of trying to kill the cancer while saving his life.
Wow. Just ... wow.
To ask for help is not in our nature, so I'm not going to do so at the moment. People have been very kind, offering help in tangible ways like mowing the grass or transporting garbage bins, etc., and we are grateful for every single act of love and support we have been receiving, knowing full well that there is no way we can repay anyone for their kindness. We are so humbled by their generosity. We are so blessed by their love and their prayers and positive thoughts toward us.
Nobody has been negative - at least, not on purpose - and we are grateful for that as well. We can feel the love holding us up, the prayers acting like a life-jacket in deep water, the social media likes and comments that remind us that we are not in this alone. It all helps. So, even though it feels so NOT enough for me to say, I say it anyway: THANK YOU ALL.
We still believe in miracles, whether they come instantly or gradually. And we look forward to what our Higher Power will do through those whom He has gifted with special talents and gifts.
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