Don’t get me wrong, sharing my plight is some sort of catharsis for me. It makes the pain easier to bear. Now, I believe that you will really know your true friends when you are at your lowest. Some may turn their backs on you, some may empathize but the people who truly care won’t hesitate to say a few words of comfort and assure you of their prayers that you badly need. And as I’ve always said, I rather have a few friends who are sincerely praying for my health than have a hundred who would just tolerate what is happening in my life. It hurts sometimes that those you expect most to understand would not even say a word.
Finally, I am scheduled to undergo that much needed surgery come Tuesday morning. After almost a month of going back several times to my doctors and being cleared of all the pre-op requirements, after all the anguish of knowing that I am not hundred percent fit, I really hope I could overcome it all. Only God is the greatest healer and the greatest doctor but I am also praying for my oncologist, my cardiologist and all the people who would take charge of my surgery. Lord, guide them all.
I’d like you to know that I want to be counted as one of the friends in your Multiply circle who is praying for you at this time of much concern on your health. Don’t worry needlessly, Arlene. Your operation will be successful, with the grace of the Lord. You are brave, Arlene; I’m finding inspiration in you, because, in all honesty, I don’t have as much courage as you when it comes to going under the knife. Hopefully, your grit will rub off on me.
Remember, you are blessed with a loving family who will be there at all times.
Keep your friends posted!
hi Belle,
your kind words made me cry…thank you ever so much for being a friend…..
Arlene, I haven’t stopped praying for you ever since you asked for prayers… You know before my first surgery in 1982, I asked to be given the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick. I experienced a certain peace, a certain calm, a certain strength thereafter. I let go and let God after receiving the sacrament and what a load off that was for me. Of course the fear did not completely leave me, but there was an easing of it.
thank you Antonette and I really appreciate it all. I remember the lines, “let go and let God take charge of my life for me” and I am doing just that.
Arlene, it takes a very brave person to talk about their fears..and even braver when they speak about their faith in our Heavenly Father… Not very many people have that.
But as was said in Isaiah 40:29 -31:
“He gives strength to those who are tired
and more power to those who are weak.
The people who trust the Lord will become strong again.
They will rise up like an eagle in the sky;
They run and not need rest;
They will walk and not become tired.”
Keep the faith alive, Arlene! His guidance and our prayers will get you through July 14th….
Mench & Jay
Please thank Jay for me Mench and thank you very, very much for this wonderful message and for all your prayers.
Have a very happy birthday! God bless you all…..
Arlene – sorry talaga that it’s just now that I’ve come here….
Well, better late than never.
Anyway, what can say, except just be at your bravest best, and most of all keep faith in Him….
I’ve had a lot of surgeries done already – two of them, major ones, for hysterectomy- (there was a suspicious growth in the uterus, but non-carcigenic more than a decade ago); and just a couple of years back, I had one on my left leg which got broken from a fall leaving only a millimeter of my leg bone attached to the knee – the bone surgeon had to screw the bone back and after a year rehab I’m as mobile as before and nothing to show for the broken bone but a long slim scar on the left leg….
My secret on how on to get rid of pre-surgical fears is simply this – I just wish it’ll get done fast and over with so I can get on with my life….
I’ll be praying that everything will go well for you and I’ll be there (in spirit) along with our friends in Multiply, to hold your hand……
Thanks Ding, I thank you all for the prayers. So you had total hysterectomy too? I had that nine years ago right after I left the bank. Don’t worry, this is just a passing phase, a little detour from the straight path. I have elevated everything to God.