Prayer request!!!!!!!!

Hello, All, This is a good friend of mine from Calvary Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

I just returned from my follow-up appointment from surgery. The breast surgeon, Dr. Porterfield, just received the pathology report. It was not good on two accounts ... One: It had 7 of my 15 lymph nodes removed as testing cancerous - the less the better so 7 is not great. Dr. Porterfield said, however, that he is treating women 10 years out who had more than 7 infected. The main impact this has is that my chemo will be more aggressive. Second: the satellite lesions they removed around the main tumor all came back cancerous - 4 of them. They are smaller but cannot be ignored. He said they are very close to the margin he cut out, and therefore, there could easily be others still there that the MRI did not pick up just outside the margin. Additionally, since I have this cluster, it means there is a good probability that I could have other clusters in that breast that are too small for the MRI to pick up. He had told me before surgery if these lesions were malignant that a mastectomy would likely be in order. This is what he said today. I have a call into my Oncologist to get his opinion, but it appears 90% that I will be going back for surgery next Tuesday (1/16/07) again at Boca Raton Community Hospital to now have a mastectomy.

Of course, this is not the news I wanted to hear or that the Doctor wanted to give me. However, the facts are the facts. I know my health is not a surprise to the Lord - just to me. I remain strong in my faith that He is in control. I had prayed before the appointment that the Lord would give me peace no matter the results. I know He was there with me because I was very calm and peaceful as the doctor gave me the news. I do not know the Lord's plan in all of this; I only know that I am called to trust that He will not give me more than I can handle and He will be with me through all of this. I am taking this one day at a time, Matt 6:34 says "Therefore, do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about its own things. Sufficient for the day is its own trouble." The Lord does not promise us a life without trials on earth - He saves that for Heaven. I do not know the day the Lord will call me home to be with Him - it could be soon or in many years - I just need to keep my eyes on Him. As Eph 2:10 shares, "For we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God has prepared beforehand that we should walk in them." I would greatly appreciate your continued prayers ... both for my complete healing if it be His Will and to stay steadfast in my walk with the Lord because I love Him and want to serve Him through this to help others...I greatly thank you again for ALL of your prayers up until this point and going forward.. I send my love to each of you, Lori