First, let me praise God for all his blessings and mercy in our difficult time! Since the first day when we were stunned by Jan’s cancer diagnosis, we have had hopeful news that her condition is treatable. We are thankful for that. With each and every test along the way, when I anticipated more bad news, the results were better than I hoped, and I am thankful to the Almighty for His grace and healing power.
Thank you for your intercession for us, and for the encouragement you daily have sent our way! Your prayers have helped to result in the progress Jan has made, I’m certain of that. And the words (and food) of many have lifted us up. For example, Jan was initially terrified of the radiation therapy frame, which pressed tightly on her face and locked her down. After the first day, she was past the anxiety and said that she felt as if she were ‘enveloped in a cloud of prayer.’ That’s a God thing!
Currently, she has received one dose of chemotherapy and 11 of 35 radiation treatments. She is maintaining her weight, and attempting to eat and drink. She is in good spirits, despite her discomfort, and she is committed to moving forward and completing her therapy.
Since you have been so instrumental in her care so far, I would like to ask for more prayers. Many of you have asked for purposeful things you can pray for; exact needs. For instance, your prayers helped move me through my profound anxiety about Jan, and about the hospital, so that now I can work with relative ease and can be strong for my wife in her time of trial.
So now I have another. Jan is, as I said, only 2 weeks into her radiation therapy and is having terrible sores in her mouth, throat and on her tongue. It’s a bit early for that, or so we thought, and it may make eating, swallowing fluids and speaking very difficult. If she cannot swallow, she might need a feeding tube and her recovery will be even longer.
PLEASE pray that her sores resolve, that she can eat and drink easily and that her cancer cells are already dead through the power of God, so that all of her treatments are simply additions to the work already accomplished.
She has a ways to go, so I am leaning on your intercession. So please, ask, seek and knock for my wife. We love her so, and I find it very difficult to watch her in pain. (Not as difficult as she finds it to be in pain, no doubt).
God bless you all for your concern and continued prayers for our family!
Thanks for being so “real” with your articles. They help us on so many levels in our walk with the Lord. We know that our prayers are never in vain! God is moving on our behalf and Jesus is always making intercession for us at the throne of God! Praise His Name! Talk about support! We are agreeing in prayer with you for all sores to disappear in Jesus’ name, and no more to appear! May great grace be upon you and your precious family and the peace that passes all understanding guard your hearts and minds. You are loved… Read more »
Darrell Leap
12 years ago
We will continue praying and supporting Jan and you. Thanks for the news and give her our warmest greetings.
I’ll continue praying for your wife and your family.
The mouth sores from methotrexate can sometimes be prevented/cured with folic acid supplements. Would something like that be helpful for your wife in this situation? I don’t know; maybe it would interfere with treatment, but thought I’d mention it.
Michael Moore
12 years ago
Thanks for the update. Jan remains in my family’s prayers.
I’ll pray, but since I’m in the business, I’d like to offer some suggestions for some practical & immediate relief so she can eat. She can use viscous lidocaine 2%. It is designed for oral use. She uses 1 tsp (5ml) 30 min before eating. Swish & SPIT. If she swallows, it can prevent the flap to close over the trachea & she can aspirate. Also, she should only use this if someone is present when she eats & she needs to eat upright (not reclined on a sofa) – all to prevent aspiration & allow prompt tx in the… Read more »
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Thanks for being so “real” with your articles. They help us on so many levels in our walk with the Lord. We know that our prayers are never in vain! God is moving on our behalf and Jesus is always making intercession for us at the throne of God! Praise His Name! Talk about support! We are agreeing in prayer with you for all sores to disappear in Jesus’ name, and no more to appear! May great grace be upon you and your precious family and the peace that passes all understanding guard your hearts and minds. You are loved… Read more »
We will continue praying and supporting Jan and you. Thanks for the news and give her our warmest greetings.
Darrell
I’ll continue praying for your wife and your family.
The mouth sores from methotrexate can sometimes be prevented/cured with folic acid supplements. Would something like that be helpful for your wife in this situation? I don’t know; maybe it would interfere with treatment, but thought I’d mention it.
Thanks for the update. Jan remains in my family’s prayers.
And your family in mine!
I’ll pray, but since I’m in the business, I’d like to offer some suggestions for some practical & immediate relief so she can eat. She can use viscous lidocaine 2%. It is designed for oral use. She uses 1 tsp (5ml) 30 min before eating. Swish & SPIT. If she swallows, it can prevent the flap to close over the trachea & she can aspirate. Also, she should only use this if someone is present when she eats & she needs to eat upright (not reclined on a sofa) – all to prevent aspiration & allow prompt tx in the… Read more »