Appointment Update

My first consultation with the radiation oncologist is set for Thursday, January 17th. After the initial appointment I will have an idea of when radiation will begin. Now that radiation won't start the week of January 14th like we originally thought, we'll be rescheduling some of the meals. Thank you so much for serving us and for being so flexible.

Since the surgery, it's been very busy with Christmas and the New Year holiday. Please pray that I will continue to heal and rest from the surgery and for all of the details for radiation to fall into place quickly and easily. Thank you so much for all of your prayers.

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year!

Good news

I got my pathology report back and everything is great! Praise God!!! My Lymph nodes tested negative and my margins were clear . There was still a small amount of cancer that they removed so I still need radiation for 6 weeks starting in January. Thank you for all of your prayers! I cant even count the number of people that have said to me "I am praying for you" and I know that is what has gotten me through this. So once again thank you from the bottom of my heart! I know it is a busy season yet you take the time to care for me! All I can say is What a God we serve! I know he is the reason you do this. Because you love Jesus! I would not have known 99% of you had it not been for this church. What true and awesome friends I have made over the years. Thank you all for the meals and the snacks and the shopping and the wrapping and to Kim for organizing it all for me. What a gift from God you are to me. You just always keep my life flowing. Thank you! And to my brother Stan & brother in-law Mike for coming out and for my sister Cyndi coming from Indiana and staying with me. I haven't spent that much time alone with her in 20 years. What a treat that was! I am so blessed! I have tears flowing down my face right now for my love for all of you! I love to pray for you all also so please, please, please if you have something going on and you need someone to pray with call me. A lot of you are already on my prayer list. Our God is good and he hears. Christmas is only 4 days away, May God Bless you all with peace and joy over the holidays. Have a Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!

Surgery Day

The surgery is over, everything went very well. The preliminary report shows that there is no cancer in my lymph nodes but now we wait and trust the Lord for the final pathology report next week. I'm home resting. My sister Cyndi and her husband Mike and my brother Stan are here caring for us. I'm so glad they are here. Keep checking the blog for updates. I won't be checking email for a day or so. Thank you so much for all of your prayers and all of your care.

Tomorrows the day!

Well today showed even more evidence of Gods amazing grace. We needed to get all of my films to Dr Wright and I don't have them. So I prayed. I was able to make one phone call and they were found and they would be walked over to her office. Just that quick! One phone call! I was so stuck by God's power at that moment I called my doctor back and asked them how often do you ever do a lumpectomy and find zero cancer cells? And she said that with the biopsy they sometimes are able to get most of it but if there is even one cell they recommend radiation because it can grow. I highly agree... But ...there has been so much prayer going around for me it wouldn't surprise me a bit if they don't find any. I won't be disappointed if I still carry some but I definitely wont be surprised if I don't! Our God can move mountains, he can part the seas, I don't care how it turns out! LORD YOUR WILL NOT MINE!!!!! How lucky I am. Another neat part of this is talking to friends I haven't talked to in awhile. Finding out what is going on in their lives so I can pray for them. I have a whole list of new people and things I am praying for and the thing that brings me to tears is I know He hears our prayers and he can care for each of my needs and each of your needs all at the same time! Our God is SO Big!!! It doesn't get any better than this! Tomorrow I go in at 9:30, I get a dye injection at 10:30 (so they know what lymph node to go to) then surgery is at 12:30. I'll let you know the result as soon as I get them.
Thanks for caring!

God wants you to remember

My Aunt Nancy sent me this card yesterday that read
Thing God wants you to remember

I am for you
I will be with you
I will not fail you
I will provide for you
I will strengthen you
I will answer you
I will Bless you
I will give you rest
I Love you

What wonderful promises we can hold on to
and that is only to name a few.
What an Awesome God we serve!

Adding comments

To those of you who are new to blogging adding comments can be tricky, but it is very simple once you do it the first time. If you look under each blog segment you will see '0 comments' or '3 comments. Put your curser over that and click it and it will walk you through the steps to add comments. I have already had a few questions as to how to do this. I hope this is helpful. I would love to hear from all of you!!
Thanks !!

Surgery Scheduled

Hi I have my surgery on Thursday December 13th. I am having a lumpectomy. My genetic testing came back negative so as of right now no other surgery is needed as we thought before. So pray for Thursday that it is not in the lymph nodes. After 30 days I start radiation for 6 weeks. Another new road to travel but I know many women who have gone through it and done just fine. I have to be totally honest... This has been the greatest experience I have ever been through. All I wanted to do after I found out I had cancer was Glorify the Lord in everything I do. Whether it was going to Doctors appts., having surgery, radiation, or just being patient with my kids the whole time , no matter what I had to go through my main focus had to be on my Creator who made me. He knew what was going on in my body and he was going to take care of it and I wanted to Glorify him with my actions. From the moment I found out I went to the Lord who is the author and perfecter of my faith, my wonderful counselor. I knew he would get me through but what I didn't expect was how much he would affect my heart. Although there have been tears at times, most of them have been of my amazement of His love for me. He has made us able to get into Doctors that are hard to see and what a team of Doctors I have. Not one detail left out. And at times when I have been sad I call my wonderful Husband Andy and he will first of all pray with me then help me make the next step forward. This has defintly been an emotional time. But I have so much peace and love and joy in my heart I can't even explain it. One day Andy asked me how I was doing and all I could say was "My heart is happy!" So believe me God is real! He loves me and he loves you too!

The Photo Shoot!

Have you ever set-up a blog? This was the Tvardzik's first experience - and it wasn't pretty! But we had a great time taking pictures, laughing, taking more pictures, laughing some more, and figuring out which one picture we liked the best (see the side bar for two of our favorite pictures! Then ... we had to go on blogger and figure out which setting, which template, etc.... lots of laughter and fun! Total blog set-up time four hours ... memories, priceless!

This was the beginning ... and the boys were already "done"
Okay, now they're loosing up
This one sorta worked ...
Andy came in and tried to get things straightened out a bit

Steven
Timothy
Samuel Andrew Finally ... a good one! Yeah!
And then there's me ... Welcome to my blog!

This will get updated often so please check back frequently for prayer requests and current events. Don't forget to leave comments! Thank you to all of my family and friends who are graciously awaiting to serve. I love you all. What a blessing that I do not have to go through this alone.