Cancer Update . . .

It has been a year today since I has a Radical hysterectomy to remove the Adenocarcinoma, Cervical Cancer that was found in my cervix. People say I was blessed that I did not have to have any type of radiation or Chemo. But, I have had SIX Pap smears and TWO PET Scans just this year alone and plan on having the same regiment in 2010. Then if all goes well, it will be cut in half for 2011. With each visit to the doctor I am on pins, not knowing what she will tell me. The PET Scans are the worse when I become radio active for 24 hours. I try to make fun when I am really scared deep down. It has been a tough year for me, in so many ways, I was a very out going person, active, and always willing to help out. I had to cut back on so much because of my health. And learn for the first time how to say the word NO! My husband who has always been my Night in Shinning Armor, has gone the extra mile this past year. He has been so nurturing and attentive to me when I am at my lowest. Above all he just holds me in his arms and lets me have a good cry when I need to. He is to good for me, God blessed me when I married him.

Last year I spent Shalyn's 7th birthday in the hospital and doped up all of Christmas and New Years . So this year we are having a BIG family birthday party on Friday night. We have gone a little crazy this Christmas and got the girls a few extra things. I can not wait to watch them open their gifts!! I want to watch each of them and see their eyes light up :)

I want to close with this:

CANCER as opened my eyes to the little things that I might have brushed aside in the passed. Learning to say NO has open a whole world to me that has been right under my very roof this whole time. I take each step one at a time and stop to smell both the Flowers and the Weeds. Together they make up a very special bouquet. God, thank you for BLESSING me with CANCER! To think that I am so special to You, that You would allow me to have CANCER, just blows me away. My prayer as always been that others would see and feel you as I do. Your breath now is just as warm as it was last year as You held me tight. You know me better then anyone, for I am your Princess and You are my King. I am ALIVE because of YOU . . . .

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FOR TODAY October 5, 2009...

Outside my window... Looks like it is going to be a cloudy, rainy kind of day.

I am thinking... After I get the girls started on their school I need to work on mopping the floors.

I am thankful for... My husband, yesterday we celebrated our 12 year wedding anniversary. It was a day spent as a family: church and then an afternoon around the house, ending with a home cooked steak dinner. YUMMY!!

From the learning rooms... Last week we studies the Trojan Horse. I bought a paper model for us to glue together. I am behind on all the cutting (53+ pieces) Goal: get it cut, so the girls can put it together!!!

From the kitchen... We are going to have a beef onion soup for dinner.

I am wearing... Black Capri knit pants and a t-shirt

I am creating... still working on the Christmas List

I am going... Tuesday I am going to visit my parents after lunch.

I am reading... The Bible & taste of home Holiday gifts and crafts magazine

I am hoping... Still haven't heard back from my oncologist about my paps results. Had to go and see my local GYN last Thursday: I am having some female issues. It is not to do with my Cancer, but it has me in a lot of pain. Tom is very worried about me. She is running some test and I should hear something this week. Because of this I am staying close to home!!!

I am hearing... My girls giggling over breakfast.

Around the house... need to go through my clothes for the fall/winter

One of my favorite things... Michael Buble' . . his new CD comes out Tuesday.

A few plans for the rest of the week: Going to my parents on Tuesday, need to take Scottlyn and get her started on a Skincare Regimen . . . finish up a few projects in the girls rooms.

Here are two pictures I am sharing...

Here we are 12 years ago . .

12 years later . . . .

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All your children shall be taught by the Lord, And great shall be the peace of your children. Isaiah 54:13

"Making Your Home Sing Monday" = Hearing Voices

Welcome to my first ever "Making Your Home Sing Monday"  post. 

A NEW dear friend of mine over at:

has turn me on to this mems. I so enjoyed reading her blog . . . she is a great encourager.

Have you ever had a time in your life where you heard God tell you the direction you should take but because of the control you like to have you choose not to obey? Well a little over a mouth ago I was at that cross road and this time I choose to obey God!!!

I am in a season where my family needs me 100% all the time. My oldest daughter is at the age where everything and everyone makes a lasting impression on her. I would love her to keep the rose color glasses on as long as she can.  Spending more time playing dress up, having tea parties and being the sweet little girl she has always been.  I would like to have more one on one time with her. Her sister is 2 1/2 years younger and in need of much of the same. I would like to start having personal bible studies with each of them weekly and continue our daily bible studies together. My husband has watch me face CANCER back in December and is in need of having more one on one time. I am in need of everything above . . . and more! :)

So this coming school year we will not be at Timothy Ministry. We have loved the last 7 years with them and have been blessed by so many different classes. I look at next year as a year to take more family trips and work more on our home skills (cooking, cleaning, sewing). 

I received PEACE as soon as I gave up my control. A NEW excitement as come over me as I start to plan for the 09/10 school year. 

Thanks for taking the time to visit me and letting me ramble on.

Resting in HIS arms,

Trina

CBS Early Show & Cancer Update

Went today for my 3 month check up and everything looks good. She has lowered my hormone level to see if that will control my acne. I never had much as a teenager. . . guess I am making up for it now. Hopefully this will get my face cleared up.  I will go back in June for a PT scan and another pap smear. So THANK YOU all for you faithful prayers. 

On another note . . . . I know this was barley 15 minutes long but how cool is it to be on CBS The Early Show!!

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Blessings,

Trina

Cancer Update . . . I'm in better hands now

WOW!!! Where do I start . . . No RADIATION!! 

Dr. Holladay was so kind, no Doctor can ever tell you 100% the cancer will not return. But he said my cancer I have has a 99% it will never return. Because it was so self contain. He also went on and on about how wonderful Dr. Castango is. He said she the best GYN Oncologist in Atlanta and he should know he has worked with them all. He was in Atlanta's top 20 doctors for 2008. By the way she also thinks he is the best! When he hold me the news my first words out of my mouth were "Praise the Lord". Without missing a beat he said "I am just here to help HIM". I was blown away again by God's faithfulness. 

From day one He has had me in His hands. I can feel the warmth of His breath on my neck when I am soooo scared. The dots are connected by His faithfulness in providing for all my needs.

I told Tom that I can't believe that is it. That's it!! Are you kidding me?, He said. He puts life so much in focus for me. I was cut open down the middle, everything was taken out, a lot was removed and then some things put back in. BTW, they took out 11 lymph nodes and there was no sign of CANCER in any of them!!! Then Stapled back together. My hormones were removed, I didn't lose it and change into the BIG green monster. Like some women do. No, hot flashes. I am a little moody, but I was that way before. What women doesn't have their moody days. I am going to have to be tested over the next 2 years and then yearly after that for CANCER. I am not CANCER FREE as of yet, they do say they are 99% sure they removed it all. PTL!!!!

The way I (the both of us) look at life is different. When you are told you have cancer and that it is a FAST growing kind, so many thoughts run through your mind. First, my heart and soul went straight to the Lord. On my i~touch, I have a CANCER play list, this song is at the top of the list. The words express my journey and heart as I(we) am facing CANCER straight in the eye:

• It's like the sun is shining when the rain is pouring down
  It's like my soul is flying though my feet are on the ground
  So take this heart of mine there's no doubt
  I'm in better hands now
  
  I am strong all because of you
  I stand in awe of every mountain that you move
  Oh I am changed, yesterday is gone
  I am safe from this moment on
   
  There's no fear when the night comes 'round
  I'm in better hands now
  
  It's like the sun is shining when the rain is pouring down
  It's like my soul is flying though my feet are on the ground
  So take this heart of mine there's no doubt
  I'm in better hands now
  
  Its like the world is silent though I know it isn't true
  Its like the breath of Jesus is right here in this room
  
  So take this heart of mine there's no doubt
  I'm in better hands now
  I'm in better hands now
  

Thank you all for your faithful prayers and support . . .

Resting in HIS arms,

Trina

All Because Of Jesus, I'm ALIVE . . .

An update is long over due . . . Last week we visited the doctor for a 3 week check-up. I am healing well and will go back in another three weeks to get released to return to normal activity. Both Tom & I returned back to work this week and it is great to be back into the swing of things. Tonight, I am tired and my back hurts from today's activities. But rest is all I have on my plate for the rest of the week. (as I am writing this a friend just dropped off a meal for wed. . . . this was not expected at all . . . thank you Lord!) We want to THANK you all for your prayers, e-mails and cards. The encouragement has meant so much to the both of us.

This past Sunday at church this song was played . I would be putting it mildly by saying that it moved me. As I sang the words "I'm ALIVE because of JESUS, I'M ALIVE!!" tears ran down my face like a water dam that had just exploded. Words could not be more truthful then those words for me right now. But the AWESOME things is that we are all alive because of Jesus . . . all we have to is stretch out our hand and HE is there. May this song speak to you and bless you as it has blessed me.

Resting in HIS arms,

Trina

Homeschool Memoirs: Happy New Year!

THEME
For this week, since I’m quite curious, post about what you did for New Year’s and what your traditions are each year. Have fun!

Our family likes to be together for every holiday. Our children are young and we cherish the time that we share with them. They grow so fast and we know one day they will have a family of their own and will spending their holidays making they own traditions.

Last year we went over to friends and had a wonderful time bring in the New Year. We also would play a ruff game of spoons & eat lots of wonderful food. Physical I just couldn't do that. I still can't even stay up pass 10:30 with the meds I am taking for the pain. It makes me real loopy at night. This year we had a quite New Years due to the fact I am still recovering from the major cancer surgery that I had right before CHRISTmas. My family spent it at home. At CHRISTmas we received a Wii. So our New Years Eve was filled with some major Wii playing & lots of laughter. Tom made a wonderful steak dinner. The steak melted in our mouths when we eat it. It was that good!! The girls watch the PEACH drop and wish me Happy New Year when I woke up the next mourning. I went to bed before 11:30. It was so had to stay up that long.

We are always grateful each New Years Eve as we reflect over the passing year and see Gods hand in our family. This year we were so humbled for the blessing of being just together, even more for the simple things that God has given us and mostly for the recovery of good health ahead for me.

It is great to be back . . . Thank you all so much for your prayers!

Resting in HIS arms,

Trina

BFS Assignment #115 - Prayer Box

Assignment: Tell about your prayer box, if your family has one that you peruse at New Year’s Eve or New year’s Day and share those prayers, thoughts and acts of faith on the next year.


On December 2, I was told that I did have cancer. Our world can to a complete stop and did not start to move again until Dec. 19 when we were told that all the cancer was removed. I cam hoe the next day from the hospital.

My family has always prayed together. I am the one who keeps a journal for us. As a woman I feel strongly that God has given me the best gift and that is the gift to pray. Over the years I have prayed for my husband as he as grown in his faith and as the leader of this family. For my son that God would bring people into his life that would draw him closer to Him. For my girls to begin to grow deep roots of faith when they are young and build the foundation for a lasting relationship with Christ. For myself to be the women, wife, mother and friend that would bring glory and honor to Christ.

When told that I did have Cancer my strength came from the Lord. Everything I felt and said were words that He spoke for me. I could feel Him wrapped around me, the warmness of His hands, the whisper in my ear and He held me tight. Then after the news was given to us that all the Cancer was removed. I took my first breath again and for days afterwards I would fall on my knees and cried like a child. He has give me a gift that I know I do not deserve. I question His judgement knowing all my past sins and ask Him: Why me and not ______? Lord please give ______ this gift, I would plead. For there are many names who deserve to be in the blanks.These are ones my family and I faithfully pray for. This is when our trust in the Lord must be put into action.


Thanks for reading and I am so happy to be back ;}

So here is one of my favorite journals I love to write:




Resting in HIS arms,
Trina

Happy New Year!!!

Dear Family and Friends,

We pray this finds you all well and enjoying the New Year. Our family would like to thank you for your prayers over the pass six weeks as we have been battling Trina having CANCER. Thank you all so much for your faithful prayers! God answered them and the CANCER was completely removed with the surgery. She is recovering well and will be on a light schedule over the next six months. Together we will face ongoing test and doctor appointments for the rest of our lives. We look at this as a blessing of HIS GRACE which we are humbled by.

Below is a slide show of a little bit that went on with the Britt family for 2008 that we would like to share.
As 2009 continues you can follow us on our family blog: http://daddyschicks.blogspot.com

We love you all . . . Happy New Year!!!

Tom, Trina, Reece, Scottlyn & Shalyn

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Please PRAISE the Lord with me and sing Holy, Holy, Holy

On Friday when I was still in the hospital the doctor gave ME (us) a wonderful birthday present. She had received the pathology report back . . . . No cancer was found out side my uterus, nor was it found in my lymph nodes that she removed. I may have to see a radiation oncologist because of the size of the cancer mass and go through some internal radiation. I need to heel before that happens and I will keep you posted when it dose.

What I want to share with you is my spirit. . . over the pass few days as what my doctor told me replayed over and over in my mind. Here is some of my conversation I had with my Lord(with tears running down my face):

• WOW Lord . . . could this be it?


• I am not worthy of this . . . PLEASE give this BLESSING to the ______ family instead of me.


• Lord I am so unfaithful of your GRACE.


• You know all the times I RAN away as far as I could from you.


• You know my pass sins . . . your forgiveness is more then enough and now you want to give me this too.

But still . . .

• You BLESSED me with a Husband who treats me like the BRIDE; You commanded Him to do. Who leads our family so we are always under your wing. One that would would meet all my needs, even in a time as this.


• You BLESSED me with children. Who are seeing you at work first hand in their own mothers life.


• You BLESS me each day with Family and Friends who have encouraged me and my family as we have faced this CANCER head on.

I receive card everyday and each of them are so dear to me. Please keep them coming!

Kathy when I read your card yesterday it summed up what I had been feeling and talking to the Lord about. THANK YOU! We are both so blessed to be connected by Unkie and Auntie. They are the BEST!

Here is what it said:

• It's going to be OK How can you Know? Because GOD SO LOVED the world.


• praying, hoping, and believing with you in the wisdom and guidance of HIS amazing love.

Then here is the verse:

• I pray that you will begin to understand how incredibly great HIS power is to help those who believe HIM. Ephesians 1:19 TLB

All I can do is lift my hands and PRAISE the Lord as I sing this song . . . will you join me:

A BIG shout out to: Emma & Suzanna and the all the rest of the special girls (and boys) I have taught . . . God is with you in all that you do and He hears all of your prayers. I praise Him that He has created a bond that you now share together as you have prayed for me. May He use this time to grow deep roots in you that will be feed by your daily prayer time with Him. He has great things for you all to do for Him as you grow up. I love you.

Back to the Doctor this afternoon at 2 to get the catheter out and my Frankenstein tummy staples off. God is Good :}

Resting in HIS arms,

Trina

Happy Birthday . . .

Just wanted to let everyone know that I am doing OK. I was able to sit up yesterday for 10 minutes. Today I am going to try to walk to the door in my room. Also, I can now have apple juice.

Please join me in wishing my baby girl "Happy Birthday", she is 7 years old today.

Thank you so much for your prayers.

Resting in HIS arms,
Trina

I am clear . . . Ice chips taste soooo good

I had my Colonoscopy today and everything was all clear . . . Praise the Lord. I cried like a baby on Sunday trying to get that liquid down. Thank you Jenine . . . she was my angel yesterday and help me get cleaned out. I must have lost a good 10 pounds . . .

Well this is going to happen tomorrow at 8 AM, I wonder if I will loose another 10 pounds when they remove everything. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the doctor could do a tummy tuck as a birthday present for me.

I don't know if I will be able to update the blog until Wednesday.

All your cards, e-mails and FB comments have been such a blessing, words can not express how much my family and I feel the love from all of you. We know that God is using you to lift us all up right now. Thank You.

Resting in HIS arms,
Trina

Things have changed . . .

Your prayers, e-mails, calls and letters have meant so much to my family. Thank you! On Tuesday I was given the book "Streams in the Desert", so yesterday as I waited at another Doctors office I read the passage for the day and this is what it said:

• My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace, Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God; It's His to lead me there, not mine, but His--- "At any cost, dear lord, by and road!"
• So faith bounds forward to its goal in God, And love can trust her Lord to lead her there; Upheld by Him, my soul is following hard, Till the Lord has fulfilled my deepest Prayer.
• No matter if the way is sometimes dark, No matter through the cost is often great, He knows the way for me to reach the mark, The road that leads to Him is sure and straight.
• One thing is sure, I cannot tell Him no; One thing I do, I press towards my Lord; Giving God my glory here, as I go, Knowing in heaven waits my Great Reward.

Things have changed, I need a Colonoscopy on Monday, I found out yesterday that I have a fisher (tear in my rectum) . . . the Doctor I saw is the best in Atlanta and will need to be at my surgery on Tuesday to fix the fisher. With this fixed it will also make my recovery easier. We had to change Hospitals because of this, so I am now at Dekalb Medical Center. Surgery is schedule for 8 am on Tuesday, December 16. On Wednesday we also got the pathology report back from the second pathology doctor. Here is what it said:

• "Unfortunately this is a frankly invasive endocervical adencarcinoma of the usual type grade 2 out of 3. The morphology is in every way characteristic."

English please . . . grade 1B1 or grade 2 is treated the same. I will have the Radical hysterectomy. It's more likely that I will have to have Radiation and Chemotherapy. At what levels we will not know until after the surgery.

I am in the winter storm of my life. But I am not alone, for the Lord is with me. My heart continues to sing, my body continues to dance as I worship my King.

Please pray for my Husband, he is sick and at work today. May the Lord restore his health over the next few days. May he be able to get the rest he needs so he can be by my side on Tuesday.

For the girls ~ the last two nights have been ruff. They are scared and don't want to be away from me when I go in the hospital. They are not resting at night. Pray that they are able to rest peacefully.

I am off to pre-op today and the girls are going to a Christmas party. We love you all and are so thankful for all your prayers ad support.

Resting in His arms,

Trina

We have a date . . .

Yesterday, we found out that my surgery will be next Tuesday, December 16 around noon. We will visit the Doctor this Wednesday for pre-op and then over to the hospital for pre-op there. I got to thinking about how I will miss Shalyn's first piano recital. She is playing "Jingle Bells", 4 years ago this was also Scottlyn's first recital song. Scottlyn is joining Shalyn at the piano and playing a duet together. Then Scottlyn will be playing "White Christmas". I am so proud of them both!! I will also be in the hospital for Shalyn's 7th birthday. Ever since my girls were 2 we have always woken them up on the the mourning of their birthday with a cupcake and the whole family singing "Happy Birthday". I will miss this all . . . you can see my spirits were down last night. CANCER . . . SUCKS!

When I awoke, I listen to the song "Grace" by Michael W. Smith and then I read this:


[The Lord says,] "It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear." Isaiah 65:24 NKJV

• Prayer is a wonderful privilege, an honor that sets us apart. We alone have access to the throne room of God - not for purposes of judgment but because He has added us to His family, made us heirs to His kingdom. We have been invited in, dear friend. For us, there is no fear of faltering in our speech or fainting before Him. We can proceed with perfect confidence that we will be acknowledged, listened to, and cared for. For this reason, prayer is not a confrontation but a communication - simple interaction between Father and child.

I poured my heart out to Jesus and He held me tight, then He whispered into my ear, "Trina, I am right here".

Jesus thank you so much for your "GRACE".

Thank you all so much for your prayers . . . .

Resting in HIS arms,

Trina

Friday was wonderful . . . Praise the Lord!

Let me first tell you all what an incredible impact each of you have made on my family in the pass few days. You have shared personal stories of how cancer has effected your life and I thank you for passing on your strength to me and my family as we face this battle.



So here is where we stand as of Friday evening:

• I have Adenocarcinoma Cervical Cancer and I am at stage 1B1 . . .

In stage 1B the cancerous areas are larger, but the cancer is still only in the tissues of the cervix and has not usually spread. It can usually be seen without a microscope, but not always. In stage 1B1 the cancer is no larger than 4 centimetres (about 1.6 inches). In stage 1B2 the cancer is larger than 4cm across.

Stage 1 cervical cancer is generally treated with surgery or radiotherapy. But if you have stage 1B2 cervical cancer, your doctor may suggest combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

• Treatment : radical hysterectomy and bilateral lymph node dissection, results in a cure rates of 85% to 90% for patients with small volume disease. The size of the mass is between 3 to 4 cm. A randomized trial reported identical 5-year overall and disease-free survival rates when comparing radiation therapy to radical hysterectomy.


• They will send everything she removes to a pathologist. Who will let us know if the cancer as enter my lymph nodes.


• If it has entered my lymph nodes I will have to have a combined approach of chemotherapy with radiation therapy. I will not know this until around 5-7 days after the surgery.


• I will stay in the hospital for about 3-5 days, then come home with a catheter for 7 days. Yippee . . .Happy Birthday & Merry CHRISTmas to me! NOT!!!
• Recovery time will be a minimum of 6 weeks.
• Praise the Lord . . . My daughters do not have a risk of getting Adenocarcinoma Cervical Cancer from me.

Positive things:

• I got to pick the hospital: Saint Joseph's Hospital of Atlanta

Why? Because my Uncle (AKA . . . Unkie) was treated there for his cancer & for my extended family and friends who are Catholic, they should be proud to say Saint Joseph’s is Atlanta’s oldest and only Catholic hospital. Also, my mass is a vascular one (Tom & I got to see it (digital pictures) . . . no wonder I am bleeding like I am.) Saint Joseph’s performs approximately 1,600 vascular surgery procedures per year – more than any other hospital in metro Atlanta and Georgia.

For all my HISTORY / American Girl students at Timothy Ministry . . . click on this link to read about it's History: http://www.stjosephsatlanta.org/about/history.html I thought it was a cool story about caring for others. Kind of like what we do each session at Timothy through our service projects.

Things I am happy about and I hope that you will smile right along with me:

• I am going to have a pain button . . . every time I feel pain, I can just press it and I will receive some gooooood drugs! :)
• I am going to have cable for a few days . . . for you who don't know . . . we don't have cable at home. It is always one of the families highlight when we go on vacation.
• Go ahead be prepared to laugh . . . . At the end, I had one last question for the Doctor . . . she leaned forward, thinking it was an intense question . . . then I said "Does the Hospital have wi-fi in the rooms?" Then the room was filled with laughter :) Got to have my lap top.

Tom and I are so grateful for your support through your prayers . . .keep them coming. We will update you more after Monday when we will be given the date of the surgery . . . it will be with in the week.

Resting in HIS arms,

Trina

Praise the Lord things are moving FAST . . .

I did not know yesterday about how special Thursday are:

Jesus gave us Communion on a Thursday at the Last Supper and He ascended into Heaven on a Thursday!

Yesterday was a crazy day. I received a call to go straight in ASAP to get my CT contrast scan done. It was good that I had not eaten anything yet. Spent most of the morning doing that. This is such a praise . . thank you for your prayers. Now the Doctor will have the results in front of her when we meet this afternoon at 3:00.

Speaking of 3:00 the same friend who gave me the facts about Thursday also shared with me a fact about 3:00 pm that I would like to share with you all.

• A holy time in the Catholic Church is 3:00 PM the "hour of Divine Mercy", since that was the hour Jesus died on the cross for our sins.

If I say, "My foot slips,"

Your mercy, O Lord, will hold me up.

In the multitude of my anxiesties, within me,

Your comforts delight my soul. . . . . . . Psalm 94: 18-19

Again, thank you all for your prayers . . .

Resting in HIS arms,

Trina

Thankful Thursday . . .We are so Thankful for all of you prayers

I know that it is God at work that I post this update under Thankful Thursday! I just love this group of ladies . . . my sisters in Christ . . . I am so thankful every Thursday I have shared with you.

WOW . . . where do I start . . . It was yesterday that you pray that Dr.Jacqueline C. Castagno would get me in as soon as she could. Well yesterday afternoon I was given a date and time of: Dec.29 @ 8:30. That was fine . . . there are others that are in need more then I am. Well around 5:00 I got another call. She would like to see me this Friday @ 3:00. I was also told that she does not normally see any one on Friday? Why I didn't ask, I was just so grateful that she was going to see me. This is an answer to all of your prayers for me. Words can not begin to express how much each of your emails or post have meant to Tom and myself. I would like to share a few with you . . . As you read the words, my prayer is that you will feel God's warm love just as I do. I have left off the names . . . I know they would not mind me sharing if it can offer other support and encouragement in what ever trial they are going through.

• Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the judgment that something else is more important than fear.
  
  "These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. "In the world you have tribulation, but take courage, I have overcome the world." (John 16:32, 33)

• And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose. Romans 8:28

• Be blessed in the name of the Lord who is your strength and your song (Isa. 12:2).

• we love you very much and I thank God for bringing you into Sandra's and my life you are a true friend and please know that we will continue to pray that the peace of God be with you and your family in this time. knowing that the Christ that lives in you will overcome anything that this world puts in front of you. Luke 8:48 Then he said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace."

• (((((huge hug))))) I am claiming healing for you right now. I have sent out prayer requests to the ladies I know will go on their knees petitioning God for his healing hand. I will ask my church to put you on their prayer list here as well.
  
  Your email moved me to tears. I see you are resting peacefully in God's hands.

• my husband and I learned to say, "We are not trusting in the odds, we are trusting in God."

• I pray that Abba Daddy will be with Trina during this time and that He will also assist the doctors in the surgery. Pray that she too may recover completely to follow on in God's work here on earth. We thank You Abba for their is no other greater than You. You are worthy of all our praise and honor. Be with your child Trina through this surgery. AMEN

• "Mightier than the thunder of the great waters
  Mightier than the breakers of the sea
  The Lord on High is Mighty"
  Ps 93:4

• I know I don't have to suggest reading scripture to you but I will suggest this, sing. Alone or with the kids, sing....anything. Just walk around doing what you do singing. Third Day always makes me feel happy and better.....and small and humble at the same time.
  
  Mark, Psalm 93 is awesome.

• There are no words to describe the journey your emotions will take you. BUT, there is no place that you, Tom and your children go that our Savoiur has not already gone to. And even in the most quiet of quiet moments He is there. I know this is true for He tells me in His word, "I will never leave you nor forsake you" and I hang on to it for dear life. No, life will never be the same, because we will see life as more, and see God as more, but would we really want to miss that?

• Isaiah 41:10 Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you, I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.

• "And the Lord will take away from thee all sickness" Deuteronomy 7:1

Tiany (all the ladies @ The Homeschool Lounge) and Rhonda (I am honored to be able to call you my friend) . . . words can not express the love that we have felt from you all . . . the CYBER world is so crazy . . . but God can use it to draw us together. Thank you for your support.

Again I am humbled by the love and support that the body of Christ extends to me and my family.

Resting in HIS arms,

Trina

Update on my health

Dear Family and Friends,

Let me just tell all that God is in Control and I rest along with my family in His arms right now. . . I praise Him, for He has known of this day and the results long before I knew. He also knows what each coming day will bring. Here is where I find my comfort . . . .


We did find out that I do have CANCER.! The past 11 days it has felt as if my home has come to a compleat stop, as we have waited and prayed for the results. The cancer I have is called Adenocarcinoma Cervical Cancer.

Here is your science lesson for the day :)

Invasive cervical cancer accounts for six percent of all cancers that afflict women in the United States. About 16,000 cases of invasive carcinoma of the cervix are diagnosed in the United States each year . Over 90 percent of cervical carcinomas start in the surface cells lining the cervix and are called squamous cell carcinoma. About 5 to 9 percent start in glandular tissue (adenocarcinoma). Adenocarcinomas are more difficult to diagnose, but they are treated the same way as squamous cell carcinomas and the survival rate, stage for stage, is similar.


There are several types of adenocarcinoma. About 60 percent are the endocervical cell type, 10 percent each are of endometrioid and clear cell carcinomas, and 20 percent are adenosquamous carcinoma. The pathologist confirmed that the cancer was through the whole tissue sample he had and has sent the tissue sample to another pathalogist who speciality is Adenocarcinoma Cervical Cancer. We should know the results on Friday.

Doctor Sinclair believes that I am in late stage IB or stage IIA. Both of these have a 95% survival rate. She has refer me to Dr.Jacqueline C. Castagno, Gynecologic Oncology. Where we will most likely have a CT scan done and then decide what our next step will be. Dr. Sinclair has order me to continue to take it easy right now. Let Tom do most of the running around and for me to rest as I continue to recover from this past surgery.

What we need most right now is your prayers. . .

Please pray that Dr. Castagno can get me in as soon as possible.

Please pray that when I do have the CT scan it is clear in showing all areas that are infective with the cancer.

Please pray for Dr. Castagno as she reviews the results and guides us on the right path in treating/ removing the cancer.

When we know more . . . We are going to need help and we will let you know when that time comes. We love you all so much and thank you for your support over the past few weeks.


In HIS mighty Love,
Trina

Update on my health

Hello Everyone,


Thank you all so much for you prayers and e~mails. I wanted to give you an update on what happen this mourning at the Doctors. Please forgive me if I sound a little choppy . . . It the good drugs I am on ;). We went to get the packing removed from yesterday surgery and she explained to me what she did.


Everything she planned on doing she didn't do at all . . . .basically there was No tumor that she knows of, but a mass at the opening of my cervix. She removed it, but there is also another smaller mass still there . . She sent the one she removed to the pathologists. We will here the results on the 2nd. Tom needs to go with me to discuss what are next steps will be. She did say the "C" word, but did not put much into it. Doctors orders to take it easy the next few weeks. No heavy lifting (not even a Turkey out from the oven). Rest, read a book or watch a movie.
Thank you again, please continue to pray for my family and me.


In HIS Mighty Love,
Trina

Surgery @ 7 AM . . . please pray

I have been missing in the blog world for the past two weeks . . . I have been having some health problems. Now looking back I can see signs of this as far back as six months ago. Because of dear sweet friend (who lives next door to the GYN I have been trying to get into) she was able to call her one night when we were out and explain what was going on. She saw me the next day! As another dear friends said that is just God's timing. Left up to me I would have ignored what my body was telling me even longer. So two Friday's ago I got into see the doctor and found out that I have a Pedunculated Submucous Fibroid Tumor. It dose needs to be removed! This Thursday Nov. 20th @ 7:00 am the doctor will remove it. Please keep me in you prayers, I have never had any type of surgery before and it has me a little on the edge. I do have discomfort and that is taking a toll on Tom. Because of the location of the tumor, I am having back labor. YUCK! Please pray for him (and the kids) . . Over this past weekend I can see he is really worried about me and trying to keep himself busy around the house. His mother just got here and will stay with us until Monday.

Thank you so much for your prayers!

In HIS Mighty Love,
Trina