We will all follow you sooner rather than later. We are all grateful for your friendship, and I am especially grateful for your example of faith. Godspeed, Brother.
Yes, I am very fortunate to be able to know my time.... There have been times in my life that I escaped the instant passing without saying goodbye to friends and family.... One event was when I had to be dug out of a house that was destroyed by the 2011 tornado outbreak, the same one that hit TTown..... I knew I was a goner then!!!!! By a stroke of luck, a 700 pound motorcycle saved my life as it kept the walls and roof that had collapsed on top of me from reaching my body.... Divine intervention, it had to be, just like the intervention that led me to have a choice in this instance....My situation is nothing like yours, but, according to my cardiologist, I came within .4 mm of dying this past year. I looked on my metric ruler and saw how little that was. I live on, but I realized that not one week, not one day, not one second is guaranteed to any of us. Since that incident, I also find myself appreciating each moment of life more. All of our lives end. The main difference is you are in a better place to know the time range for the ending. Many of us will eventually find ourselves in that position. God bless you as you go into the transition...
No, No, No!!!!! Never decline chemo or radiation at the get go unless the doctor tells you it will not work.... To me that is like giving up.... Chemo and radiation saves many, many people every day, just not in my case.... Believe me that you will know after a month or so of chemo.... Everybody is different and reacts differently to each situation.... For your families sake, at least give it a shot... You personally have to believe there may be a miracle heading your way.... Miracles happen every day!!!!I can certainly understand why you have made this decision. I have had many family members get cancer and go thru years of chemo only to die anyway. I have had this discussion with my family and have told them if I was ever diagnosed that I would decline any chemo because I would not want to go thru any of that if it only gives me a few extra months. thankfully so far I am healthy as a horse. I am glad you found peace.
Roll Tide!
My youngest brother (in Illinois) developed throat cancer a while back. That cancer is manifested through a tumor that's wrapped around his carotid artery in his neck. Because of it's size and position the doctors have deemed it inoperable.No, No, No!!!!! Never decline chemo or radiation at the get go unless the doctor tells you it will not work.... To me that is like giving up.... Chemo and radiation saves many, many people every day, just not in my case.... Believe me that you will know after a month or so of chemo.... Everybody is different and reacts differently to each situation.... For your families sake, at least give it a shot... You personally have to believe there may be a miracle heading your way.... Miracles happen every day!!!!
I will remember your advice and your great example of grace in dealing with what the natural world handed you. I don't know you, but we are friends now in an important way. God bless you and your family.Yes sir I have..... I am imagining in the coming day, I`ll find more peace than any other mortal man could ever imagine, forever..... Even now, time is different..... Every breath I take feels like an eternity to me and so precious.....
You always have my respect. I hope I can follow you into the gates of heaven one day.Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.