I honestly don't know what to say

I honestly don't know what to say. In some ways we're numb and in others the emotion is just pouring out. In some ways we're incredibly disappointed and yet in others, answered prayer is coming to light. We went to see Mike's oncologist on Wednesday to hear the test results. In short, it confirmed that it looks like he does have cancer. The only way to know for sure is to have surgery to take out part or all of his thyroid. The good news is that his bloodwork came back normal. The scan, however, showed that the mass was "cold", which does indicate cancer. The next step is to talk to the surgeon about surgery, which will most likely be taking place in the next month or two.

Its amazing how down you feel when you expect results that just aren't there. We've had thousands of people around the world praying for the simple result of Mike being cured from cancer without the doctors doing anything. God's answer to that was it isn't the way its going to happen. We're not blaming God in any way, we're just trying to stand back and understand exactly what He is trying to do. This is just about the hardest thing in the world to do - wait on God. We both really want to be on the other side of this and be able to see exactly what His work was through all of this. Mike's not playing the victim card in any way, we're just ready for things to stop happening.

On a positive note, Mike had a second body scan with one of our chiropractors and his overall health is improving, which means that the new lifestyle we've taken on is helping. The scan did show extra activity in his thyroid, which means that his body is trying to fight this cancer - we just need to keep feeding it the fuel it craves so much. So no matter what we do medically, we are going to keep up with this lifestyle of healthy eating and healthy living.

In short, thank you all for your prayers. Please continue them as our life journey continues.

Nothing New

A lot of people have been asking for updates after all of the testing. We don't have any updates, but we do have a followup appointment with the oncologist this Wednesday. We will update the blog afterward. Thanks for your prayers, please keep praying.

Keep Praying

Dear Blog Followers,

Now is the time to pray like you've never prayed for Mike. He had a followup body scan this past Saturday with one of our chiropractors and the results came back that his overall health is improving. Praise God that all of our lifestyle changes with prayer, diet, etc. has been showing results. He went in today for the first part of the thyroid scan. The radiology tech gave Mike some I-123 (as in Iodine-123) pills to take for his uptake scan tomorrow. This scan will show one of three things: 1) That his thyroid is "cold" (thyroid is underactive); 2) That his thyroid is "hot" (thyroid is overactive); 3) That his thyroid is normal. Please pray that this scan would come back normal and it would come back as not "hot" or "cold".

More to come in the next week.