Thanks Jeannie for your profound INSIGHTS in the previous blog. It stimulated some ideas that I can’t resist sharing.
Sometimes our religious belief system can allow us to hide from our true selves. We get our pat-on-the-back for our efforts to look good and impress others while hiding from who we really are. Real Christianity [...]
I’ve never invested much energy in celebrating Halloween. I did enjoy the fun my children had dressing up and spending a couple of hours trick-or-treating in the safe and wholesome neighborhoods we lived in, that and carving pumpkins which I then made into pumpkin bread or cookies. That was the extent of [...]
           Whenever something wild and unexpected comes along, our family responds with, “Oh, well, another VanOrden adventure.� I need to correct any misapprehension created by my last post. I need to make it clear where my priorities are. Family memories begin with [...]
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The news that my mouth is cancer free has left me floating with exhilaration and much of the time completely limp with exhaustion. I still have the very serious and ongoing task of taking care of my health and being ever vigilant to watch for and stop cancer in its tracks. My [...]
The second biopsy report finally came back. No sign of cancer. This is a miracle. Thank you for your prayers and positive thoughts and faith. Many prayers of thanksgiving are due today. I am cancer free.
No pathology report today. I do believe they are having all kinds of fun testing and retesting my biopsy tissue samples. Test away. I’m all for being thorough. Look and look and look. Make sure the cancer is gone. But please, let it be gone. [...]
The pathology report on Thursday’s biopsy did not come back today. My doctor said that is probably because they could find no obvious signs of cancer and were doing additional tests to be certain.  I’m full of peace, and I am enjoying every minute of life as I celebrate being snatched from [...]
It is late, I really wish I’d posted earlier but as you can imagine I’m wiped out. I checked into the out patient surgery at 9:17 this morning: parched, slightly miserable from being without water or food, but much less nervous than last time. The director of traffic called my name [...]
My surgeon called. The pathology report was indeed delayed because of extra testing and extra precautions because (take a deep breath, sit down), the results were negative for cancer. My surgeon says he really took a big chunk of my tongue to be sure he had a large sampling, [...]