A FITTING THANKSGIVING TESTIMONY

I (Katie) don't author most of these blog posts, but the past few weeks have been monumental! I was diagnosed with "well-differentiated endometrial adenocarcinoma." In other words, the most common uterine cancer. (Sorry, I have no pictures to post here. Be glad!) I was sure I'd caught it as soon as humanly possible, so when my OB/Gyn asked if I wanted to discuss a hysterectomy with my husband and family, I thought, "Why? It must be done, and the sooner the better!" The doctor remarked, "You certainly are taking this well." I had no tears, just a goal.
So we scheduled it for seven days later (Nov. 9th). My thinking was to get this junk out of me. My doctor's plan was to give me enough post-surgery recuperation time which would better ensure that John & I could go on the cruise John'd been planning since February! So, after a couple days of running around for pre-op "musts," such as chest x-ray, bloodwork, CT scan, etc., then a couple of days back at work (VERY supportive co-workers! I love 'em all!), I started the required pre-op "starvation/let's clean you out" diet.
The surgery went very well, and I've been healing well, too. The pathology report came back negative; they'd gotten all the cancer. No more treatment is necessary. The doctor said, "Take that cruise!" And I've been obeying his directives regarding rest, casually walking around my neighborhood, and NOT DOING ANY HOUSEWORK!!!!!! The latter has been SO difficult! Right.
Here's what I've learned:
Tons of people love and care about me.
Tons of people have been praying for my welfare.
Tons of people are willing to give of their time (and culinary skills) to help out John & me.
I have tons more faith than I'd realized. My testimony of the fulness of the Gospel of Jesus Christ is so internalized, that the only thing I really feared when hearing the "C" word, was that I might not live to see my grandchildren, hold them, read to them, play with them. But there is also HOPE, and I prayed with great hope that the Lord would permit me to remain on earth to experience the blessing of grandkids. And the still, small voice through all of this, told me that I would be fine.
So, thank you, everyone who prayed, thought, visited, emailed, drove me places, cooked, sent cards or flowers, asked about me, etc., etc. And thank you, Heavenly Father, for these people, for this beautiful earth you've made just for us, and for keeping me here on it (hopefully, for a good long time!!!!) HAPPY THANKSGIVING !!!!!