Heart Scan and encouraging signs
I had an early start because I needed to be at the Abbotsford Hospital at 8.45am for a M.U.G.A scan of my heart. The chemo I am having can cause heart damage so the scan is to check my heart function before I start chemo. Blood was taken from me and then mixed with a radio active substance and then re injected into my body. I then had to lie under a machine that took pictures of my heart. One scan took 15 minutes and the next one took about 9 minutes. I had to lie with my arm above my head which brought back the memories of lying under the radiation machine several years ago. It is actually 9 years since I had the radiation. I don’t know how time flies by so fast, but I do know that they were 9 wonderful happy years with lots of love, smiles and laughter. I am confident that the chemo will give me a long remission and many more good years.
This thought was reinforced when I picked up the mail and opened the newsletter. “Abreast in the West” In it is an article written by a woman who was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer in 2001. The cancer was in her bones, liver and brain and yet she is still alive and writing this article 8 years later. I know that this is a message to me that I should believe that I will achieve my long term goals of attending my granddaughter’s graduation and wedding.
I had another little sign this week. On the window in the kitchen we had a stained glass butterfly hanging from a nylon thread which was fixed to a hook above the window.  This had been hanging there for several years. Suddenly for no apparent reason it fell down and landed on the sill. As it landed it knocked down a decorated pebble that had been given to me a couple of years ago. The pebble rolled across the countertop and as I caught it in my hand. I looked down at the pebble and read the words “Don’t give up hope”