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Encourage all seeking answers to hope for, believe for and fight for a miraculous outcome ~ by sharing my miraculous story of overcoming pancreatic cancer.
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Blog Posts
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At times, we face losing something, gaining something and accepting the new uninvited normal. Within these events, we need to make decisions. I decided that in order to move into my healing I had to confront fear, step out in faith into unknown outcomes while trusting and believing that I would live to tell about it.
The ninth child of Betty and Ivan, in a family of ten, I grew up in a time when society seemed far less complicated. I am now married to Jim and we are empty nesters with three grown children that have graduated into their own life adventures. My pancreas cancer story started in February of 2018. Since that time, my husband, Jim and I have beat this disease. This blog tells the story of how we faced a giant and found peace and victory.
No matter the challenging life event you face, my prayer is that this blog helps you successfully walk through your distressing valley by listening to yourself, your body, your faith and approach it with positivity, faith, courage and strength one day at a time while finding purpose, meaning and a life that exceeds your expectations. This is my healing story.
Peace to you,
Rita
Winter is coming
It has been a busy winter so far. In the end of January for the last nine years Jim has been part of the 3 person Shadowmen snow sculpting team in the St. Paul Winter Carnival. At this time, he had competed in eight of the last St. Paul Winter Carnival Big Block Snow Sculpting competitions.
Pancreatic adenocarcinoma
Even though I have been teary eyed multiple times over the thought of facing this condition, we have determined that we need to walk in faith believing for full healing. Our future is not written yet. We are determined to beat this. We have to. Right?
Trust Your Gut
“Go home and get your affairs in order.” Words I thought I would never hear. What does it mean? How is this possible and why me? What would you do? I cried.
Close to God
Closing in on God can be done by laying down the distractions of our natural life. When we do this, we open our spirits to an awareness of God. Fasting was a key for me to unlock the door to be near to God and trust that He was in the details of all the medical treatments.
St. George…Dragon Slayer
…. I had done some research about the doctor and read that a patient referred to him as the “Dragonslayer of Pancreatic Cancer”. This intrigued me because Satan is often referred in the bible as a dragon….
Woke and still local
I was gagging when I woke up from the anesthesia drug induced sleep. There was a flexible tube in my throat used to guide the scope through to my stomach and into my pancreas to capture the tumor’s tissue. The nurse was telling me to calm down. She said, “It will be okay.” ….
You’re not my doctor
…Who knows what I would have done without Jim’s mental clarity? I wasn’t in my right mind these days. It sounds like the line from the Cool Hand Luke movie with Paul Neuman as Luke, “You gotta get your mind right Luke…”…
The cancer care team…Oncology
“…While we are sitting in the consultation room, I become aware that Jim is talking to the oncology doctor about our band and how we have two songs in the rotation on a local radio station…..”
