Cancer Free!
May 11, 2000
Dear Friends and Family,
I want to take time to write more about the good news now that I have more time. As I wrote earlier, the blood tests showed the breast cancer
tumor marker test to be completely normal at a 14 count. The chest x-ray was completely normal, and MRI's of the brain and liver were clear. So
this put me in the "all clear" category. I still have healing going on in my body, but that is OK with me - I have had a LOT of years that I abused
this body.
The biggest change has been mentally. I truly feel that I have been let out of a "Prisoner of War camp"! Why would I make that strange comment?
Because more than any of the physical suffering that I did last year, the mental torment for 365 days or so was almost more than I could bear. I
have talked with other cancer patients and we all seem to agree. Once the words CANCER are pronounced over a person, the mind is taken captive by
Satan and his army of demons. No matter how much you pray and think positive thoughts, it never seems to be enough to rid the fear and horror
that the mind congers up. Last Monday, I was set free from the tormentor.
I could once again breathe deeply, think clearly, praise God and believe God in many new dimensions. Dr. Laura Schlessinger wrote in her book
THE TEN COMMANDMENTS, The Significance of God's Laws in Everyday Life - "Suffering, then, with all its travail, is an opportunity. What we make of
that opportunity is a defining component of our lives." I have greatly
embraced the suffering and what I learned from it, BUT without a doubt the toughest suffering was the mental torment and fears.
The very next day I spoke to three classes at East Henderson High School
on cancer and alternative therapies. I was just so grateful to be able to
speak as a recovered cancer patient rather than a hopefully recovering
cancer patient. I basically taught from 8 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. and loved
every minute of it.
So, how did I celebrate? I went to the Food Co Op (our Health Food
Store) and got a big organic Greek Salad and beet/carrot juice. I was free
to have anything, and yet I DO NOT intend to go back to old eating habits
at all. I did have one special drink from France that I had been saving
for a year yesterday! I don't even desire to go out to the traditional
Mother's Day dinner. Bill will be working after 2:00, so the girls, Bill
and I will probably have a wonderful organic picnic lunch and enjoy being
outside. Again, I can't help feeling free, and my freedom came at a very
high price so I do not intend to throw away God's gift to me. I will be
adding a few other items back into my diet, but they will be controlled and
monitored carefully to see if my body can handle the new foods. Fruit is a
big joy to have back!
I feel as though I need to have an awards night and have so many people
here to thank each one and give them awards for standing by me, coming to
see me, writing, praying and calling. Thanks to each of you from the
bottom of my carrot juice heart. Bill and the girls also say thanks.
Love, Belinda.....The Thankful!
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