- Ask you to pray for me
- Encourage you by sharing what God is teaching me
On Thursday, 11/12/2009, Anne and went to see my Urologist, Dr. Shitutani. He told us that I still have some small cancer cells either totally within my prostate or just outside; not in my lymph nodes or bone marrow for which I am so very thankful!
He believes that the next course of treatment is to shrink and starve my prostate. This will be done by eliminating Testosterone [male hormone] via the following:
- I am to take Casodex [pill] for 14 days. This I began on Friday 11/13. The possible side effects are enough to scare the CANCER out of me!! I praise God that so far I have had no side effects
- Take a series of injections. I received the 1st injection on Thursday 11/19. I will receive another one on Thursday, 11/24 and the final one in 6 months
- Continue to monitor my PSA level which is now 43 and should be near zero
Of course, I assumed that my 39 External Beam Radiation treatments [2/3-3/30/2009] would totally eradicate my Prostate Cancer; I would be home free and clear.
Here is another situation that I cannot fix, manage or control by myself.
It is clear to me that God is going for a deeper level of surrender, dependence and obedience in my heart. He is doing this by bringing me to another place where I am out of control and in desperate need of Jesus alone. He is allowing this in order to build more of His Holy Spirit into my heart.
Therefore, please ask God's Holy Spirit to daily remind me that I need to TRUST Him in new areas and a deeper level than ever before. May He alone receive glory and praise as I continue on this journey with Him.
