NOW:

 Radiation was rolling along just fine. Then I saw my breast surgeon for a checkup and he sent me for an ultrasound of my leg. He thought it was larger than the other leg. Then he sent me to the hospital (blood clot).  I’d been this route before and knew it could mean a week in the hospital waiting for my blood to thin. That meant missing 5 – 7 treatments.

The radiation doctor assured me that a break in treatment could be a good thing for my skin. (It had suddenly turned bright red the day I entered the hospital.) By then I had talked to God and given Him my fears and frustrations and asked Him to use me if He could. He did!

God never wastes a thing, even a stay in the hospital. He rolled at least three things together and accomplished them in that week. He turned that week into an incredible experience, and not just for me.  

Bumps in the road can be bad. They can cause damage to you and your car, or they can slow you down a little and reassure you that you have good shocks.

“Casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.” 1Peter 4:5

THEN:

DejaVu, sort of. When I was being diagnosed with MS in 2002, I had three hospitalizations. The last was for a leg blood clot.  I was staying in Georgia with family at the time and the third time in the hospital seemed like one more in an unending series of bad things.

But by then I had learned to trust God with this stuff, and soon after I left the hospital I was ready to go home, to Florida. I was supposed to reclaim my job after using my Family Medical Leave on May 5th, and my family dropped me off the weekend before. I made it back to work, barely able to get through the four hour days at first. But, I got stronger and eventually took a full time job at the same program. 

Letting God be in control doesn’t mean a smooth ride, but it does mean that God knows about the bumps before you do and will prepare you and be with you.

God Bless