katie0128
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This friend was one of my very best friends in high school, but we lost touch and just reconnected a few weeks ago. Her DH was part of our circle in high school, so I do know him, although not as well.
I don't know the whole story, but in September my friend's DH (who is all of 33) found out he had testicular cancer. The next day the tumor was removed and then he did a round of radiation. The MD's think they removed everything and they haven't seen any sign of the cancer since. He is back to work, but still gets very tired very easily... which is hard anyway, but they have a bunch of "children" that live in their barn (chickens, ducks, goats, dogs and a few other critters) that my friend has had to care for on her own (not something she was used to) since September. They live in a semi-farming community outside of Columbs and their nearest neighbor isn't even within an easy walking distance. Both of their families live in Cincinnati... 3 hours away. To make matters worse, in one of his recent scans, they have found some "spots" on his lungs and are watching them closely. Again, hard anyway, but he has a family history of lung cancer.
I have two requests of you...
1) Please pray for this couple. Regardless of what she says, I knew her well enough at one time to know that this is really not as easy as she is telling me. I'm sure once we chat more, I'll get more details, but in her email she was using some of the "reassuring" words she used in high school when she wanted to make herself believe everything was going to be o.k.
2) Let me know if there is anything I should say or NOT say, offer to do, etc. I know we have lots of advice re: cancer in various posts, but does anyone have any experience with a loved one with testicular cancer? I'm sure some of the feelings that some women experience when diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer about not being a complete woman any longer would be similar to men with testicular cancer.
Anyway, I do actually have PC (and Tasty Tidbits) to thank for helping me and my friend to reconnect. I had an old email that I wasn't even sure who it belonged to anymore. So I added it to my monthly newsletter list last month and figured that if it was a friend, they might reply when they saw my name. I was so surprised when I got the reply email and found out the email belonged to this friend! She was so excited to see my newsletter and we have been emailing almost daily for about a week! And to think, this was only the 2nd month I have been using Tasty Tidbits and would have NEVER sent the newsletter if it wasn't for Joy. I think I have already "recovered" any cost for the newsletters by finding my friend. Our God does work in mysterious ways!
TIA for all your support and prayers!
I don't know the whole story, but in September my friend's DH (who is all of 33) found out he had testicular cancer. The next day the tumor was removed and then he did a round of radiation. The MD's think they removed everything and they haven't seen any sign of the cancer since. He is back to work, but still gets very tired very easily... which is hard anyway, but they have a bunch of "children" that live in their barn (chickens, ducks, goats, dogs and a few other critters) that my friend has had to care for on her own (not something she was used to) since September. They live in a semi-farming community outside of Columbs and their nearest neighbor isn't even within an easy walking distance. Both of their families live in Cincinnati... 3 hours away. To make matters worse, in one of his recent scans, they have found some "spots" on his lungs and are watching them closely. Again, hard anyway, but he has a family history of lung cancer.
I have two requests of you...
1) Please pray for this couple. Regardless of what she says, I knew her well enough at one time to know that this is really not as easy as she is telling me. I'm sure once we chat more, I'll get more details, but in her email she was using some of the "reassuring" words she used in high school when she wanted to make herself believe everything was going to be o.k.
2) Let me know if there is anything I should say or NOT say, offer to do, etc. I know we have lots of advice re: cancer in various posts, but does anyone have any experience with a loved one with testicular cancer? I'm sure some of the feelings that some women experience when diagnosed with breast or ovarian cancer about not being a complete woman any longer would be similar to men with testicular cancer.
Anyway, I do actually have PC (and Tasty Tidbits) to thank for helping me and my friend to reconnect. I had an old email that I wasn't even sure who it belonged to anymore. So I added it to my monthly newsletter list last month and figured that if it was a friend, they might reply when they saw my name. I was so surprised when I got the reply email and found out the email belonged to this friend! She was so excited to see my newsletter and we have been emailing almost daily for about a week! And to think, this was only the 2nd month I have been using Tasty Tidbits and would have NEVER sent the newsletter if it wasn't for Joy. I think I have already "recovered" any cost for the newsletters by finding my friend. Our God does work in mysterious ways!
TIA for all your support and prayers!