Patient Advocate (old timer, 2000 posts) Joined: Nov 2002 Posts: 3,552 | Jennifer, This is your topic so if you wish to bring God into it that's well within the rules. I have carefully read the responses to your posts and I truly believe that the posters have responded out of love for you. No one wants to see another die from this horrific disease. We have certainly had our fill of death here.
I too am a Christian, have been in my church's worship team for over 20 years. I believe that Jesus empowered the Apostles to heal the sick and to pass that on to the disciples (so why not doctors). I also believe that God works through the doctors and it doesn't matter whether they are believers or not as God can use any person or circumstance for his glory. See Acts 12:5-16 NIV
Many elements of alternative medicine are either based on New Age or witchcraft. Please - speak with your pastor about this! See 2 Cor. 11:13-16
Just for the record, I lived in China for 3 weeks while assisting a medical device manufacturer there with regulatory affairs issues. I was able to tour several hospitals and Western medicine is quite routine in China. Even the most run down hospitals had mammography, MRI, PET scanners, RT, etc. Acupuncture and herbal medicines were offered as an adjunctive treatment. There is no easy way out. My own cancer experience was a time of great communion with God and a life changing experience. Was the road difficult - absolutely, but God had a plan for this and that was very simply to serve others. He equipped me long before I had cancer - Billy Graham Crusade counselor, 9 months of formal Lay Christian Counseling Training (LCT), 15 years in AA, and 8 years here. Not to mention that my father, sister, (my mother had melenoma, a radical mastectomy and cervical cancer but died of a heart attack) stepmother, 3 dogs and many friends have all died from cancer. I have been a caregiver as well as a patient. See 2 Cor. 12: 7-10
I was given a 26% chance of 5 year survival.
There are no bullies here - only people who are passionate about serving others - sometimes a little tough love is in order. We just would like to see you remain on this side of the grass so that God can use you for his good purpose.
Last edited by Gary; 12-31-2010 01:08 PM.
Gary Allsebrook *********************************** Dx 11/22/02, SCC, 6 x 3 cm Polypoid tumor, rt tonsil, Stage III/IVA, T3N0M0 G1/2 Tx 1/28/03 - 3/19/03, Cisplatin ct x2, IMRT, bilateral, with boost, x35(69.96Gy) ________________________________________________________ "You are a mist that appears for a little while and then vanishes" (James 4:14 NIV)
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