I first of all have to say ” I don’t know how anyone goes thru life with out Jesus” and I certainly am sorrowful for people who have to go thru  a diagnosis of Cancer without him! This is why I have named this journey what I did, and what that paraphrase means is that ” I Can do ALL things thru him who gives me strength.”Phil 4:13

In October 2016  I went to see my Gynocoligist to have my IUD checked, they do this six months after they put it in to make sure all is good, we’ll it was to all of our surprise that the string they leave so they can remove it was no where to be found so they immediately did an ultra sound and the string was up in my Uterus with the IUD device! I was thinking and I asked him how are you gonna get it out? He said well first we need to see why it’s there instead if where it’s supposed to be, so they drew blood and checked my CA-125 and when it came back it  a couple of days  later it was at 1593 U/ML, well the normal reading is a 0.00 to 22.00 so there was a urgency to take care of this so Dr. B  referred me to his friend Dr.Street , he said Jennifer he is the best and he is the best for this type of a situation which I think is Benign because of how rapidly it came up and the fact of the PCOS and the cysts ( this is why I had the IUD to begin with).

This next part of the journey began to take me in to the reality of what was really going on, because I still hadn’t realized that I had just been referred to a Gynoncologist, but when I got home and looked up what a CA-125 test is and who my new Doctor was going to be I literally freaked out and called Dr. B assistant and she reassured me that Dr. street was the best and I was in good hands and she said just calm down and breath Jennifer it’s all going to be all right!

After about 30 minutes of hanging up the phone, I had a Peace come over me and knew that it was going to be ok, God always shows up on time and thank you Holy Spirit.  The next step was how to tell my family without placing any worry or fear into the situation, so I prayed and then decided that I was only going to tell James and when I had my appointment with Dr. Street and knew more then I would tell my kids and Mom.

It was January before I was able to get in and see Dr. Street, and when we went to the appointment James was with me.  I will never forget pulling in and seeing Cancer Speciliest and Research Institute, my heart was in my throat and I prayed God hold me, I looked at James put a smile on my face and said lets do this! We checked in and waited, I Looked at all the people and felt the heaviness in the air, I took a deep breath and James grabbed my hand and said its all going to be ok Gods got this, I felt the peace again and I decide to camp out in Gods peace instead of fear.   I got called back to the exam room and James went with me, Dr street came in the room and smiled and sat down and we visited about all that had been going on and then he did an exam , and yes James stayed in the room with me , Dr.Street checked me and said that because of the rate this Overary grew and the CA-125 test, numerous things could be going on and that we needed to do a full Hysterectomy ASAP.

On February 6, 2017 I went in to  the Tulsa Spine Hospital which is a Doctor owned Private Hospital, meaning I had a private room and the service was 5 star, by telling you this meant I didn’t have to be where all the flu and sickness would be if I was a St.John I saw this as a blessing, anyways they did a full Hysterectomy and they discovered that I had Stage 3 Ovarian Cancer! Wow that was a mouthful!  I knew going into surgery that I had cysts that need to be removed and I also had an IUD that had completely went into my Uterus , and I did know that ther was a possibility that this all could be more serious.

Dr. Street came later  into the room and discussed what he had found as he told me James sat and didn’t say a word, see Dr Street came out right after my surgery and told James so he already knew what was going on.  Dr. Street said Jennifer it didn’t quite turn out like you had thought  it would, but I will say that I was able to get all of the affected tissue  and I removed seven lymph nodes  and 3 had lesions on them but everything else looks like its healthy, I do want you to know that I cannot go look under each organ and tissue to check so I am going to have you do Standard Chemotherapy for Ovarin Cancer patients, because this type of Cancer is aggressive and this way any thing that could be hiding the treatment will get, as he was telling me all this I had a Peace within me and knew all was going to be ok.

I began to see very quickly into this journey that Jesus had his hand on it! As a matter of fact he told me two weeks before my surgery during Sunday Praise and Worship  he said” I am Holding You” I knew then that whatever the future held God was in control.

Thank You Jesus for being my Lord and Savior , I cannot and will not do this with out you!

Till the next time which will be soon!

Jennifer