When suffering does not destroy you, even though you have been to the edge of the abyss, you know something that you cannot know in any other way. Someone else is sustaining you. You are indeed living by a life not your own. Or as I love to say, "Your life is not about you." It is henceforth, most truly, about God. And you are merely "free sample" of what God has always been doing. - Quote from Richard Rohr

May 21, 2005

Finding the right Dr.... God intervenes!

... My life so far...
Where do I begin?? Ok, here is a summary of my life AC (after cancer)! As you know I was scheduled to go to MD Anderson on June 2nd to see a Dr. Heigimistercan'trememberhowtospellhisname. BUT, I really wanted to see Dr. M. Duvic. Not only because she's the leading specialist, world-renown, on the cutting edge, thinking out of the box, Mycosis Fungoides super woman, but also because I've heard she's real cool and groovy! So I called her office. They took my information. I called back... they said you already have an appt. w/an oncologist here at MDA. Besides you can't see her until June 27th. Keep your appt. w/the Dr. H guy and maybe he'll send you over to Dr. Duvic. Meanwhile in a Dermatology office in west Austin, Dr. Shaffer, my derm doctor is putting together a packet along w/pictures of Moi's arm, neck, face (I shudder to think what they look like) and getting ready to fax them to Dr. Duvic. His nurse calls Dr. Duvic's office. Her office declines the packet to be faxed, because, after all I ALREADY HAVE AN APPOINTMENT. But bless Dr. Shaffer's nurse she send them anyway. Dr. Duvic sends an e-mail to her schedulers (now how cool is that???) and says, make me an appt. with this Lisa Renee Atkinson person. Yesterday I get the call... they are babbling something about an e-mail and I can now see her and they need to make an appointment and ... they'll call me back. That's when I hit the wall. As many of you know I've been pretty, well how do we say it? Manic! So I crashed. Went to bed at 6:30 pm last night ... but feel much better today.So today I call and say Am I going to see Duvic??? When can I see Duvic???? Can it be sooner than 4 weeks???? And the answer to all these questions were Yes, Yes, and Yes. And I get to see her a day earlier than I was going to see the Dr. H. guy!!!! So a week from today, I'll be at MDA having who knows what done to my who knows what!Many of us all along felt like she was the one I was to see. So thanks for praying, thanks for keeping me in your prayers, they are the glue that is holding me together.You have all been AWESOME!!!! I love all of you guys who are reading this more than I can express. My family is blessed by you, I'm blessed by you!I'll try to write every 2-3 days and let you know what's up! What's down and what's sideways!