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Trip of celebration

July 10, 2016 by Paul Williams 8 Comments

Thank you Father for the pleasant relaxing trip with Theresa this past week. Thank you for your hands of comfort placed around us. Thank you all for your continued prayers.

This week we realized our trip to Disney and our 22nd Anniversary there. Theresa looked forward to this trip for the past 5 months and with the previous good news, it was a time of celebration. We used a “return time” pass so we never had to stand in line for more than 5 minutes and we could take our time. We took many breaks, sat instead of standing, and didn’t need to get a wheelchair. Theresa found that because of her peripheral neuropathy, standing is hard, while talking holding on to me wasn’t. It must have something to do with the propriocepter damage from the Chemo. As you can guess, she wanted to stay in her happy place.

Next week we will set up the liver MRI and then decisions will need to be made. We don’t have a direction yet on how we should proceed, so please continue to keep that in prayer.

One thing that we have been more suprised about is how the Chemo affected Theresa’s memory. She was told by a friend that she would get “chemo brain”. She has found she forgets things easily, and is easily distracted. It seemed to affect her short term memory especially and ability to get immediate memories into short term. We have also noted, some affect on past memories. We are hoping this improves over time. I think this is the hardest part for me since Theresa had an impeccable memory.

I wanted to add my reading of Charles Spurgeon’s devotional from July 9th. “Forget not all His benefits” Psalms 103:2. “It is a delightful and profitable occupation to mark the hand of God in the lives of ancient saints and to observe His goodness in delivering them, His mercy in pardoning them, and His faithfulness in keeping His covenant with them. But would it not be even more interesting and profitable for us to observe the hand of God in our own lives? Should we not look upon our own history as being at least as full of God, as full of His goodness and of His truth, as much as proof of His faithfulness and veracity as the lives of any of the saints who have gone before? We do our Lord an injustice when we suppose that He performed all His mightly acts and showed Himself strong for those in the early time but does not perform wonders or lay bare His arm for the saints who are now upon the earth. Let us review our own lives. Surely in these we may discover some happy incidents, refreshing to ourselves and glorifying to our God. Have you had no deliverances? Have you passed through no rivers, supported by the divine presence? Have you walked through no fires unharmed? Have you had no manifestations? Have you had no choice favors? The God who gave Solomon the desire of his heart, has He never listened to you and answered your requests? That God of lavish bounty of whom David sang, “who satisfies you with good,” has He never filled you up to overflowing? Have you never been made to lie down in green pastures? Have you never been led by the still waters? Surely the goodness of God has been the same to us as to the saints of old. Let us, then, weave His mercies into a song. Let us take the pure gold of thankfulness and the jewels of praise and make them into another crown for the head of Jesus. Let our souls produce music as sweet and as exhilarating as came from David’s harp while we praise the Lord whose mercy endures forever.”

Have a blessed week.

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  1. Jennie Brandt says

    July 10, 2016 at 11:46 pm

    Congratulations on your anniversary and we are so happy life is giving you both a much need boost.

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  2. Candace Wilber Horch says

    July 11, 2016 at 2:14 am

    Happy Anniversary! I’m praying for a clear direction for you and for a good report from the MRI. A year and a half following my treatment and the “chemo brain” symptoms are getting better, so I would expect the same for Theresa, and I’ve learned to adjust to the neuropathy in my feet. What joy you were able to make this trip and to savor every bit of it! Once again, thank you for sharing your spiritual insight, and the reminder to praise our God through it all!

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  3. Annette Fragner says

    July 11, 2016 at 4:12 am

    Thank you. I will continue to pray for you, Theresa. God bless you and keep you. Praise God for His delight in you.

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  4. Annette Fragner says

    July 11, 2016 at 4:16 am

    Thank you for your wonderful insight and heartfelt words. Praise God for His special touch on Theresa and her life. Prayers continue to be sent her way.

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  5. Carol & Marcus Johns says

    July 11, 2016 at 6:25 am

    Hapy anniversary Theresa and Dr. Paul. We will pray that you have many more anniversaries to come. You remain forever in our hearts.

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  6. Rod and Dianna Samuelson says

    July 12, 2016 at 6:33 am

    Thank you for sharing your lives with us. We continue to pray and praise God for the strength and blessings He is giving you. Much love.

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  7. Julie Wilber Gamewell says

    July 12, 2016 at 6:35 am

    Happy Anniversary! So glad you had a good trip. May the Lord continue to heal you. Prayers continue.

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  8. Donna says

    July 13, 2016 at 6:58 am

    Happy to hear the PET Scan showed no current tumors! How wonderful that you were able to go to Disney Land for your anniversary. My continued thoughts and prayers are with you!

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Dr. Paul Williams, MD is a small-town family practice doctor working in Centralia, Washington. He works from the same office where his primary care practice was established by his father over 38 years ago. He believes strongly that the art of the old-fashioned primary care doctor is an important feature of our medical system that should be preserved and protected from excess interference from insurance companies and government regulation alike.

Due to changes in the health care industry and regulations affecting it, and in an effort to preserve the art of old-fashioned primary care, Dr. Paul has shifted his practice to a Direct Care model, meaning that patients pay an affordable monthly fee to purchase primary care health care services directly, rather than having their services billed through an insurance company.

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