Re: have my surgery date!! (TP-ICT)/Heidi

[Guest guest]

I feel a warming bond inside

> after having met you and Josh in August. It is so rewarding to

> meet the people in person that we talk to every day here on the

> board. I am increasingly encouraged by the power of prayer, and

> I'm so happy that yours were answered. This affirmation that

> our prayers are heard and the solutions that we seek are

> granted, strengthens my belief each day, and gives me so much

> hope for the future. Just recently I had a rather complex problem

> that I took to God in prayer, and within a day He solved it in such

> a way that I knew He had listened and intervened.....I am still

> today quite humbled by the experience, and I will never hesitate

> to turn to Him for help. It gives me strength to say,

>

> With hope and prayers,

> Heidi

>

Heidi,

It is such a tremendous relief. I can't say that I am not concerned

about the prospect of such a huge surgery. I feel like I am at a

cross road, on one side having the surgery and facing the potential

complications; on the other side not having the surgery and the long

term complication of living with this disease the rest of my life. If

only I could see down the road and know where each would go. But I

don't have that ability, I just have to base my decision on the

knowledge of what my life is like now, and knowing that any chance to

change that for the better has to be taken advantage of.

I was so glad to meet you in person, it really sort of completes the

feeling of friendship that begins here. I felt a little strange about

caring so much about people I hadn't met, but now that is gone I have

faces to put with friendships now. My husband has asked about you and

the others many times since we met. The Symposium really brought

about big changes in our relationship. He has always been caring, but

I think deep down he often wondered if it was partially in my head.

That all went away when he met everyone and heard their stories, that

described exactly the same things I had been describing for years. It

sealed the deal so to speak, there has not been a trace of doubt

since then.

Many prayers and warm thoughts to you

Keri