Tests...

Took my bride to our favorite romantic little corner of the world today for lunch...Moe's! :) We had a wonderful worship experience this morning at First Lyman. I feel so close to God there, there's just something re-energizing, re-freshing, re-you-fill-in-the-blank when I'm around God's People. Allison and I talked about the service, "Christmas Myths" and how much we enjoyed the morning. She had already asked me on the way to church when could we go to Moe's again. It was just us this afternoon because the kids were going shopping for the District 5 children this afternoon with the youth group. So I said, how about after church for lunch. She smiled in approval. (Like that's not what she was hinting at all along!)

I think the entire city of Greer came to Moe's today for lunch, the place was packed and lined out the door. But I really didn't mind the wait, I actually enjoyed it. It gave us time to talk, laugh, stare (some strange people in this world). We find a booth and begin enjoying our lunch. "Do you think we'll get the test results Tuesday at my appointment?", she asks. Boom...back to reality. Tuesday we meet Dr. Blouin for our surgery follow-up. We're waiting on 2 tests: one from the surgery, the same test they ran last time that forced us into "surgery #2" in the first place. We pray for a clean report, meaning no signs of cancer (there's that word again, I struggle just typing the letters) in the tissue samples from around where the original tumor was removed. The second test we're waiting on is one called Oncotype DX. It takes about 2 weeks to get the results and Tuesday will be about 2 weeks. This test looks at 21 different genes and measures the chances of your breast cancer returning and the likelihood of your benefiting from chemotherapy. You score from 0 to 100, with 0 being very little chance of recurrence and 100 being very likely. I've never prayed so hard for a big fat 0 on a test in my life!

God's Will will be done and He will be glorified through this. We're scared, it's a helpless feeling waiting on a test result that will potentially change your life. But our God is in control and will either lead us by the hand or carry us through this trial if He has to.

I don't know if we'll get results Tuesday or not, all I know is a "Joey Bag of Doughnuts" from Moe's with the woman you love is Heaven on Earth...