there will be miracles.

I haven’t updated this blog in quite some time. So here is the latest…

I had a biopsy in February. It was in the office. It was uncomfortable and I was sore for a day or so after. We waited about a week for results. We got a call on a Monday night at 7:00 that the cancer was gone! Cancer-free. The loveliest words.

My doctor said that I still had hyperplasia (pre-cancer cells) but that they did show that the hormones were effecting the cells (which is good.)

So fast-forward to my last biopsy, which was May 30^th. It was also in the office. This time it was more painful and I was sore for about a day. I waited 12 days on results and I finally called the office to try to get the results. I talked to a nurse-practitioner that told me the results weren’t in yet because they had to be sent on for further testing. She said that a team of pathologists were going to have to review it because the cancer was so “odd.” I asked her if we would still get to try IVF and she couldn’t tell me anything. She also gave me the talk of “I know what it’s like to have baby-fever… you just have to be patient.”

Tyler and I were both upset after this conversation. It gave us the impression that something wasn’t right. We were up all night, wondering if this would be it.

The next day, Saturday, my doctor called and had no clue we had talked to this nurse practitioner. She said the NP had told us completely wrong. All that had happened was, the pathologist didn’t compare the biopsy to the most recent biopsy. They had compared it to my very first one from August, not the February one. So, she had asked pathology to re-compare it. She said there were still not any cancer-cells but that I still have hyperplasia. She was hoping that would be gone this time as well.

So, she proposed that I go in for another D & C for her to remove the hyperplasia, so the IUD can more effectively treat the area. Of course, we said yes to that proposal and had that done this past Wednesday.

The doctor is sending that on to pathology again and we are going to wait on the results. If it shows a lot of hyperplasia, I will most likely be going on a hormone pill to assist the IUD. If it doesn’t show much hyperplasia, we will just let the IUD do its thing.

It has been a rollercoaster of a month. The phrase I keep coming back to lately is… 

 

“Our brokenness can be a container for God’s glory.”- Ann Voskamp

That is the miracle.