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Using Faith to deal with the diagnosis of lung cancer
Lung Cancer | Last Active: Mar 29 3:55pm | Replies (11)Comment receiving replies
I truly understand what you’re saying having gone through the same process, I always worried about getting lung cancer but still I continued to smoke for over 40 years. I still remember how tormented I felt being addicted to cigarettes and feeling scared of getting sick, I finally did quit at age 61 and when I turned 69 I got lung cancer. I think that initially I was sort of numb and going through the process of getting help but eventually all the fear and anxiety kicked in full force and I started having meltdowns. I think it’s perhaps your mind taking things slow to help you get through it, I also found myself praying more than usual and I truly began to feel somewhat better. I’m not a very religious person but I do believe in prayer and talking to God about my fears, I don’t know if it’s coincidence but sometimes I feel like I’m getting answers to my prayers in subtle ways.
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I understand what you're saying. At 61 I was diagnosed with advanced prostate cancer and had to undergo external beam radiation as well as 2 years of hormone therapy. Then while I was being treated for Prostate cancer, I was diagnosed with Upper Tract Urothelial Cancer, which is cancer of the Ureter between my bladder and left kidney. I had to go through chemotherapy for that one and i ended up losing one of my kidneys. I have a lot of side effects from both cancers. Last week A CT Scan of my lungs showed a 1 cm spiculated node in my right upper lobe, along with numerous other 4 and 5 mm nodes in the same place. I pray a lot and I truly believe God got me through the 2 prior cancers that I had at virtually the same time. I have Faith HE will get me through the next one. I too get subtle answers to my prayers. Maybe that's how it should be. The Lord has saved me from probable death many times in my past. I believe HE will continue to. God bless you and keep praying to God Almighty.