Bad Cancer but Great Friends!

There are people that God brings into to your life for a specific reason and purpose. We met a couple during our first bout with cancer and chemo. If my counts would have not been too low one week for chemo, our paths may have never crossed. My white blood cell counts were too low to be able to get chemo on Monday and Tuesday. We had to get a shot and wait until Thursday for chemo, which is when Tracy Riazzi and her husband, Mike, got treated. She was diagnosed a few months before me  with the same cancer and was on the clinical trial drug too!

We have bonded very quickly and closely with this couple. They are an amazing, godly example for Wil and I. She is currently fighting for the 3rd time and is doing it with such grace. Her husband's love for her just exudes out of him. He always calls her his "beautiful smiling bride," which I absolutely love. Wil and I wanted to see Mike and Tracy when we were diagnosed with the recurrence. They had been down that road before and could relate to all of our feelings, fears, and anxieties. Tracy just held me while I cried how this wasn't fair and she just held me close and whispered she knew, which she really did know first hand. They both prayed with us and have supported us.

Without cancer, we would have never made these lifelong friends. I love this verse in Jeremiah 29:11, "For I know the plans I have for you, declared the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope." I was able to see them during Tracy's treatment on Friday and then we all had dinner together on Saturday. We were out to celebrate their daughter, Brianna's, 21st birthday. We always have such an amazing time with them and we are blessed to have them in our lives!

The three bald amigos during Tracy's chemo

 

 

 Mike "Shot the Full Moon!" He ate 5 to win a shirt. It was a cracker, oyster, horseradish, jalapeno, extreme hot sauce, and pepper. He was a champ and barely sputtered!

 

He had a few coughs in there but made it!

 

 

The whole gang!

 

 

Wil and I are meeting the oncologist tomorrow before treatment. We will be finding out our options for chemo moving forward. Carbo (the chemo I get every 4 weeks and the one I am allergic to) either will be changed to another drug or I will get it over 24 hours. So please pray for guidance for the medical team and for us to make the right decision to kick this cancer once and for all! I will post again once my Benadryl induced haze wears off  :)