My appointment on Tuesday didn’t go as I planned and I came to realize that my timeline of feeling completely well by August may not be God’s timeline. Truly, if I knew God’s timeline and how long feeling… Continue reading

     The Ga68 scan has greater than 92% accuracy in detecting tumors larger than 5mm, however, no tumors were detected in me.  The results were read by two independent doctors and  Dr. S said, “The objective evidence is there.”… Continue reading

At 9am — on the dot — my insurance advocate called asking if I had received any calls regarding my medication since last Friday…I hadn’t.  She expressed that my case was her top priority for the day.  Later, I went… Continue reading

As a teacher I try to differentiate lessons so that all students have an opportunity to learn, so it is with the Ga68 Scan — To My Niece (7 years old):“So, Aunt Lisa, what’s wrong with you?”“Well…(really, how does one… Continue reading

     At 4:38am, exactly four hours to the minute after I’d taken medication, I woke up with horrible abdominal cramps, followed shortly by excessive tears and a runny nose.  Of course it resolved after about fifteen minutes.  My first… Continue reading

This post was originally titled “Prayer Request”:     This morning (9:01am) I got a call confirming next week’s Ga68 scan, however in spite of it being half the cost and less time (an hour instead of 36 hours) of the… Continue reading

Excerpts from my journal, seventeen years ago this week, June 1995: “I’ve become perplexed…I can’t figure out why sometimes I feel so great and at other times I feel so lousy that I don’t feel like moving —- Obviously the… Continue reading