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You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope.

“You’re blessed when you’re at the end of your rope. With less of you there is more of God and his rule.”
‭‭Matthew‬ ‭5‬:‭3‬ ‭MSG‬‬
https://bible.com/bible/97/mat.5.3.MSG

This scripture was part of the message from Pastor Wes at Oasis Church this morning.
We certainly identified with the message and have definitely reached the end of our rope, and are leaning on God to see us through.It’s amazing when you do that, the peace and joy that you experience, in spite of difficult circumstances.

I don’t know if you remember almost 2 weeks ago when I took Garry to the ER at SBGH that the doctor indicated Garry had a troponin level of 400 which indicated a heart attack.
They repeated the bloodwork, which began to go down and so he felt that it wasn’t likely that was what was happening, along with everything else.

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One Year Anniversary

Today, March 17th is the one year anniversary of my CAR-T infusion treatment for Lymphoma cancer.

Certainly a landmark event in our lives, you might say “life changing” and you’d be correct. So much has happened in the last year. First off, I’m in full remission and feeling very well. The last two PET scans were good and no further treatment has been required since the CAR-T.

Looking back, it seems like a long time ago, and like yesterday all at the same time. The 75 days we spent in Toronto to get this life saving procedure were challenging for sure but I think my side effects from the treatment were quite mild and minimal compared to what I’ve read and what we were told about all the things that “might” happen.

Of course, as all cancer patients know, it changes you mentally, physically and spiritually. I don’t think anyone gets off scot-free. A year later I still think about the cancer daily, but not as often or as intensely. Physically, the time in the hospital, the chemotherapy, and the CAR-T itself do a bit of a number on your body, both good things and some not so good things. At this point my strength and stamina are approaching my 2018 pre-cancer levels. Treatments whack your blood chemistry quite severely and while it’s taken a year, my blood work numbers are starting to climb closer to the lower end of normal.

Spiritually, both Shirley and I have deepened our faith through this time. We experienced God’s favour, mercy, and grace and know without doubt that He is faithful and trustworthy.

The anchor holds in spite of the storm.