1 Peter 5:6-7 “Humble yourselves, therefore, under God’s mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due time. Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares for you.”
I never thought I would ever have to go through this again!
On Sunday May 5, I received a phone call from a facility in Arizona called “Envita Medical Centers.” Here they specialize in late stage cancer and chronic lyme Disease Treatment.
So yes, you guessed it…My Lyme Is Back!
For the past year and a half I kept telling myself it was nothing. Maybe another autoimmune? Maybe I’m working too hard? I was making excuse after excuse not wanting to believe what I knew was true.
Lyme.
Lyme will come into your body and work to destroy anything in its path. Lyme will even go into your blood stream and act as another disease. That’s why this past fall the doctors thought I had lupus and several other diseases. Not true. I knew that the dreadful thing was back. Just two months ago I waited and waited for the test results to tell me if my hypothesis was right. I don’t know why I was nervous since I already knew what the outcome would be but boy was I nervous.
The day came and…I was right…but I was wrong. See, my Lyme disease was back but I also had 5 additional co-infections. 5! The last time I had the Lyme symptoms I had 2 co-infections and now I have 5!!
Sunday, May 16th I was spending some time with Jeremy and his parents at their home in Rimersburg, Pa. when the lady from Envita called. She informed me I was indeed a candidate for their Chronic Lyme Treatment center. I couldn’t help but get excited as she was talking. So much of what she was sharing with me made so much sense. Having suffered with this chronic disease for so long it is very hard to envision not having it. Everything she was saying was filling me with so much hope and I began to envision my body being healthy again. No more being tired from walking up the stairs or believing I would be bald before I turned 30, no more severe pain all over my body from just sitting. I was in tears. Then the bombshell….She told me that the program would be 8 to 12 weeks and I would have to move to Scottsdale, Arizona during that time. She also said that there was an opening in two weeks for me.
So, here I am at Jeremy’s parents house and I had to play like everything was just fine. I would tell Jeremy on the drive back home, the the longest car ride ever! I started crying (and I don’t cry very often) and the words started to flow out. We both knew this was the best option..but it also meant pushing the wedding date back. I think I cried for 3 days straight.
God has guided us through each and every step of this journey and provided supportive family and friends. We are also grateful for our spiritual mentors Angie and Keith who have helped us walk through these difficult days by making themselves available to listen, pray and guide us. We appreciate all who have been reaching out and praying with us and for us.
So as much as we don’t like to announce this the wedding will be pushed back to a later date in August. TBD on the date.
YES, Jeremy and I ARE STILL GETTING MARRIED!!! I love this man so much. He has been so great in this short time since everything happened. This was honestly the hardest decision we had to make and we aren’t even married yet. But we made this decision together in what was best for us. I pray that one day I will realize what God was doing.
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Things to be praying for:
- Travels to Arizona on Wednesday
- Appointment with the doctors Thursday and Friday
- Treatment starting on Monday
- My mom and dad being away from each other and these changes
- Jeremy and this sudden change in his life and his fiancé being sick
- My anxiety in the unknown
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