I have news to share with you. One of the many tests that was done at Anderson in Texas was, of course, the dreaded cancer indicator - ca19-9.
Let me review for you. A normal ca19-9 is 40 or less. In March my number was 20. In June it was 70. In August it was 262. In September it was 480.
The labs in Texas showed my number at 175. They said that the difference could be because their labs might use a different testing technique, so we did not tell you about this number. (and we tried to not get too excited about it). Today we had the test repeated here in Goldsboro. The number today is 180 - basically the same as the Anderson number. Now we are excited! An elevating cancer indicator means that cancer is growing somewhere but is too small to pick up on scans. When I asked Dr. Chang what a decreasing cancer indicator meant, she just smiled and said "I have no idea. Just thank God."
So that is what we are doing. We are thanking God. Of course we thank Him for whatever happens to us, whether it seems good or bad to us. But today we thank Him for sharing encouraging CA19-9 news with us for the first time in 6 months.
Trust him in valleys and on mountaintops! Thank you Lord for the mountaintops.
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