pauldaigrepont's Cancer Blog
July 30, 2010
Paul and I are doing great. We have been busy with some traveling. In June we were blessed with a trip to Belize from our church. My mother is from Belize and I have never been so it was so awesome to see where she grew up. We stayed at a bed and breakfast run by missionaries and they were so wonderful to us. We ate the best Belizean food every day and enjoyed being around the friendliest people. We went to 2 islands and enjoyed the beauty of the sea. It was so humbling to see what God created and the peace that we felt. It was extremely emotionally overwhelming for me. Paul and I did our best to let it all sink in and remember every moment. We took lots of pictures and walked every where we could to enjoy the culture.
We planned a 30 day camping trip of the US. Our plan was to go out west and visit a few friends and family. The trip did not get completed due to issues with our camper and then with Paul’s jeep. God had better plans for us so we came back after 10 days. The tires on the camper AND jeep got replaced as well as the water pump on the camper. The jeep is still in the shop with some issue I don’t understand enough to repeat. It could’ve been disasterous for us to continue the trip so we are grateful for the small nudges the Lord sent our way to turn us around and come home. We plan to attempt the trip again in the fall but on a much smaller scale to decrease the stress.
We were disappointed to have to change our plans to travel the US but we were able to catch a friend and new husband in the middle of their move from TX to FL. What a great time we had meeting her husband and showing them New Orleans as well as some small cajun towns. Tomorrow we will also be going to our other friend’s wedding, which we thought we were going to miss. It has been great to be able to see the good in coming back home so early from our trip. GOD IS GOOD ALL THE TIME! Our dogs enjoyed the camping trip but were visibly happy to be home too, funny little guys!
We are both happy to be home and are working on house projects like pressure washing and staining our deck. We just love that feeling of accomplishment after seeing how beautiful our work looks. It is one of our favorite things to do, work outside. Funny how we seem to be a better house keepers and cooks after returning from our trips. I don’t know what happened to us but it was good whatever it was. LOL We have been making Belizean dishes too!
Today is our 12 year anniversay of being together. It was 12 years ago today that I made the conscience decision to commit to Paul. I am so happy I made that decision. Of course my life has had its ups and downs but there have been many more ups than downs because I made that decision. I surprised Paul with a card this morning and I could see he was genuinely touched. So sweet. HAPPY ANNIVERSARY, LOVE!
Paul will be coming up to another MRI soon enough so we always love prayers from our friends and family. Please continue to keep him in your thoughts and prayers. As always he remains very positive, happy, peaceful, and loving life. My sweet husband, how blessed I am!
Good night!
Paul and Lisa D
Dear Paul & Lisa—
How great to see your post! I’m sorry your trip got cut short, but I think as you say, God had other plans for you and kept you safe. Thank you, God! I hope when you head out on that trip again, things will go more smoothly and you’ll get to all those places you wanted to see! Belize sounds wonderful—so glad you had a good time! Thank you for letting us know that Paul has an MRI coming up—prayers will start immediately for a good report. I’m so glad to hear that you are both doing well and living life to the fullest. You are truly a special couple and deserve many years of good health and happiness—that is my wish for you! Take care and keep us posted on the upcoming events.
Love—
Martha
Posted on May 18, 2010
Sorry I have not been able to post this sooner because it is such great news! Paul had another MRI and the results were GREAT! The doctor reported that all the small areas of concern are all fading. If you recall Paul had a suspicious MRI around our vow renewal last Oct and needed to go for more testing. Each MRI after that showed changing spots, no growth, just disappearing and appearing in surrounding areas. They finally agreed that it is was probably changes due to radiation but wanted to keep an eye on it. Well now all the areas are fading without any new appearing changes! God is great and doing His thing! The doctor was so happy to see how well Paul is doing and can’t believe how great his MRI looked. After all, according to him Paul had a life expectancy of 13 mths. WHATEVER, only God knows that! I’m not a genius and I even know that!
We had no stress at all going into this one. Our prayers were ongoing as well as our support system prayers but there was no talk about..what if this or that. As a matter of fact, I was talking with a friend in the waiting room about her stomach problems as if I were at home relaxing, not waiting for my husbands MRI results. I find that the routine of this is getting to be just that… a routine. Paul and I are realistic and pray for wisdom if we are comfronted with a different outcome than we are so faithfully praying for.
We left the MD office on cloud 9 and I even went back to work to make up for lost time that day. When I left Paul at home and drove off alone, I began to cry with joy. I just kept saying “Lord, why me? I don’t deserve this. Lord, why me? I don’t deserve this. Why me?” Not in the sense that you may be thinking. I just thought how grateful I am for Jesus Christ, dying for me! I don’t deserve to go to heaven because I am a sinner and can’t earn a spot. He died for me to have a spot! That is evidence of His grace! I thought about how merciful He is not give me what I do derserve, like eternity in a very HOT place. I don’t deserve for Paul to be doing so well! If life were fair than I deserve for Paul to be taken from me and grieving his loss right now. That is evidence of His mercy. It is so great looking at it in that light. I don’t want to feel sorry for Paul or myself. I don’t want to think that this kind of thing should happen to ‘bad people’. By who’s standard? I don’t want to think that me or Paul or any doctor or phamaceutical company are in control and have to ‘do something’. Our Lord and Savior is in control. I don’t want to think thoughts that produce anger and hostility. Paul and I trust in God’s plan and that is what we ‘do’, TRUST. We use the wisdom given to us by God to change our life style to live an even healthier life. We eat the food that God intended for us to eat and exercise daily. We take supplements and vitamins daily that the Lord has placed on this earth for us. Most of all we pray and trust daily. We PERSEVER. I guess when you think you hit rock bottom and don’t have anything certain or anything to lose than the only choice you really have is to stand on the ROCK. That ROCK is JESUS. Gosh He has made such a huge difference in our lives. We thought we were living before we found Him, what a laugh. We are LIVING now!
What more can I ask for? I serve an AWESOME GOD, I have an AWESOME husband that I totally adore and he feels the same about me, I have a great job, a roof over my head, 2 great dogs, a supportive family and support system, and the peace and love from the ALMIGHTY, oh yeah and I get to go to heaven and be with Paul again! How do I go to sleep now; I feel like going out on my deck and screaming. WOW I feel good! LOL I do hope that my thoughts and feelings make sense to help others. I have a difficult time keeping up with them and getting them under control. Expressing them can get to be a real chore for me at times. LOL
Okay, gotta get some rest to get up early and walk the dogs and workout tomorrow, we will be doing yoga, our least favorite thing. LOL
Good night and God bless,
Paul and Lisa D <><
Paul & Lisa—
Thanks so much for posting this so everyone here can celebrate Paul’s great news! This is so awesome and we love hearing positive news! I’m so glad that all the prayers have been answered. God IS great! As always, you both are in my thoughts and prayers.
Love—
Martha
I’m one of those people who read the first two lines, good news and say to myself, forget readint the rest, just answer the post. You know those times that you just don’t know what the outcome is going to be? Yup and you lived through it. It doesn’t have to be in the brain. I have the same is it or isn’t it, in my spine. I actually think we have a world where cancer is still an infant disease even though it feels like it’s been around far too long to call it that. Perhaps we just have to be grateful that we are moving forward, even if it doesn’t feel like it. Your posts are always joyous and I love reading your positive enlightenment. God is good. You have a far stronger belief than I but that’s ok, you can still be my teacher. God bless you both.
Posted on Way to go Paul, and most importantly, thank you Jesus!
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