A Message of Hope
It was Aug 15, 1977
That I had an Exploratory operation done
on my abdomen and I can recall the Doctor saying close him up it is all gray matter.
I found out that I had Lymphoma Cancer
and it was growing through my lower intestines and was in operable and I was given 6 weeks to get my things in order So I started my long
walk knowing I had this thing inside the size of a nerf football and was anxious to start my chemo to begin the Fight  I call this the most important 3 F,s in  my life
never to Fear  it
to always Fight it
and to keep the Faith
ill not to go into many details  over the years it has spread to my liver  and lymph nodes in my groin   those were removed then about 11 years ago my lungs filled and they took me in and drained them  the fluids were full of lymphoma cells  so I regained my strength went to church and asked my Pastor to perform James 5:13-16 on me  they did during the service ive had this done 2 times My prayer was to Jesus let me continue to sing in my Choir to His Glory and for the strength to do that and if that was His will to give me a sign.
About a month later they took exrays
of my lungs and the technician said we need
to take them again you have a spot the size
of a quarter in the shape of a C
and we figured it was a button on your
shirt or something  but we want to be sure.
I told them that I had no shirt on but they took them and found them to be clean
I do have c o p d  but that is from smoking
for so many years and I no longer sing in my Choir but I do sing in my church with my friends at Praise and Worship and during the service. This past year I had the lynch nodes in my neck removed I was no longer able to have chemo as so many years of it left me with nuropthy numbness in the extremities of your body so I have no feeling in my legs or hands
that was from too much cytoxin so if your fingers start to tingle let them know as to reduce the cytoxen in your chemo. I had the chemo after the operation was to have 4 rounds  they wanted me to have radiation instead but that would have taken my voice  and ive more songs to sing  Ive had it also in my prostate and instead of having it removed i opted to have the radio active seed implant in my groin 125 of them but is it returns i still have an option   to have it removed. my psa was 13   it has been 0.1  since i had this done 6 years ago.
I finished the third round of chemo for the neck and got sick with pneumonia and was taken to the hospital with a BP of 35/26 it took them 3 1/2 hrs  and they asked me if I wanted the paddles if my heart gave out I told them no  to let me go home.  well i went to ICU for 3 days and came home and back to church  and
Bible study at Jack and Lois,s home I can say that ive had pain by I set my mind on the pain that Jesus suffered on the cross for me
and I no longer had or knew pain.
And Ive still a song to sing For Him
Praise the Lord
    You cannot have fear You have to fight it and through our Faith we do not walk this walk alone  for the Bible tells us to walk this walk we must all suffer pain.
God Bless You
Love and Prayers David

                David Mac Whinnie

aka KingDavd