Quick Update
I just want to write a quick update to let everyone know that Mike is doing well. He is continuing to feel really good most days and the only real concern is that his liver enzymes and his blood calcium levels all elevated and Mayo wasn’t expecting them to elevate so quickly. He will have them drawn again next week to see if they have gone down and if not figure out why they are up and what to do about it. Mike has been doing longer infared sauna sessions and drinking lots more water so we will see if that helps!?!
We were honored to be on a podcast which came out today which you can find it on Apple Podcast, iTunes, podchaser, etc... it is called F*It with Amy Ledin. Meeting Amy was a total “God thing” because one day I was on IG and I saw somebody put several #’s behind a post (I know...I’m older so this was new to me🥴😂) so I put in #lungcancer and started following a couple people that had lung cancer, one of which was Amy, who has been battling stage 4 lung cancer for 8 years. I loved how open, honest, and inspirational she is and saw that she had a podcast about faith, family, forgiveness, fitness and formula so started listening and enjoyed that so much that I decided to message her. I told Amy about Mike and how he has been battling/thriving thru lung cancer for over 20 years so we messaged back and forth and she read our blog and asked if we would like to be on her podcast.... She made it easy and I think it turned out very well, so give it a listen and share with someone who needs encouragement if you feel inclined. We also had never heard of 75 Hard but saw that Amy and her husband Erik were doing it for the second time so we researched it and read Andy Friscella’s book about it and decided to try it and... we are now on day 20! We both highly recommend the book even if you don’t want to do the program.
I just finished the book Win Your War... by Mark and Grace Driscoll and I really learned a lot. I am half way through Chasing Daylight... by Erwin McManus (he also wrote The Last Arrow which is one of our all time favorite books) and I am really enjoying it as well. A line I read today really stuck with me and it is this: Is your goal how long you live or that you live? If you seek Me, you will live, and death will not change that. After all, when we are in Christ, we have already died in Him, and He has already raised us to a new life.🙏🏼❤️🙌🏼 Don’t misunderstand, I want Mike, Amy, anyone dealing with a serious disease to live a LONG life and to ENJOY life, but if we are believers we know that we have already won!
One last thing... well two...I encourage everyone to read Matthew 24. It is so applicable to today, it literally explains what we are going through and warns us not to let anyone lead us astray! Also I heard a song the other day that I had never heard and loved it. It is called Scars in Heaven by Casting Crowns and the words are amazing and so true!
Be blessed and LIVE,
Paula
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