Fuzzy Thoughts of David

My surgery is less than 48 hours away. I’m glad it’s almost here, and I appreciate all the prayers, cards, texts, emails, and calls. It’s good knowing the community of faith surrounds and supports you. Over the past couple of weeks, my symptoms have gotten increasingly worse. For those who want to know how to…

My surgery is less than two weeks away. We have it marked on the calendar, and some of my surgery prep begins in a few days. I’m glad the surgery is getting closer. This week has been a bit more difficult than any over the past month. It started with a minor outpatient EGD on…

July 13th, 2023, is the day I go into surgery. The surgeon will remove a portion of my pancreas, spleen, and the surrounding lymph nodes. My Endoscopic Ultrasound was the first week of May. They found the tumor during the scan. I’m looking forward to having the surgery so I can begin the recovery process.…

at least, I assumed it would be. We had an appointment for a consultation with the surgeon. Before meeting with him, I had labs and an x-ray to ensure I was healthy for surgery. Whenever anyone would ask if I had questions, I would always ask, “When’s the surgery…” each time, I was told they…

“Good things come to those who wait.” I’ve heard that before…many times. In Galatians, Paul writes that the fruit of the spirit is love. Then he continues to describe what love looks like, “joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control..” (Galatians 5:22-23) While the most common view is that Paul describes the fruit of…

Over the past few months, I’ve been up, and I’ve been down. I can feel pretty good one day and then feel like I ‘crash’ in the evening or afternoon. As I continued to decline, it became harder and harder to work around the ups and downs. Last week, our Conference Superintendent pointed me toward…