TCONEWS ADMIN
All Praise and thanks be to our Almighty God who is our loving heavenly Father for showing His great mercy in giving me life and health to share my testimony with you today. The promise that says, I will live and not die but glorify God in the sanctuary is being fulfilled this day.
From Dec 2013, my family and I suffered the ravages of cancer. Finally in May 2014 after six months of pain and wrong diagnosis (of gastric or UTI), I was diagnosed with colon cancer (through colonoscopy) but they said it was just the onset of malignancy. In spite of the various scans and tests done before surgery, it was only when they operated that the surgeon found that the tumor had grown much and was not operable. We were then referred to the oncologists who suggested us to do a PET-CT scan to confirm the extent of this disease. This scan confirmed the dreaded disease at stage IV with metastasis (spread) to liver. Then we began the journey of chemotherapy for the next six months. Meanwhile God did a loving miracle of instantly removing severe pain from the tumor area. Also, contrary to what people experience, the side effects of chemo (24 rounds) were minimal in my case. This greatly strengthened our faith.
In January 2015, the medical oncologist declared that my tumor had regressed greatly and recommended me for a surgery to remove the tumor. I was operated on the liver in February but I became critical suddenly and was operated again within 10 days. I had to stay in the hospital for a month’s time to recover from the back-to-back operations. In spite of the two surgeries, they were not able to remove the primary tumor in my colon.
I was again recommended to continue chemotherapy for another six months. So in August 2015, I had to go through another major surgery to remove the primary tumor. It was a long and complicated surgery. As I came out of anesthesia, I had a profound awareness of coming back to life and only two thoughts – God gave me life and all the sincere prayers kept me from going down into the pit.
Let me tell you that cancer is truly a difficult disease to handle. Believe me when I say, that unless God’s loving grace is with us and family, friends and believers like you support and encourage continually, the battle over cancer is really hard. My husband gave me constant encouragement and personal attention. Till now, I have been treated at five different hospitals and have undergone innumerable tests and scans apart from the four major surgeries. This was a huge financial burden for which we were totally unprepared. Since my husband had just quit (before my diagnosis of cancer) from his corporate job to serve in an NGO, we even could not avail medical insurance. So much so that we had to sell our own house to meet the mounting medical expenses.
Though we do not have answers about why we had to undergo this season of pain and suffering, we have learnt that God is certainly NOT the author of sickness and pain. We know that by His Stripes we are already healed (Isa 53:5). Also, what the enemy meant for evil, God has turned it out for good.
This Easter, Our Wonderful God Jehovah, who has said, “I am the Lord that healeth thee”, has given us all the more reason to rejoice . This is a testimony to the Resurrection Power that on March 21, 2016 exactly 22 months from the diagnosis, my chemo doctor, gave the verdict that I don’t need chemo anymore since I’ve come out of cancer!!!
My family and I want to encourage you to pray and specially hold onto God’s living and powerful promises which give us life, healing and eternal life. Our God Emmanuel indeed is always with us. He loves and wants us to enjoy the abundant life that He has given us in Christ Jesus.
