Hope - a feeling of expectation and desire for a particular thing to happen: a person or thing that may help or save someone:grounds for believing that something good may happen:
Trust - firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone or something:acceptance of the truth of a statement without evidence or investigation:the state of being responsible for someone or something:
Over the past year these two little words have been my everyday companions - having to deal with cancer I have continued to hope all would be ok and trust my medical team in all they needed me to go through.
On the 17th January 2013 I was diagnosed with an aggressive cervical cancer and throughout the year I had a lot of treatment, most of the time my body and I were able to cope with it all but I admit at times it tested me, but from the very beginning I put my trust in the wonderful team I have been fortunate to have around me and we got through it together.
On the 16th January 2014 I was officially clear of cancer.
So as I start 2014 in a much better place than last year I hope all the ladies currently having treatment remain well, I hope that one day ladies will no longer have to battle this disease, I hope you all have people around you that you trust andI hope those of us who have finished treatment remain cancer free.
Hope and Trust - just two little words that I send to you all - take them on your journey.
Hello nns. I too have hope and trust, - in God. People I didn't know were praying for me throughout my treatment even though I didn't know it at the time. I felt reasonably well through the treatment and even wondered why I did feel so 'good', I thought maybe the treatment wasn't strong enough! However, I soon found out after speaking to the minister of my church, that he had been praying for me and encouraging the congregation & members of the prayer group of church pray for me.. Only then did it make sense, I truly believe that God answered their prayers,and I got through the treatment really well. Before this I hadn't been to church for many years. Religion, to many people can be a 'tricky' subject and a turn-off for a lot of people and in some cases people are reluctant to mention it.
Now I have started attending my church again, with my husband who never gave God a second thought, although he started praying when I was diagnosed and has said openly how it helped him.
This is one of the good things to come out of all this for me. I hope other ladies will find that they can trust in God too!
Thanks ladies. I hope to get through this with grace and compassion. I trust my friends and family will support me on my journey and I pray to God that he will surround me with his love throughout.
