Good News!

Hi!

Good news!! Both of my genetic tests were negative! Praise God!

The doctor's office called yesterday about 2 and said the results were in but I had to come in to get them. I asked when their next appointment was and they said Tuesday at 3:30. Not wanting to wait that long I said "what about today" so they let me come in at 4. It was a long two hours for me as I knew the implications of a "yes" were significant for me (an 85% chance of another type of cancer at some point in my life) and my family (genetic tests for them and potentially the same high risk of cancer). And after 4.5 years of being sick and seemingly "everything" going wrong plus the fact that my insurance company didn't even argue with me over paying for the tests (meaning, they thought the chances I had a genetic link were so high they just shelled out $6500) I walked in with a pretty sober expectation.

When she told me the good news, 95% of my response was shock (still kinda am in shock) but it was the other 5% that surprised me. It wasn't gratefulness or "yay, something in my life finally went right" or relief or joy (though all of those were to come). It was an overwhelming sense of God's mercy. Even with all that's gone wrong during the past 4.5 years with my health, I was keenly aware that I didn't deserve a "negative" to my genetic tests results any more than anyone else and I marveled that God would be so merciful to me. So today I am grateful for God's mercy and grateful to all of you for praying...He answered! I'll keep you posted on my continued recovery.

Love,
Kathy