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I am so glad you found me.
Rita Ann
The mission of my blog is to encourage all seeking insights to fight their latest battle and to…
Hope
Believe
and Fight
for a miraculous outcome.
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Blog Posts
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At times, we face losing something, gaining something and accepting the new uninvited normal. Within these events, we need to make decisions. I decided that in order to move into my healing I had to confront fear, step out in faith into unknown outcomes while trusting and believing that I would live to tell about it.
The ninth child of Betty and Ivan, in a family of ten, I grew up in a time when society seemed far less complicated. I am now married to Jim and we are empty nesters with three grown children that have graduated into their own life adventures. My pancreas cancer story started in February of 2018. Since that time, my husband, Jim and I have beat this disease. This blog tells the story of how we faced a giant and found peace and victory.
No matter the challenging life event you face, my prayer is that this blog helps you successfully walk through your distressing valley by listening to yourself, your body, your faith and approach it with positivity, faith, courage and strength one day at a time while finding purpose, meaning and a life that exceeds your expectations. This is my healing story.
Peace to you,
Rita
Woke and still local
I was gagging when I woke up from the anesthesia drug induced sleep. There was a flexible tube in my throat used to guide the scope through to my stomach and into my pancreas to capture the tumor’s tissue. The nurse was telling me to calm down. She said, “It will be okay.” ….
You’re not my doctor
…Who knows what I would have done without Jim’s mental clarity? I wasn’t in my right mind these days. It sounds like the line from the Cool Hand Luke movie with Paul Neuman as Luke, “You gotta get your mind right Luke…”…
The cancer care team…Oncology
“…While we are sitting in the consultation room, I become aware that Jim is talking to the oncology doctor about our band and how we have two songs in the rotation on a local radio station…..”
Everything Changed
…The surgeon quickly exited the room, realizing this was the first time I had heard the words pancreas cancer. The air seemed stagnant. It was as though I couldn’t breathe….
Losing my religion…
By the end of February, I felt like and probably was an emotional mess. I had become very angry; I questioned my faith and at one point, I was so depressed that I didn’t want to leave the house. …
