One more step !

This is the second week after the 3rd injection.
All side effects are gone and I could enjoy food and life again !

Feeling and suffering is about the same as the previous one, but it is a bit stronger.
The dry skin coverage is larger, some with peeling as fine as snow flakes …
Diarrhea lasted for a few more days …
More sensitive to toothpaste, shampoo and any cleansing detergent, all will induce vomiting …
But thanks God, I am still able to recover on the 8th day :)

In the 3 weeks’ cycle, my friends are very concern about the immediate suffering in the first week.
To me, after the three cycles, I think the first week is in fact the best week. Surprised ?
Though it is the time I feel most uncomforted and bad, yet it’s full of hope !
I know I will feel better on the next day, and all side effects will be gone in a few days.
And, I can plan ‘celebration events’ after that !

In the second week, everything is back to ‘normal’.
Go to work, go to church, go out for dinner and enjoy the weekends.

In the third week, it should be as normal as the second week.
And it should be better as I don’t even need to take oral medicine (it’s really happy to see the big pack of medicine to become smaller and smaller, it’s just like counting down !).


However, I started to feel a bit struggle before the 3rd injection …
I don’t want to go back to the first week again … but I know I have to …
Such feeling became stronger after the 3rd injection as the side effects was a bit stronger.
I know the best case is to have similar suffering in the coming injections, but there is high chance to become worse time after time …
I started to feel a bit worried last week …

For sure, God knows me better than anyone else.
The first line of a hymn suddenly flashed in my mind …”祂陪我走過變幻無定的風雨”
And I keep on singing this to myself in the coming few days.

神是我所依

祂陪我走過變幻無定的風雨，

無限善美未能看透，回望漸見主美意。



祂慈愛牽引，每步伴在我路旁，

奇妙大愛治療破碎，神是我所依，神是我拯救。



就在落漠絕望祂指引我去路，在牢籠裡可作自由人，

世態變化不息，但聖經真實長存，憑著信，內裡享平安。


It’s really comforting and I’m not worried anymore, as I know who is with me :)

And God continued His work …
A few days later, I received a card from a church friend who had not contacted for a long time.
He got my news from another brother, and then sent me a card.
I called him to say thank you. We chatted for some times and prayed together.


Two days later, he sent me an email.
It’s amazing ! He shared the same song with me – this time is the original English version.
When I saw it, I could say nothing but thanks God.
Thanks for His care and wonderful arrangement !
I told the brother this and he also agreed that it is holy spirit who moved him to share the song with me :)

I am sure He will make a way for me to go through the rest of the injections.
He will give me abundant love and strength and guide me in my life.
Thank you, Lord !

God Will Make a Way - Don Moen


Refrain:

God will make a way when there seems to be no way

He works in ways we cannot see

He will make a way for me


He will be my guide Hold me closely to His side

With love and strength for each new day

He will make a way, He will make a way


Verse:

By the roadway in the wilderness He'll lead me

And rivers in the desert will I see

Heaven and earth will fade

But His word will still remain

He will do something new today

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kEuyXb4P4VI


P.S.
God will make a way 是一首著名的基督教詩歌，靈感來自一宗不幸的意外。
多年前的一個晚上，Don Moen接了一個電話，傳來惡耗： 他的妻子的姐妹在車禍中不幸喪失她的長子。 在車禍中，克雷格, 蘇珊和他們的四個兒子的貨車被一輛巨型貨車撞倒。 所有兒子被擲出車外。 大兒子當場喪身，其餘的兒子重傷。


上帝給了 Don Moen 靈感, 來自聖經 以賽亞書43:19

“看哪！我要做一件新事，如今要發現，你們豈不知道嗎？我必在曠野開道路，在沙漠開江河。”
當所有希望似乎失去，這首歌曲給克雷格和蘇珊帶來安慰。 這首歌修補了他們心靈的創傷，並帶來希望和鼓勵。