The remaining days of another year

A big operation on returned cancer that lasted eight and a half hours

God's work that was manifest through thanksgiving

Author who was declared 3 years ago that her remaining days were one year	with Mr. Charles Duke (center), And her brother (left)

At the time of September Eleven Terror Attacks

It was a scene like a nightmare. Airplanes were crashing into two high buildings. Another patient who shared the room with me was making a fuss saying that it was strange for every TV channel to show the same scene of the same movie. However, it was actually the September Eleven Terror Attacks in the United States . On that morning, I was expecting a big operation. Two years before, a cancer had returned, and on that day, I was going to have an operation on my duodenum, stomach, pancreas, gallbladder, liver, and large intestine. I thought, “No kidding, this is happening on a day like this! Besides, the Bible verses for today's devotion is Jesus' crucifixion, does that mean that I am going to die during the operation?” I was very depressed, but I thought that I would not be able to make any efforts because I would be anesthetized and just be asleep during the operation, so I should give thanks to God for my situation for the time being because this operation became possible through giving thanks to Him.

Returned cancer

　After my cancer was operated on five years ago, my condition was going well. My cancer was big but shallow, and it did not spread anywhere. But a panel in a waiting room in a hospital showed me that the survival rate of my life for another 5 years was very low. Then, when I had a CT examination in June three years ago, they found an abnormality. There was an ulcer on the outside of my duodenum, and a doctor told me that he did not know what to do with it without abdominal operation. I switched my shock at the returned cancer to anger at the doctor. Why couldn't he find it earlier? I came to the hospital for a regular check up every month…. My physical type was a kind that did not respond to a tumor marker that shows a high numerical value for a cancer.

That I can't understand

　It looked like my gentle husband could not understand this situation. I was aware that my heart was gradually going wild as I was angry every day. “Why is this happenning to me, and not the next neighbour?That person walking away down there is going to get along with her family and eat delicious food and live, but I am going to suffer and die. What did I do? I did not do anything bad. That's a medical error. I will sue them!” Every day, I was thinking like this.

Let's give thanks to God for everything!

　One day, I found a newspaper that a nearby church put in our mail box. When I vaguely looked at it, I suddenly riveted my eyes on a certain spot. It was a scripture from the Book of Job saying, “I will praise the Lord even if I die.” As far as death is concerned, Job and I are in the same condition. But I am angry, and having a grudge, and blaming others. I thought that if I was a Christian, I wanted to be like what this scripture says. How? Give thanks to God? For such a situation as this? But I will do that! From this day on, we thoroughly gave thanks to God. We gave thanks to God for the cancers, we gave thanks to God that the doctor found the returned cancers late. Peace came back to my heart little by little as I thanked the Lord for everything. Finally, came to think how I happy I was to die first without mourning over the death of my family, my parents, and my brothers and sisters. 。

God's hand reached me

　As I was prayed for my healing at the church, my situation developed one after another. I was introduced to a capable doctor. After detailed examination, he found that my cancer did not spread to any other internal organs, and it was possible for me to be operated. I had my whole duodenum and gallbladder removed, half of my pancreas and stomach removed, and my liver and large intestine were partly removed. I had a big operated on, that lasted for eight and a half hours, but thanks to a wonderful doctor who operated on me, I did not need a transfusion, and was able to return alive. (I was told that it was a very rare case that transfusion was not needed at such a big operation as mine.) I suffered very much in ICU for the next 4 days, but after I was transferred to a general ward, I did not need an anodyne or sleeping pill. I amazingly recovered smoothly. I was hospitalized for 45 days, and two weeks after I left the hospital, I was able to go back to my work.

I could have lived for another year only

　However, at this stage, my remaining days were about one year. I was told that in a case like mine, the cancer usually returns within a year at the rate of more than 80 percent. But when I had an examination called “PET,” which is the latest medical facilities by which cancers can be found in their early stages in December of last year, and last month which was three years after the operation, there was nothing abnormal. When the doctor who operated on me and told me and that my remaining days were one year saw the result of my examination, he told me that at the rate of more than 90 percent, the cancer would not return. Hallelujah! I really praise the Lord from my heart.

A present from God

　When I was writing this testimony, God gave me a wonderful present. After I left the hospital, I used to listen to praise & worship tapes that my friends from church gave me all day long because the wounds from the operation hurt, and I was not able to carry heavy things. At that time, God gave me a song called “A rainbow of a promise.” This song was selected into the 4 th volume of the song book, “ YASURAGI (The Peaceful songs.)” I would like to continue to receive God's blessings through giving praise and thanks to Him. I give all the glory to God.

−From Mikoe Press −

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