Episcopal Priest Shares Story of Cancer and Healing
March 1, 2017
“You have cancer,” said the oncologist/surgeon doctor. “It will require surgery and we’ll figure out what happens next.” I took a deep breath and felt an immediate sense of gratitude – even joy. A rather strange reaction one might think. Gratitude because IT was caught in time, gratitude because I have a wonderful support team, gratitude because I have full health insurance, and gratitude because I have faith – deep faith. Surgery…double mastectomy with countless nodes under both arms (also cancerous) and therefore removed. An eight-hour surgery. Six and a half years later the breast cancer returned, metastasized to bone.
