It is time for Friday's Fave Five hosted by Susanne!
1. What a week... This was the week I was rather dreading for the last few months... the week we drove up to Charlottesville, Va to see about my MOHS surgery for a squamous cell cancer on my nose.. I knew what to expect because I had the same thing done this time last year.. But I knew I was in the best hands.. I absolutely love the MOHS doctor..Dr. Hendrix is amazing.. he has done tens of thousands of these surgeries and can do the lab work right there in just a few minutes.. I had the M OHs to remove the cancer and 3 biopsies on areas of concern again on my nose very near my previous skin graft. Praise God, they all came back benign!!
2. We arrived in Charlottesville on Sunday, had MOHS on Monday and on Tuesday we went to UVA Out Patient to have the reconstruct..
Again, I absolutely love Dr. Christophel.
He and his team are amazing.. His resident took the graft from the back of my ear, and he applied it and finished up the whole procedure in like 40 minutes. They give me just enough anethesia to be knocked out while they numb me up, and then I'm awake most of the time during the surgery.. I can even talk to them.. they sing and talk about movies and things of interest to take your mind off of things and I actually enjoyed my procedure!!!
3. We returned home Wednesday just in time to get ready and go to church .I had so many people praying for me I thought, ok, I'll go- sewn on bandage and all, so they see me after surgery, and I can tell them how effectual their prayers were.. it was awesome...God's presence surrounded me and I wasnt one bit fearful.. just wonderfully relieved with the outcomes!
4. Yesterday we actually were able to host my SOS prayer group ... we have here every third Thursday... We had so much to pray about during the coming days- I so enjoy our group.. We worship and pray for about 90 minutes. Yesterday our focus was on praising the Glory of God..like the song, Be Unto Your Name
I think it has been too wet for the gernaium this summer, but the angel wing begonia thrived!!!
But Hubs and I are so pleased with the begonias.. they have blessed us all summer!!!!
5.So now we are just waiting like so many on the East Coast.. waiting to see what Florence is going to do,, where she will go.. Our prayers are with those who are ravaged by her winds and waters today and in the coming days... We are due to get several inches of rain sometime so I went out and took some final photos of our lovely late summer flowers before they are pummeled by the pounding waters
As well as, the other begonias.. how welcoming they have been!!!
I never got my mums in the ground.. I probably ought to out them on the porch tonight!
I thought I'd try to winter over the hibiscus in the sunroom if it doesnt get too damaged.
Praise the Lord that your procedure showed benign spots! I don't know what MHOS is but so glad you had a good surgeon.
ReplyDeleteAll of of your flowers are so pretty.
Oh dear....that hurricane! So you live in the south? Be safe!!!!
We thought for a very short time we might retire and move south but NO WAY!! We're gonna stay up here in New England/northeast NY. We are enjoying a gorgeous late summer day and praying for the people in the storms path.
Happy weekend.
Thank you for visiting and leaving such a sweet message... A MOHS surgeon excises the cancer with very thin sheets of tissue and takes it to his in office lab to check for clear margins.. if here is still more cancer he will cut another thin bit of tissue. He stops when the margins absolutely clear of cancer cells.
DeleteDr Hendrix is very careful never to cut more than he needs to.. I had about an inch x 1/4 inch rectangular layer removed from my nostril... THen the reconstruct takes skin grafts usually form ear for noses to repair the area.. With Dr chirtophe, you can jsut barely see taht I ahd a quarter sized spot removed form the top of at the tip of my nose last fall. It takes grafts about 7-8 mpnths tpo heal completely.. mean it looked good at Christmas but to actually really feel like it was always there about 7-8 months!I imagin the surgeon had to do a bit of sculpting for my nostril.. time will tell. I get the sewn on bolster pad removed from the graft next Wednesday!!! Praying for a fine result!
YOU know I never laid in the skin.. hated it.. but when I was 18 I sat under a beach umbrella fully clothed.. and the reflection of the sun on the water burned my face I got sun poisoning.. in 1968... No sunscreen then! Problably more than you needed to know, but these things are happening more and more to folks in my generation!
Dear Schotzy: I love Robin Mark's song, "Be Unto Your Name!" I used to sing that a lot at our church in Kensington where hubby was the pastor. Robin Mark has been coming here to the Island every summer for years. He loves it here and tells us it reminds him so much of his homeland, Ireland.
ReplyDeleteI am praising God with you for the care you received during your surgery. God is good and so worthy of praise! He even chose your doctors for you.
Your plants are so beautiful and I pray you aren't flooded too badly by the hurricane. Do take care, my friend. Blessings...Sandi
I’ve never been to PE Island but we had planned a trip there a few years ago and I can understand how it’s beauty could remind Mark of his beautiful Ireland. Thank you so much for you kind thoughts and prayers.
DeleteYour flowers are all so lovely! I am so happy to hear that your pathology came back benign!!! One of the things that the surgeon I work for does is remove lumps/bumps/masses, etc. I am so happy to be able to tell patients when their results come in negative! One of the best parts of my job. Be safe and stay dry! Praying for everyone the hurricane touches.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for how things turned out for you...praising God right along with you. Charlottesville is such a lovely area. I'm soi glad that you have such a wonderful doctor there.
ReplyDeleteYour prayer meeting sounds WONDERFUL! Wish I could be there to take part in it.
Your flowers are just beautiful!
Sounds like you have a great surgeon and I'm glad it went well and with good test results. Must be such a relief. Hope you get too much rain to spoil your lovely flowers.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad the new places they checked out were benign, and I hope the reconstruction heals well. The flowers are so pretty! We're in TN but expected to get Florence's rain Sunday night-Monday morning. I hope she doesn't have much left by then.
ReplyDeleteI'm so thankful that your skin biopsies were benign! I know the concern since I have had basal cell cancer removed.
ReplyDeleteI hope you have weathered the rain and wind well. I've been watching and reading and praying for friends on the east coast.