Scan Day!

Today is a big day - scan day! I'll get a full-body CT scan today for the first time on my current treatment, which will let us know whether or not Datroway is working. My heart hopes that it is, obviously - not just because I have limited options left, but because this treatment has been going pretty well so far. My side effects are primarily fatigue and mouth sores, and then the ongoing efforts to prevent these from getting worse (steroid mouthwash 4x/day) and eye drops (also 4x/day) to prevent my corneas from drying out. We tried a course of oral steroids for my most recent treatment cycle to see if that would improve my cough, and I think it has! I'm optimistic that it will be even better with my next cycle. I've also only had occasional nausea on Datroway, and I can't even describe what a relief that is! So my hope would be that this scan shows that my cancer is stable - or even improved.

Whatever the outcome, though, I know that God will supply the new morning mercies I need to face what's next. I was reading this morning about God providing manna for the Israelites in the desert - just enough for each day. And Jesus taught us to pray, "Give us this day our daily bread." Not bread for the week or month. Just today. I think this is true metaphorically, as well. Whatever the future holds, we can trust that His grace, mercy, and strength will be just what we need for that moment, in that moment. It does no good to worry about what may come (even though we all do it!), because we don't yet know the provisions His presence will supply when that time comes. He is faithful! 

This is a great song I sing to remind me: Sufficient for Today