Day 24

This week flew by.  I was in the same room again as the 71 year old chinese lady in treatment today.  We continued to communicate despite my broken mandarin.  I had to translate her birthday for the nurses today.  She told me again not to smoke as it gave her lung cancer.  I promised her I wouldn't.  Then she looked me straight in the eye and said, "You look strong.  You are going to beat this.  I know you are going to survive!"

I looked her right back in the eye and said, "So are you!"

God gives me brand new strength each day, and today, it came in the form of a fragile chinese lady that smoked for 41 years and now is the cancer ward's unofficial spokesperson against the ills of tobacco and nicotine.   Go figure.




Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or terrified because of them, for the LORD your God goes with you; he will never leave you nor forsake you. - Deuteronomy 31:6 




True funny story of the day: After I got hooked up on my IV and meds, a different patient in the room looked over at me and asked if I was in there for cancer treatment.  I didn't even flinch.  "No, No, manicure, pedicure. You?" I asked.  Yes, I am the funniest guy in chemo.