Remission Update

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Wooohooooooo  - All Glory, praise and honour to God for my healing -

I Saw Dr Du Toit at 11.30am yesterday and he gave us the great news, that I am in REMISSION. No sign of any cancer in my body. Only some scar tissue left behind. Sort of like when you have a sore and it heals, leaving a scar behind. This will go after time. What Awesome news

He has told me to keep my immune system up – sleep, healthy eating and exercise will do the trick (all of which we are doing, as a lifestyle already)

He then said that it was all good to go on holiday – yippee, so we leave in 2 weeks, the 29^th for the States.

We want to Thank, Dr Du Toit and all the staff at the Constantia berg Sunflower Ward, for all the Love and care that they showed us during the past 7 months of treatment.

To each one of our Prayer warriors, loyal sms’s and the regular emailer’s, we would like to Thank you for all your encouraging words, support & prayers over this difficult time for us.

And to our wonderful family, for loving us the way we are, even though we have made some radical lifestyle changes – green drinks and all

We really appreciate and could not do it without your support. It really does make a difference. Please continue to pray for my health – that my immune system will keep strong at all times, so that there will be no chance of relapse at all. I will be going for an X Ray in December for a check up, then have my port removed, and after that, every 6 months I’ll have to go for a check up scan. I’ll have to do this for the next 5 years.

To my Dearest Wife – WOW, without your loving support and awesome care, I would not have been able to manage. Thanks for always making me smile & have fun, even through my down days and grumpy times. You are so very special to me – I really appreciate all you are to me. LOVE YOU LOADS xxxxxx

To my Awesome God – Thank you for helping me through the really difficult situations I had to face over the past few months. Without you by my side, there to call on when I needed you most – I definitely would not have made it. You gave me Hope and strength to run the race and win the battle. I Love you and Praise you for all that you have done in Jenny and my life over the past 7 months. What a great journey it has been – Valleys and All. You are Awesome

Be joyful always, pray continually, give Thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus 1 Thess 5:18

 

All our Love Justin & Jenny

Justin Update - August

Yippeeee! No more chemo!

 

Well, it’s been 1 month since the end of Justin’s last chemo! He is feeling great and is needing to start shaving again as his hair is growing fast! August started off with a bang, with us celebrating Justin’s last chemo as well as welcoming our gorgeous little niece Rebecca into the world!

 

We are trying to stay super healthy and have been making healthy eating and exercise a priority. Not always easy when you are busy but we know this is essential as Justin’s body needs to be in optimum nutrition so that his body does the work as there is no more chemo.

He is going for the PET scan on Thursday (11^th) at 9am and we will meet with Dr Du Toit on Monday 15^th at 11:15 for the results. Please pray for us. We are both anxious for this scan as well as the results. We do trust God completely, that His will be done in our lives and that all this will be for His glory alone. This does give us peace even when our bodies still succumb to nervousness.

 

Sunfower day – 23^rd September! You will see in one of our pics, we are sporting our  Sunflower bandanas! We urge everyone to go out and buy a bandana (or a few) from any Pick’n Pay (you will see them hanging above the tills). Proceeds go towards the sunflower foundation and this aids those needing bone marrow transplants. I also urge you to be tested as a bone marrow donor. This is a simple procedure of donating blood to see if you could be a potential match for someone and could save a life. Those diagnosed with leukaemia or far staged lymphoma often need a bone marrow transplant to survive. It is only when you are surrounded by these patients and families do you realise how important it is to them that people get involved and are tested.

 

We thank you all for your continued support and prayers for both of us. Looking back to February when Justin was diagnosed, we never knew what the coming months were going to be like. We thank God for His mercies for they are new every morning! Great is your Faithfulness!! God has taken us by the hand and lead us into every situation and circumstance. We serve an amazing God, one who we can trust completely and hold onto with all we have!

 

In quietness and trust is your strength – Isaiah 30:15

 

All our love

Justin and jenny