Reading for today from Jesus calling:

Learn to appreciate difficult days. Get stimulated by the challenges you encounter along your way. As you journey through rough terrain with Me (Jesus), gain confidence from your knowledge that together we can handle anything. This knowledge is comprised of three parts: your relationship with Me, promises in the Bible, and past experiences of coping successfully during hard times.

Look back on your life, and see how I have helped you through difficult days. If you are tempted to think, "Yes, but that was then and this is now," remember who I AM! Although you and your circumstances may change dramatically, I remain the same throughout time and eternity. This is the basis of your confidence. In My Presence you live and move and have your being.

I should have put the Strides for breast cancer photos on here instead of my other blog so here's the link:

Breast Cancer walk

I'll have a bionic leg at the end of the week! Pray it goes well please!

Surgery is in 2 weeks.

I had an appointment with the Dr., who is supposed to do my surgery, last Monday. He said I need a rod that goes from the top of my leg bone to my knee and he said a bolt at the top. He didn't say pin he said bolt. He didn't show me what it looked like but they have a video here, click on patient education and then hip. Next, click on femur fracture fixation with intramedullary rod. This is close to what he will be doing. I had to go to my Dr. and get cleared for surgery and now just waiting on blood work. Not looking forward to this but I will be bionic when I'm done! Cool.

Last week I had a Dr. appointment on Monday with

an orthopedic surgeon to find out about getting a pin

in my leg. But, he was a spine Dr. not a hip Dr.

He told me, at first, that I needed to be using a walker or

crutches. By the end of the appointment, however, we'd

worked it down to a cane. I was also scheduled for another

appointment on last Thursday to see a hip Dr.

At that appointment I found out: I have to use a walker,

I'm not supposed to put weight on that leg, he said to

walk as little as possible, the tumor has

eaten 75% of the top of the leg bone and it breaking is just

a matter of when. They wouldn't let me walk out of the

office I had to ride in a wheelchair. I also found out the last Dr. doesn't do

surgery on patients with cancer, it requires a specialist, so today

I have another appointment with that Dr.

When I found out I had to have a walker I asked Chuck

to call his mom. His sister was able to get a walker and a wheelchair

for me to use. What a blessing.

Saturday, Chuck took me to a small art festival in Winter Springs.

He made me use the wheelchair. I have to say it was very relaxing for

me but a lot of work for him (there were a couple of hills).

This was the best show I've been to in a while. It wasn't huge

but the art was good which I wasn't expecting. I thought it would

be more crafts because it was a smaller show. This first photo is for

"Tricia" I know how much you love clowns.

A couple of months ago we were at the beach sitting in

our chairs under the umbrella. I saw this group of teenagers

walking and smiled. The next thing I knew they walked up

to us and told us they were with a youth group from a church

here in Florida. They asked if there was anything we needed

prayer for. Chuck told them about my cancer and they told us

about a lady at their church going through something similar.

They said they would all be praying for me. I was very surprised

they walked up to us. I hadn't seen them stop and talk to anyone

before us or after the left. I felt like God was letting me know

He's there and He cares.

Not so great news yesterday. They want to put a pin, or pins, in my leg. I don't know anything beyond that. I see the Orthopedic Surgeon Monday.