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Dear giznort
In Feb. of last year Drs found a grapefruit sized tumor on my ovary. It was stage 2 cancer. Stage 2 means it had not entered into any soft tissues. Because it had slightly attached to my pelvis I was required to undergo chemo.

Let me reassure you that the fear of chemo is much worse than the reality. I never threw up, and in fact my oncologist said to tell him if I was ever nauseous. He said they had a dozen different drugs that would help that. We found what symptoms I had from chemo and stayed ahead of each one. I did lose my hair and get tired, but you can live with that for a short while.

Think of something you can do while tired. For me it was knitting. I would sit and knit during my treatments, and on the few days I was too tired to go to work, I would knit at home.

Also, CHOOSE to worship God. I knew it would be easy to sit and bitch and moan and be terrified all the while they were pumping drugs into my system, but I decided that I would glorify God instead. I took prayer requests and sat and talked to Jesus about others while I was stuck in one place doing something I really didn't want to do.

He was truly faithful to me, and I had a total peace throughout the entire treatment of my cancer. I KNEW that whatever happened in my body was under His careful watch, and that not one cell would be touched by either chemo or cancer, that He didn't already know about.

Keep your sense of humor. Find a hat you like, or just shave your head like I did. Tell you friends it just doesn't take God long to number the hairs of your head any more. Have a picture taken with all the bald guys at church. 8-) But above all, trust God. He loves you more than you can possibly imagine. His word says "He will never leave you or forsake you." That means now too.

By the way, I now have a head of gorgeous curly hair. I call it my $80,000. perm. OH, and the cancer is completely gone.