Okay, I'm gonna go way out on a limb here.  I'm about to say something that is really daring and could make me look really foolish, but I'm gonna say it anyway; it's a matter of making the famous leap of faith.

I know that by the grace and power of our Lord Jesus Christ, I am healed of any serious illness, including and especially my cancer:  "Lord, I am not worthy that Thou should come under my roof, speak but the word and I shall be healed."  I am a servant of the Lord and the centurion.

Matt 9:20-22:  

20 And, behold, a woman, which was diseased with an issue of blood twelve years, came behind him, and touched the hem of his garment: 21 For she said within herself, If I may but touch his garment, I shall be whole. 22 But Jesus turned him about, and when he saw her, he said, Daughter, be of good comfort; thy faith hath made thee whole. And the woman was made whole from that hour.

So do I have anything to worry about while I wait to go to M. D. Anderson in Houston?  No, because the Lord has me in the palm of His hand.  Amen

Well, I was nervous before, because I had no idea what the lung biopsy would show if it weren't lung cancer.  I went to see Dr. C. on Friday, and the pathology report showed that one "tumor" was nothing of interest, but the main one was, get this, MELANOMA!!!  (in my lung!!!)

Have I had anything serious on my skin that looked suspicious?  No.  I've had many moles removed and actinic keratoses blasted away with nitrogen, but everything always came back negative. 

So where did this come from?  No clue.  I get rid of one type of cancer to be presented with another, completely unrelated one?  Or is it?

Dr. C. wants this sample to be read again, along with a sample from the first cancer, by another, independent lab, for confirmation.  Meanwhile, they're making an appointment for me with MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston, to see what they want to do with me.  I should hear soon, as Dr. C. wants me to go this month.

So, more anxiety.  I go from fearing the worst (not too often--I really have faith that I will get through this) to thinking that whatever happens will not be that bad.  After all, the tumor was completely removed and we just have to deal with the lymph node in the throat. 

I read about interferon and interleukin treatment, but I don't even know if I'll have to do that.  Dr. C. says IL2 treatment is rougher than chemo.  Swell.  But hopefully I won't need all that.  The previous PET scan only showed the spots on my lung and neck.  So maybe that's a Stage I.  Who knows?  I wish I were a doctor and more medically knowledgeable, but then again, maybe I'm better off not knowing.  Doctors have seen it all and perhaps aren't always the most optimistic, because they've seen and know too much.

So anyway, I still need prayers--I'm kinda sick of this whole cancer thing!  I just want to go about my normal business--do all the list of things I need to do now that I'm retired, and stay under the radar.  I do not enjoy all this attention.  Some attention is good, but this is ridiculous!

Thank you everyone!  I love you all!