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I went to a Kim Walker Smith concert on Sunday night with a few friends of mine.  It was amazing.  She didn’t sing too many songs but at the end she revealed that she was expecting a baby and should in fact be on bed rest.  She sang two really amazing songs.  ‘Healing Oil’ and ‘Miracle Maker’.  I had hands laid on me while she sang Healing Oil and it was amazing, one minute I was smiling with tears falling (I’m laughing because I was going to use the word cascading LOL) down my face then just feeling at peace.  Obviously I have since downloaded her CD on I tunes and I'm listening to it right now and strongly suggest you all do the same.  The album is called ‘Still Believe’.  (Kim Walker Smith plug)  It’s well worth the money.  Please give these songs what they fully deserve, your full attention. God used these to move me and remind me that He is the overseer of my life and protector of my soul. Turn up the volume, open your arms, close your eyes and let God do the rest.  Enjoy the peace.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z_CQi0pXOPI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpVD_QQGSzU

So I took my chemo on Monday March 18 as usual.  I wasn’t feeling as confident as I had in other rounds because of all the dizziness I had the week before.  Well, I didn’t throw up so Amen for that.  I was so very thankful because if there’s one thing I cannot stand it’s that, I can handle almost anything else but that…no way.

I’m looking back at my calendar and I can’t see the day that it happened but I had two partial seizures this past week one at the beginning of the week and one this past Thursday.  By partial I mean I didn’t lose consciousness.  “Oh seizure, oh seizure how do I describe thee?”  Ok, let’s give it a try…imagine a bull (the animal not the drink); imagine seeing their front leg doing its kick thing before it’s about to speed off towards the matador  (I believe I have used the horse analogy before, so whatever works)  Now take that picture and let’s add some feeling to it. Sometimes when you’re on your iPhone and your texting away and you don’t realize that the sidewalk ends and the curb drops to the street. Ooops goes your foot off the curb onto the road and as you grab your knee to make sure it didn’t bend backwards you struggle to maintain your balance.  Those are my partial seizures, well except the arms go too.  The unfortunate thing with mine is that I’m not a bull and I don’t actually get to hit anything, well, I guess as I fall to the ground technically I’m hitting things. LOL.  I laugh, maybe I should move my hallway table because it seems like I keep taking it outJ I love how it’s so easy to laugh at yourself when you know how ridiculous you look, only in the comfort of my own home preferably just God and I. 

On Wednesday I saw my neurologist and I told him about my little seizure escapades and he asked if my medication levels were within the norm, of which they are.  So he added yet another pill to my already existing potent cocktail of drugs.  I have been having severe pain sporadically in the nerve endings where I had my surgery and my headaches, when I have them, are intolerable and the Advil are no longer working.  This is not every day but they’re fierce when they come on.  Anyway, this new pill should address the nerve pain, headaches and part of its ‘perk’ is that it has an anti-seizure component.  So I take 2 a day.  I have also spread out my seizure meds again.  I think I was taking my afternoon group and my evening group to close together so I’ve spread them out and it turns out that the seizure medication doesn’t keep me awake so taking it late is not a problem at all.

I think that’s it for now.  I see “MY” guy at BCCA on April 3 at 4:45p.m so I will have more then unless something happens in which case I’ll blog to you all.

Bless you all and thank you for your ongoing prayers.  Keep ‘em coming.

Mel