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  • Answered Prayer !!!

      3 September 2016

    This will be my last update from bangkok. It's been seven weeks. 35 hyperthermia sessions, six chemo's 1800 grams of vit. C etc. And lots of prayers. And they have been answered.

    On Wednesday I had my pat scan. It showed that all the tumors have reduced in size and out hasn't spread anywhere else. Praise the Lord !!!

    We are on the right track.

    I am so thankful that this treatment was put on my path. It has felt good from the beginning. It makes sense what they do here. Fight the cancer but also help your body to help yourself. The Lord gives people gifts and if they are used in the right way good things happen.

    I'm not there yet. I'll continue the treatment at home for the next two months. I'm taking home four vaccinations. Then at the end of the year we do another pat scan to see what's happening. It will be very important to keep my immune system healthy. Cancer multiplies in 48 hours as your immune system takes a lot longer to get back to healthy.

    I've learned interesting things while being here. Not only on medical level but also about trusting in the Lord. The Lord gives me hope, and that's invaluable. Priorities in life. Blessings all around me.

    I'm very thankful that Lex could be here with me the last few weeks. I couldn't have done it without him. It's been very important to share this together.

    And it is so good that he can take me home on Sunday. Yeah !!!!!!

    Can't wait to give the kids a big hug.

    We've skyped most days but it's not the same. They are amazing kids. They've been encouraging to me and they are always happy. I thank the Lord for these four beautiful blessings in my life.

    I'll update again when I've settled back into routine in nz.

    For now another big thank you to everyone. It's been and will continue to be an amazing journey. Thank you for making it possible.

    Love to you all.

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  • Rejoice in the Lord always !!!!!

      19 August 2016

    Week 5.

    It's a strange thing, it feels it takes forever, yet the weeks go fast.

    Every Sunday is my day off and I love it and when I think about the week ahead I see a long week in front of me, but before I know it it's Sunday again.

    Not much had changed in my treatment. I'm receiving a different chemo and it's working, my tumor markers have come down. Yeah !!!

    My body feels better, I felt like a michelin man. Getting to much fluids.

    So they are combining stuff now so I get less fluids. Also the detoxing is on its way which makes me feel better too.

    Of course having lex by my side now makes me feel a whole lot better too.

    Tomorrow my vaccines arrive. They have taken half a litre of my blood and they have made vaccines out of it. 7 in total. These vaccines will fight my cancer cells. For those of you interested in this look up denditric cells. Quite interesting.

    Throughout the treatment I've gone through all sorts of moods. But every time again the Lord gives me encouragements one of them being from philippians 4:4-7

    Rejoice in the Lord always. I will say again Rejoice. Let your gentleness be known to all. The Lord is near. Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

    What a great God I serve. Me this little tiny person in the whole universe has a God who actually listens to me and tells me I can present my requests to Him.

    Well I'll stop at that. It's getting quite late here and tomorrow morning I'm supposed to do my exercise before going to the clinic.

    You are all in my thanksgiving prayers.

    Till next time.

    Love, Nelly

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  • Week three- Trust

      6 August 2016

    In half an hour my last infusion will be done. End of week three.

    When I came to the clinic they warned me that about week three things would

    get tough. Well they were right.

    My body has been having a hard time coping with all the infusions, supplements and therapies. On top of that I had to say goodbye to Lana and my mum. We had a good time and saying goodbye was hard. So I'm on my own for the next week, although never truly on my own. I find strength in reading God's word and in prayer.

    I had to go to hospital this week for a bloodtransfusion. My Hb was to low. Another experience. I must say they have a really nice hospital here. My room looked like a hotelroom. The care was good as well.

    The care at the clinic is amazing. It's so nice that they treat me as a whole person, not as bowel cancer number 63.

    They continuously check what my body is doing and adjust the treatment accordingly. They answer all my questions. It is not a standard one for all treatment . I feel so blessed to be here.

    So one again thank you all so much for making this possible for me. I thank the Lord for you.

    Till next time.

    Much love, Nelly

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  • Thankfulness

      24 July 2016

    The first week of treatment is behind me. It has been full on.

    We arrived here on Friday. Saturday I had to go to hospital early to get a port put in. It was done professionally and efficiently. Sunday was a day of,which was good. We had to get our bearings. It's hot here and there are so many people and even more cars. It's crazy. We went to church and had a look around.

    On Monday I straight away had 5 hours of infusions and Lymphatic drainage.

    Tuesday wad my first day of hyperthermia. The first session was easy. I even thought the machine had broken down. But no it works, the following four sessions were painful. I pray through most of it. I will have six hyperthermia sessions each week. Most days I spend about seven hours at the clinic. The hotel is a 5 minute walk away. Which is great. When I get back I still have time to relax a bit.

    It has been a real blessing to have Renee come with me this first week. It would have been extremely hard without her. Now I'm looking forward to my mum and Lana come next week.

    Technology had been a very welcome thing. I have been able to Skype with the family, which has made being away from them easier. I've had a lot of encouragements and prayers sent to me. I feel so blessed by it all.

    The Lord has been my strength through all this.

    Psalm 56:3-4

    When I am afraid I will trust in you. In God, whose word I praise. In God I trust, I will not be afraid.

    Till Next time.

    Love, nelly

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  • Praise the Lord oh my soul !!!!!!!!

      9 July 2016

    Words will never be enough to show our thankfulness.

    We have been amazed, encouraged and humbled by the generosity of everyone. Thank you for the prayers and the wonderful messages you have sent.

    Because of a few hick-ups with my passport I will now be leaving on Thursday the 14th of July.

    My treatment will start on the 18th.

    I am very much looking forward to starting the treatment, not so much to having to leave my family behind. But I know that they will be supported by our lovely family, friends and church family.

    Again, thank you so much for your support and prayers. I will keep updating every week as I go along.

    With love, Nelly

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