TELL OF HIS GOODNESS
She
GOD'S HEALING POWER TOWARDS ME
Testifies
by Debbie Watson-Allen
The period 2015 to 2016 was devastating for me. In 9 months, I lost my father to heart attack, a dear uncle to cancer and paternal grandmother to an extended sickness. All that could go wrong did go wrong and oh what a surprise I was in for as I attended my yearly mammogram appointment. It is routine for women over the age of forty to have an annual mammogram, and I had done it before and thought nothing of it. However, the call came in that another test was needed because the scan was not clear enough.
Many questions ran through my mind. “Why? I don't drink alcohol, I don't smoke, or use any other form of addictive drugs. Why do I even go to doctors when they are missing on examination?”
With my nursing knowledge, I thought, "Oh, it’s just some dense tissues.”
My faith was shaken. There was so much uncertainty. Now the biggest question was who would be the best person to share this news with... My husband was working out of town, and I did not want to alarm him. So the first option was to go to my pastor's wife; however, she was not at home, so I spoke to my pastor instead.
The result showed a suspicious area that required further investigation. This was followed by an ultrasound-guided biopsy. At the time I decided to go for the results alone so not to scare others. While sitting in the waiting room somehow I sensed that it was not going to be good but I did not want to embrace the feeling that I was having.
The packed emotions erupted into tears as I told him what was going on. Then there was great relief when the pastor's wife showed up. The intercessory prayer made on my behalf was powerful. I felt God's Spirit descending on me at that moment. He moved through my body and immediately I knew then that God had touched me.
The doctor entered the room, pulled up a chair, and did the usual greetings of asking me how I was doing..., but I just wanted him to get to the results. Then he gave the results...; it was breast cancer.
The doctors’ plan was to shrink the stage III invasive breast cancer with metastasis to the lymph nodes and then do surgery and radiation, BUT GOD... had other plans.
I immediately thought, "OK, let's just do surgery, chemo, whatever..., let’s just get it over with." I felt lost as I left the hospital. I was upset. I asked myself, “How could I have missed this for it to reach this far?”.
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I recalled going to the second appointment with the Oncologist, and after the examination, the Oncologist could not palpate the lump.
