Rhoda's Healing Journey

07/29/2026

Pardon me while I am over here with my cancer tears. Oh wait, I guess they are just happy tears now.

And, no, that does not spell a name. Stick with me, and I will explain. Today is July, 29, 2026. One year ago today, exactly, I took myself to the Emergency Department. This was just the beginning …

07/29/2026

Today marks 365 days (A WHOLE YEAR) since I first drove myself to the Emergency Department because I could no longer function. Thus began this whole journey of unraveling who I was, what my life consisted of, and my rapid slide toward death. But wait. I'm alive! Who knew that could happen?? I'm on the way to see my oncologist later today to discuss my latest PET scan in which there was a whole list of organs named all followed by the word "UNREMARKABLE". Never have I ever been so happy to be unremarkable!!

07/18/2026

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07/01/2026

It's been 294 since I've needed fresh blood! 🤪

One year ago today began normally enough, but would end as the month that would change my whole life. It began just as mundane as ever, but then as the days slipped by, I progressively got more and…

04/18/2026

Dark humor is incoming. Some days. 🙄 Some days are such fun. 🙄 I may have to cancel this whole breast cancer thing because it's really becoming unhandy. I might now have skin cancer spots, and it MIGHT be medication related. Apparently I need medication to get rid of cancer, which MIGHT be making my skin extra sensitive to the sun. This just isn't going to work for me. 🤣 On the other hand, maybe it's leprosy. 🙄 I mean who really knows at this point. Meanwhile, I'm just over here planting some tomatoes until I hear that I'm no longer allowed to do that either.

04/10/2026

At the start of this whole terrible cancer ride, as I was lying in my hospital bed, barely able to walk 10 steps to the bathroom, not knowing if I would survive, this verse popped into my mind.

Isaiah 40:31 NIV
" but those who hope in the Lord will renew their strength. They will soar on wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not be faint."

I thought I must be going crazy. I thought I must be losing my mind. What on earth??? I can't walk, let alone run. I run out of breath just sitting up. So soaring and running was an impossibility.

But here I still am. Guess what my plans are for tomorrow? Making my usual yummy donuts and selling them at the local school's spring fing!

Miracles still happen.

04/08/2026

https://renegademennonite.wordpress.com/2026/04/08/grand-slam/

A quick cancer update on here since not everyone is on my page. This way everyone gets the update. As some of you know, I had my 3 month PET scan last week, and the news seemed too good to…

04/05/2026

Happy Resurrection Sunday! I'm so grateful to have a sort of resurrection story myself. Stay tuned for an update on my most recent PET scan.

04/01/2026

https://renegademennonite.wordpress.com/2026/03/31/before-and-after/

There is life before cancer, and there is life after cancer. Or perhaps the more true reality is life with cancer because there is really no such thing as after cancer. It doesn’t meet you on…