4
Mar

CANCER-FREE

   Posted by: pastordiehl   in Casting Out Cancer

Add Comment

Its now been four months since my prostate surgery. I went in to see my Urologist and he said I was doing fine. The real indicator of how successful they were with the cancer is in the PSA test, however. Cancer is the most likely culprit for an elevated PSA level, which is under 4.0 in a healthy male. After six years of tests and biopsies, my PSA level was up to nearly 12.0 when they finally found the cancer.

When the PSA follow-up test came back last week it was at .04, or what they call undetectable. I’m sure it will be zero by the next time they test it. So I am cancer-free and a cancer survivor! Although there is still some nerve trauma from the surgery to recover from, it is getting better every day.

I am reminded of the awesome promise God gave to the Israelites in Exodus 15:26: “I am the Lord that heals thee.”

Tags:

This entry was posted on Wednesday, March 4th, 2009 at 8:00 am and is filed under Casting Out Cancer. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

7 comments so far

Laura
 1 

Praise the Lord! We are so thankful to Him that you are healthy and pray that you will enjoy many more healthy years!

March 4th, 2009 at 8:18 am
Sharon
 2 

Praise! Praise! Praise! We rejoice with you in this very good report.

March 4th, 2009 at 1:29 pm
Lori Sattison
 3 

I am so thankful for the good report. You have been such a class act throughout this whole ordeal. Thank you for being such an excellent example of how all of us should face adversity in our lives. We love you, and praise God with you!!

March 5th, 2009 at 8:36 am
Shelia Ulery
 4 

Thank God for the great report. Thank you for sharing through out all of this. It was a great help to me with the struggles with my own health problems.

March 7th, 2009 at 2:00 pm
Tara Lilly
 5 

The great amount of respect I had for you grew even more as you opened up and allowed myself and others the chance to walk along with you through this journey. I believe that one of the great purposes of the Body is that we be there for each other, and we just can’t do what we are supposed to do if we all mask and hide from each other. Thank you for the courage to be vulnerable; God had many things to teach you, and because you were willing to share, He was able to help others through you. I’m thankful that you are healthy and that I can point to this circumstance as proof that the Lord answers prayer!

March 8th, 2009 at 1:31 am
Jo Hinman
 6 

My Aunt Sue Smith gave me your blog address and I just read through your whole prostate cancer journey. My husband, Eric was just diagnosed with prostate cancer and we can relate to everything you said. I cried, laughed and felt much better after reading your experience. Thank you so much for doing this journal so we can see what Eric’s journey could be like. He is having the same surgery with the same doctor. I just hope he doesn’t have the same catheter problem. Again thank you for sharing all of your emotions, experiences and humor through all the terrifying trip with cancer. God surely is shining through you Pastor Diehl!!

March 9th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Kathy Butler
 7 

I will never forget how He, God told me you had it and you were not to worry , you would be free from it, Hallelujah for his promises and people for prayers !

January 6th, 2014 at 7:55 pm

Leave a reply

Name(REQUIRED) (*)
E-Mail (REQUIRED--will not be published) (*)
Website Address (Optional)
Comment

Back to top