Who says God doesn't answer prayer??

Well, today I had the consultation with the surgeon.  He was very nice and I feel like God has placed me within the perfect hands.  He was very thorough and answered all of my questions, lol.  A mix of questions from myself and my family. The news he had for me was encouraging.  It was definitely the best news that he could have given me based on the circumstances.  The type of cancer I have is called papillary thyroid cancer.  It is by far the most common, the most treatable and the best one (if you're going to have any) to have.  It has over a 95 percent cure rate, a low re-occurrence rate and a low metatheses rate (doesn't typical spread a lot). He says I've probably had this a while, this type grows very slowly, but he says it doesn't matter if I've had it for 10 years, the treatment is all the same and it doesn't necessarily mean anything if it's been there longer.  The most common place for it to spread is into the lymph nodes right along the neck, if they are diseased, he will remove those too, it's pretty much as easy as that.  I may after they get everything back from the Pathologist after the surgery have to go through some radio active iodine treatment (I'm praying I don't).  Basically if it's spread to any lymph nodes or if they aren't positive if it's completely capsulized you have this radio active iodine that kills off any lingering diseased thyroid cells. He says really, it's not a big deal (easy for him to say right, haha)  He specifically made it a point to tell me "this is pretty straight forward, I don't want you worrying for the next 6 weeks, we're going to get you fixed!" I will have surgery on February 16th (first day they had something available) at St. Peter's in Albany (for those of you in NY).

So all this to say that God certainly answers our prayers and he heard all your prayers.  I got the best news today that I could have. I'm so grateful for your thoughts and prayers.  A sweet friend of mine sent me a message this morning with a verse that brought me joy this morning, right before I went into the exam room, Isaiah 41:13 says, "For I am the Lord your God, who upholds your right hand, Who says to you, 'Do not fear, I will help you.'" It's His word that I find most settling. What's there to fear if the Lord of all the Universe is helping you? Thank you, thank you for your prayers and kind words!  I'll keep you all updated.

Blessings!