Good News Sharing! - Melissa's Update
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hey guys update time and today I have the pleasure of introducing my wonderful husband Keith Townsend if you don't know him already today we have some great news we want to share with you guys and I just feel like it's so fitting for him to be here to share this news with you guys God has truly has blessed our family this whole year and doing this process of going through cancer we're having a new grandbaby no it's bigger than that oh it's bigger than that is
some news that I just get the pleasure of sharing with you guys too effectively this Friday I am cancer cancer free yes guys guys so we're not giving free cancer no I'm officially cancer free and I am so ecstatic to be able to share that with you guys I am so ecstatic that I can have this opportunity to have you guys come along and have some input and thoughts about what's this whole six weeks of dealing with cancer and going through the regimens of getting treatment
to this point and I just want to have you guys have the opportunity to get a different perspective of what that meant during that time from my husband so babe you've been with me forever and you've been on this journey with me the whole time what happens but what what have it's been like for you during this time so this is the roller-coaster and this is it's been tough I mean it's been they uh I'm afraid those of you who followed me I've been pretty upfront
saying you know this is hard you know fortunately I have my faith we both have our faith to getting back on we we believe in Christ and God and our ability to go back to that but you know what that man you're talking about you know bone scans did it testa sized MRIs the blood work the double mastectomy the oh no you have yet another set of gene tests to go through it has been an amazingly difficult wait period to get from when you first discovered
it in April 2011 to now where you're getting the all clear it has been it's been it's been it's been tough so yes it has been difficult for um for both of us however I know as a spouse a husband how did you come to the resolution to be supportive and not feel overwhelmed during this time and continue to be commutative with your community group mm-hmm and run a business customers as everyone know we run our own business and be successful in all those area not
feel overwhelmed and drained during this whole time how did you balance everything doing this whole year I am a super human no honestly one I was overwhelmed - I did feel drained three I messed up a whole lot but fortunately I had a lot of folks out there from your family your mother's both your sisters from out of state your local sister Jennifer the amount of support that we've been given you know for me to be able to vent with Mark May who's become a good
fast friend and you know him saying maybe you should pop one of those volumes they that they've given Melissa it has been you know I probably the the lowest point and this whole journey was when we're in a car we're headed to that they were gone in the class fleet and you say you well you know babe howdy how do you feel a mouth like I want to tap out yeah you was like what and then tap back something you guys are probably what to tap
out Bobby I was I was emotionally I was I was emotionally through like I'm done I just want a break like I want to I want to go in and I don't mean binge watch anything I just want to go on binge watch a show or something and drink a few beers and that just wasn't it wasn't an option it was not an option no and I did not take that news well I'm like 20 minute tapped out that doesn't exist in our world we don't
we don't tap out on each other I felt that he was giving up on me and I wanted to push back my emotion and just say you know what I'm done I'm not gonna used or I'm gonna go hire a nurse I'm done if I don't want to be a burden inconvenience to my spouse however when you're dealing with something like this you have to push through emotions you have to be inconvenient to your spouse you have to let your spouse know how you're feeling in
order for him with him she whoever like whatever the case may be to be able to know where you add to mentally and it's unfair to them if you're in a mentos headspace and they can't help you thank god Keith and I have a relationship where we can resolve issue quickly thank God that we have a group of friends and family and you guys to be able to have that outlet and that's the whole purpose of doing these video is for people to feel like that
they have an outlet that it can go to when you're having a difficult time or when you're going through an illness and you need the outlet you need that that individual to be able to fuss at and understand that is coming from love and it's coming from not from something that they're doing but the frustration of dealing with something that is borne and I just want to thank you babe for just being on this journey with me and being supportive and being my rock and understanding
the the ups and down that this disease has taken us again I am so grateful that you guys have been on this journey with me I will continue to share updates and give you guys great news is you guys just don't know what a blessing it is to be able to have the solitude of having our Lord on our side and giving me this great news of being cancer-free I pray and know that my God our God is gonna be with me as I go through
the reconstruction which will be scheduled in October of 17 so again just continue to follow me along with this journey and we I think the reconstruction is my president right it's no no babe yes no you have to forgive him but thank you guys for going on this journey if you ever dissever ever ever ever want to talk you know where to reach me to God be the glory thank you guys amen
