Those two words evoke so many emotions. And I'm sure that everyone reading this right now understands. Either through their own personal journey, or family, or a friend.
Someone loosely in my life, a shirt tail relation, heard those two words this week. Just wasn't feeling well, went to the doctor, and was told just that. Stage Four. Hodgkins Lymphoma.
I cannot even imagine how someone's life changes after hearing those words. All of a sudden your life is full of appointments, chemotherapy, side-effects, and percentages. In one doctor's conversation, your entire life changes. And there is no going back.
I am not close enough to this person to be affected directly, but my family is. And I will worry about them, as they begin to deal with what their brother and uncle is going through. I will pray for them all. That they all learn to adjust to this new reality that has changed their lives.
Percentages are still on his side. a 60% chance of recovery by some reports, which is amazing for any cancer in stage four. But the fight will be hard, and long. I pray for his strength, and for the strength of his family.
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