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Author: Hope Through Facing Adversity

The year 2015 began as a renewal for me...renewal in body, mind and spirit. After being 150 pounds overweight, I made the decision to have bariatric weight loss surgery. Six months nutrition counseling, psychological counseling, and a myriad of tests culminated in surgery on August 18, 2015. Little did I realize at that time, God had additional renewal plans for me. October 3, 2015, while recovering from bariatric surgery, I was ejected 30 feet from a Cessna 172 airplane upon emergency landing. This resulted in fractures of all but two left ribs, one right rib, left clavicle, left scapula, punctured left lung, degloving of my head and scalp with subarachnoid (brain) hemorrhage. A CT scan taken that day revealed evidence of lymphadenopathy in the right axilla requiring further evaluation when I was stable from my injuries. March 18, 2016, mammogram and ultrasound were suspicious for right breast cancer with lymph node involvement, which was confirmed by biopsy on March 25, 2016. April 18, 2016, right breast lumpectomy and lymph node dissection was performed, of which 7 of 15 lymph nodes were positive for cancer. I was staged at IIIA. This is my story. Through unbelievable adversity, God has been faithful to me. I hope you find this blog to be inspirational to and for you. View all posts by Hope Through Facing Adversity