I had another Y90 treatment on Tuesday. All went well and according to plan. They did it a little different this time. They went into my femoral and jugular arteries. Femoral (groin area is where they go in at) has been normal for all of these procedures. The jugular was different. The reason for the jugular was they wanted to insert small balloons into the veins that would be going to my lungs to prevent radiation from getting to my lungs. Extra precaution to not damage other organs which I appreciate.
The recovery just isn’t fun. The way it works is day 1 about 3 hours after the procedure I feel great and want to feel normal so I go and get a Big H, fries and a root beer from Hires and about 4 hours later you can imagine what ends up happening. Shame on me, shame on me again when I don’t keep up with my nausea medication. Day 2 I was hopeful because I felt decent, I thought I would be getting over this one quickly. I was able to do some emails and get some things accomplished. Day 3-4 was me laying in bed being bugged by my wife to eat something. Day 5 I got out of bed but was exhausted and took several naps off 2 hours or more. Today is day 6 and I am feeling better, haven’t taken a nap and probably won’t. I have been able to eat a little more at every meal. I will still be recovering for another 4-5 days but I should be able to function this week.
General Conference was fantastic. There were many pieces I could pick to discuss. One that hit me pretty hard was the very end of the conference when President Nelson gave his Apostolic Blessing. When he gave that blessing I had many feelings. I will share several of them. When he gave the blessing of healing I immediately felt the entirety of the power of the priesthood come over me. I felt the love of the Lord and President Nelson’s love as well. To explain my feelings the only thing I can describe it as was how Joseph Smith described reading James 1:5. It was powerful and had deep meaning and feeling to me and I thank President Nelson for the blessing. I have had many priesthood blessings through this journey and they have all had a huge impact on my life and many of you have helped to perform them and I thank you all. God loves and he loves us, Christ is our Savior and Redeemer, Joseph Smith saw them both 200 years ago in the sacred groove. The Book of Mormon is the world of God and President Nelson is the living prophet of God. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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