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Benign Tumor Excision

November 14, 2014

Random person: "Bakit kaya ang dami mong trials? Ang bata mo pa pero ang dami mo ng pinagdaanan. Dati, naoperahan ka sa ulo. Ngayon, naoperahan kana naman ulit."
Me: Ok naman ako. (I genuinely smiled)

Yesterday, I underwent minor surgery named breast mass excision at my right breast. It was almost a year from the time I had an ultrasound of my breasts for the reason that i palpated a small lump at my right breast. Little did I expect, I was diagnosed with bilateral fibroadenomas or in layman's term "benign tumors" at both breasts as per ultrasound result. The one i palpated was approximately 3cm and at the other side was 1cm and still non-palpable. The extracted tumor is still for biopsy which I hope will reflect negative result.

Hmmm, what urges me to post this is not to make a ballyhoo so as to attract attention or whatever. This is solely related to the above remark which happened to be not my first time to hear but beyond number already.

Indeed, at the age of 21, I have my fair share of rough roads and stumbling blocks. Be it mourning from loss of a brother, fatal accidents, victim of natural disasters like flood, earthquakes, and sea mishap, medical conditions like MVP and etc.

I cannot blame people for creating such remarks because I am certain that it is out of their concern for me. Even so, I would like to share what I perceive on the events of my life and it goes something like this...

"At some point of our lives, we would experience defeat, loss, and fall. And just like a sand castle, we might break apart from the gigantic wave named reality. But God designed us in His very own image and likeness and because of that He knows our nature and capabilities. Trials might be thrown to us to test our nature to strive and swim against the seemingly gigantic wave, to challenge its existence or even throw it out of our way.

But in simple words, trials are actually there to simply remind us of one thing --- FAITH. WE OVERCOME NOT BY TRYING BUT WE OVERCOME BY TRUSTING. NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS."

What are my trials compared to my blessings like waking up each day and having the chance to savor life per se? AND WHAT ARE THEY COMPARED TO WHAT JESUS HAD TO GO THROUGH BECAUSE OF ME THOUSAND YEARS AGO? See, I have nothing to complain.

Never did I imagine I would feel the first slice, the cuts, retracts, and stitches. Weeew. Good thing I had an awesome doctor who managed to crack a joke all throughout the procedure so as to keep me less anxious. Still on pain scale of 6/10 and currently nursing myself but all is well.


Thank you Lord. Now, I got 2 scars to remind me of Your constant FAITHFULNESS. 



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