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Good News; Bad News

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Hello everyone! I hope everyone enjoyed their weekend. As I was sitting at home this weekend, I thought about the different kinds of things that I would normally be doing if I weren’t sick such as grocery shopping or preparing for a Saturday night Bible study or my Sunday sermon. I miss waking up early on Sunday mornings to get myself ready for church.  I really miss going down to the kitchen and having a nice hot cup of coffee. I miss seeing my family, my friends, and my church. You are all in my thoughts and prayers everyday and I look forward to seeing you all again soon.

So on to my updates for today. First, the bad news: 2 more cycles of chemo. Yep, the doctors called and it looks like that I need to go through with the next 2 cycles as planned.

It can definitely feel discouraging; I’m really not looking forward to any more chemo, but like I said before, God has a reason and purpose for everything. I know for sure that He is working in the background, which leads me to my good news…

The good news is that there has been significant improvement made since being diagnosed. The CT scan shows that my body is doing well and the doctors are extremely impressed with how well I’ve responded to the treatments. In fact, the doctors are not only impressed, but surprised with how well I am doing. This is all just a great testament to what a wonderful work God is doing; He hears our prayers. Although I need to continue with treatments, praise God that things are working the way they should. I’m hoping these next two cycles will fly by and there won’t be any side effects to deal with.

I hope it goes without saying, but as always, I need your prayers. Prayer is what’s keeping me going. And again, from the bottom of my heart, thank you so much. Thank you for always thinking of me and my family and uplifting us in prayer.

My third cycle will begin this Thurday, August 5th. I’ll be in the hospital receiving treatments for 5 continuous days and then I’ll go home for 2 weeks where again, I will recover and rest till the next cycle begins.

Until next time…God bless and talk to you soon!

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8 Responses to "Good News; Bad News"

  • Binu David says:
    August 3, 2010 at 2:13 AM

    Thats amazing Bryan. I thank God that you are doing well. Don’t worry one day we will have you healthy and back with us. Miss you man!!

  • joshi varughese says:
    August 4, 2010 at 10:40 PM

    hey bryan chachen thank god you are doing better i hope everything goes good with your treatments
    we’ll continue to uphold you in our prayers. hope to see you soon and god bless.

  • Gracy says:
    August 7, 2010 at 8:50 PM

    Hey Bryan(chachen),
    so good to hear you are responding well to treatment- we are all keeping you and the family in our prayers. im excited to see what God has in store for you after this season is done–i know its gonna be awesome!
    Remain strong and know you are covered in our prayers!!!
    We love & miss you!!!

    btw- my foosball skills have improved- i’ll have to show you when you get better!!

  • jiss says:
    August 7, 2010 at 9:14 PM

    Hi Bryan, ThankGOD for the good news , bad news could have been worse ! praise God! SORRY I did’nt write , but everyday thinking of your kindness to us , pray you get better and come back soon. joel had good and bad news too! he had to go to emergency room yesterday. he had fever,lots of tests done . to our surprise doctors decided to send him home . GOD answered our little prayer . he has a PET scan monday. Bryan stay strong ! Our GOD is mighty to save.

  • Prince says:
    August 8, 2010 at 1:55 AM

    “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the LORD, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.”
    Jer. 29:11

  • chelsy says:
    August 9, 2010 at 2:58 PM

    Hi bryanchachen,
    good to hear that you are doing better. My family and I are continuously praying for you. God has a reason for everything, and because of this the church, especially the youth, is coming together more to pray and fast.
    I work at FCCC and everytime i come to the hospital, I do think of you. I’m working in the West building now. Some times i hope i would bump into you while you are there.
    This past weekend was the jameson malayalam convention where Pastor Byron Jameson said his testimony. He was saying how when he was born, doctors told his parents to prepare for his funeral because he would die before the age of 2. But prayer overcame the death. During Pastor Byron’s senior year in college, he was diagnosed with blood cancer. But prayer overcame that diagnosis. In 1994, he was told that he had a tumor in his lung. He was getting a CAT scan and they saw the tumor, but then the CAT scan broke. So they told him to wait a bit to get the other CAT scan ready. During that time he prayed and when he went for his second CAT scan that same day, there was no sign of a tumor. In 2005 he was diagnosed with liver cirrhosis. Pastor Byron never drank in his life but he was on the first level out of four, but in an year, he jumped up to the third level in the disease. This past January, the doctors were surprised to see that it dropped down to the first level. Hearing all this was really encouraging and I hope it encourages you too. Stay strong. God Bless!

    “Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.” Romans 12:21

  • Minnie John says:
    August 9, 2010 at 4:27 PM

    Hi Bryan,
    Haven’t written to you in a while, but you are in my continuous thoughts and prayers. Happy belated anniversary to you and Sherry. Wow 3 years already! God bless you both!
    Still on the road to recovery, praise God for keeping you in HIS palm throughout your journey. He will carry you through all the way…..Praying this stage of Chemo goes by quickly and the reports keep getting better and better. Praying to God to give you strength… as the song goes….

    His strength is perfect when our strength is gone;
    He’ll carry us when we can’t carry on.
    Raised in His power, the weak become strong;
    His strength is perfect, His strength is perfect.

    Love you!
    Minniechechy

  • Linson Daniel says:
    August 10, 2010 at 12:12 AM

    Bryan, please know that Betina and I are praying for you as you enter into your next round of treatment! I pray that God’s peace will make itself manifest in your heart. Love ya bro!

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