PET Scan Results
Yesterday I had my second PET scan. The results are in.
Last I heard, I had five small tumors on my liver, one larger one on my liver and a single tumor on my spleen.
I made up my mind last night that no matter what the news was, I would content myself in knowing that God is receiving glory through His will (Romans 8:28).
I also embraced the concept that this body of mine is an earthen vessel. My body is exclusively for this side of eternity. My soul, however, was not meant for this side of eternity.
2 Corinthians 4:7-12 — But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed; always carrying in the body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies. For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. So death is at work in us, but life in you.
1 Corinthians 15:36, 40 — You foolish person! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies. There are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies, but the glory of the heavenly is of one kind, and the glory of the earthly is of another.
With that said, I found out today that I now have no metabolically active metastatic disease. The lesions in my liver and spleen have resolved. The lesions are still there, but there is no active cancer in them. The doctor told me that he has never seen anyone respond to the treatment like this. I will go to a specialist soon to have the lesions looked at. But I am cancer free at the moment and do not have to do any more chemo.
I thank God for the healing that occurred — medicinal and miraculous. I am so excited He allowed me to go through this. And thanks to the thousands who prayed for me. To God be the glory.
speechless…PRAISE our GOOD Lord!!
PRAISE GOD!!!!!!! I’m doing a little dance in my office right now! I’ll show it to you later.
How AWESOME God is that He would use you to display HIS Power and Love! You should get those verses tattooed right by the scares… that would be cool and an cool reminder of what happens when you let go and let God do his thing in!
Wow! THAT IS AWESOME NEWS!!! Congratulations!
Blown away. Yay God.
Our God is an AWESOME God! Love you Zachary. So amazingly thrilled at God’s favor on you and all of us that are standing (and probably now crying!) in your corner. Let’s celebrate!!
Our God is an AMAZING GOD, and yes, I DO BELIEVE IN MIRACLES. Zac, you and your entire family are an incredible testimony to the wondrous love and power of our Saviour. Thank you for sharing this incredible journey with us all. God continues to be glorified through your life, actions and words.
This is just wonderful news. We have never met but over the last few months you have been an inspiration to me. I thank God for what he has done. Thank you Jesus!
And they say “Good guys never win!” – they lie.
I’m glad that 3D Zac is doing well… your journey has been an inspiration!
What amazing news! Our God is so AWESOME!! Can’t wait to tell people at church. Everyone has been praying and asking about you and your family. Love you guys!
Praise God!!!
Last night when my kids went to bed we prayed for you as we usually do and my son who is 11 said “Mom, Zac is probably not going to sleep @ all tonight waiting for those results!” May you have a peacefull nights rest tonight.
HA!! AMEN! Been praying and believing that God would heal you. So pumped and thankful He did. I pray your lesions would be gone by the time you get to the specialist and that you’re body would recover supernaturally back to 110% health and wholeness from the chemo in Jesus name. You’re a blessing and so is your testimony of the goodness of God (Revelation 19:10b) Be blessed.
Zac, I’m really happy to hear this. Happy for you, and happy for your family. Enjoy that cancer-free feeling as it sinks in, slowly at first, and then as it washes over you. You should also give yourself (especially your body) a bunch of credit for doing what it did. And, I’ll raise a toast to you this evening.
I too, am glad you were able to go through this. And before anyone thinks that is a harsh thing to say, let me explain. Zac you’e been so transparent, so vulnerable, so honest with all of us who love you and many more who have never even met you. You brought us all along for this journey and to watch you with your head lifted high, being a positive testimony of our Savior’s love and grace has been truly awe-inspiring. You have taken this trial on with an attitude that blew most of us away. And now, my sweet brother you are able to continue to be a testimony of God’s miraculous power and love.
You are my hero and I cannot find words to describe how elated and overwhelmed I feel right now.
I love you.
So thankful – God is so good! Love you Z
Praise the Lord, God is so good. I am beyond excited to see where God is going to take you. I believe that you have been chosen to be used by God, because you have been a willing vessel, to demonstrate God’s greatness. I am so happy and looking forward to watching your journey.
Praise the Lord Zac. You have been in my prayers and many others to.
I am so Thankful to God for taking care of you.
If ever there was a time to believe in miracles… This is the awesomest news ever (and one whopper of a belated birthday present for you). Congratulations, Z!!!
Zac, we are so happy to hear the good news! God is good! I know you are all shedding tears of joy, like we did when we heard Dan’s good news.
Praise GOD!!!We serve an Awesome God who is still in the healing business and when HE heals HE heals!!!
What awesome news!!! How wonderful is The Lord!
Zac – dude, God is good no matter how this turns out, right?!? However, isn’t it amazing when He does something so miraculous and shows you that He is not finished with you on this side?
I am never surprised but I am ALWAYS amazed!
Jesus, we praise You for who You are as well as what You’ve done! Hallelujah!
WHOOO HOOOOO! What amazing, amazing news. PRAISE GOD! We are rejoicing with you here in Florence.
AWESOME news/AWESOME GOD! I’m crying and can’t even write but I’m so thrilled. I’m calling your mom today…..WOW!
Praising God right now…He is good!!
Praise God! You are a living testimony to His faithfulness. You have been on our prayer list from the time we heard you had the cancer. Praying you will continue to be stronger everyday and what a blessing that you are able to bear such a bold witness for Christ.
Zac, I don’t know if you have ever been to the I Am Second website or not (http://www.iamsecond.com/), but there are some amazing testimonies there. If you haven’t visited the site, check it out some time and I think you will be blessed. Anyway, I only mention it because I think you would have an amazing testimony to share there. Just a thought . . .
Increiblemente solo se puede encontrar una respuesta… Es un milagro de nuestro maravilloso Dios. Damos gracias a El por su infinito amor. Te queremos Zac, Dios te siga bendiciendo.
Praise God! Rejoicing with you today!
Yay! Praising God and his healing on your like! We love you!
Zac, all of Thomas Road Baptist have been concerned about you. And we have prayed for you. We serve an amazing God! To HIM be all glory and honor! We love you and your wonderful family!
Thank you all so much for your prayers and encouragement.
-z
As I am the only one of my family yet to meet you in person, be assured that I am also dancing with joy to hear your news!! My son Joshua will be sure to tell you that my dancing is probably somewhat more abbreviated in effort than John’s but no less enthusiastically performed! I did yell a lot between tears though. That part I do very well indeed.
We wanted you to know that Norman and I will be singing and lighting a candle in honor and now in celebration for you as a part of the Hope and Remembrance Chorale performance of the Cancer Association of Anderson’s fund raising Concert on October 24th. I hope you, and your family, and others who have been following you locally can come. It will be a wondrous and uplifting evening.
Phil 4:6
Many weeks ago I snatched you out of the 11:15 crowd at NewSpring to introduce myself and let you know my family and I were following your website and praying for you. You’re so short it was hard to find you
After looking back since you first got the news, I really thought this would be many years of ups and downs and the cancer just seemed too much. God must get a real kick out of what I think I know will happen. He is so good at proving me wrong.
Just think – your kids have your incredible genes (their dad beat cancer, um, can it get any better?) along with your remarkable faith in Jesus. And not to take away any of the celebration from you, but that wife of yours deserves credit as well. I know she’s worked hard at caring for you and your children.
I don’t know how to end this. “Congratulations” isn’t the word I was looking for but since no one has invented a single word that covers all this emotion, I’ll stick with “congratulations!” Absolutely amazing…
Gives me chills. So , so, so happy to read this.
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