Some Facebook updates:
Hayley Geurts has chemicals running around her system. Still feeling ok though, thank God!
17 May at 14:40Hayley Geurts is still feeling ok-ish. Had a mighty long sleep from 5pm til 8am! Hoping that the sickness and tiredness stays away today.
18 May at 09:32Hayley Geurts Nanny has arrived to nurse me through the next couple of days. Bless her. I am so blessed by amazing family and friends. I thank God for you
18 May at 11:45Hayley Geurts wants a lightening bolt of energy now please… Still feeling very drained.
20 May at 11:18Hayley Geurts is in desperate need of divine direction right now…
20 May at 23:22Hayley Geurts is sitting in her garden feeling very tired and drained of all energy but has a peace that only Jesus can give. Thank you Lord.
21 May at 11:53Hayley Geurts is once again sitting in the garden, watching Djerk brick up his BBQ and the kids playing, praying for energy.
22 May at 11:12Hayley Geurts loves watching Time Team. Is that wrong??
22 May at 14:37Hayley Geurts has just sent her Sainsburys order, via @dmgeurts, including wine and chocolate. He’s such an amazing man, knows me well…
22 May at 18:48Hayley Geurts is looking forward to see her mumsie, who is on her way! Yippee! Mummy-hugs!!
23 May at 09:29Hayley Geurts just received a note from her eldest. “We all love you very much!!!! You will never leave this family, will you?” I cried…
23 May at 17:51Hayley Geurts has been awake since 5:21am. Not sure whether I will get through the day…
25 May at 08:15
Email to all:
Hello everyone,
Well, I’m a week through chemo number 4 and I’m feeling really good! The bad week was actually not as bad as it has been, which is a real answer to prayer! My energy levels are now back up and I’m back to being busy with lots of things.
The 75th party invites will be sent out soon! I’m sooooo excited about the party. It’s going to be so amazing to have everyone under the same roof together! Yippee! Please could you all email back with your postal address please? I would like to have all of your addresses anyway, but it would help for the sending out of invites too! If you know that you reeeeeally can’t come to the party (if you live on the other side of the world then ok, I can accept that!) I will send you an email invite anyway!
Just a reminder that it’s on the 17th July at 7:30 in Letchworth (nr Hitchin!)
The other invitation I would like to put out there is for the 5th June. Djerk has finished building his BBQ (pic attached!) and we would like to invite everyone to come to our place on Saturday 5th June from 5pm for a bring and share kinda deal. Please bring food to throw on the BBQ, to keep Djerk (and the men who will naturally gravitate to the shrine) busy… other food stuffs and a bottle of something. Would love to see you there! Please let me know if you fancy coming along, just so I have an idea of numbers. :o)
I hope you are all well.
Lots of love,
Hayley
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Usually I would have 2 good weeks after 1 bad week after the chemo went in. Here are a few things that happened:
Email to all:
Hello everyone,
I am now in the middle of my two “good” weeks and so far, doing great! I have been busy at work, which has been so nice as it makes me feel normal-ish again. I’m trying hard not to overdo it, but most of you know very well that it’s not easy for me! :o)
My Macmillan nurse has recently sent me some information regarding a “Special Day”, which is offered by The Willow Foundation. It’s for people under 40 who are suffering from a serious illness. I wasn’t sure that cancer and subsequent treatments were considered as serious illness, but she assures me that it is. Well, we’ll see when I have submitted the paperwork. What an amazing opportunity though hey? Problem is, I don’t know what to do! They give ideas like West End shows, family days out, pampering spa breaks, country hotel breaks, helicopter rides, motor racing, sports event tickets, you name it! So, I have to decide what kind of day I want. I can include anyone I want. Not sure whether to do something to include my boys or not… They did not specify a budget either, so I’m even more confused! I need help. Anyone got any ideas of what I can do? I want to make it a special one, something that I wouldn’t ordinarily do for myself…. Help!?!?!
Please could I ask you to pray for my health? I have had a bit of a sniffly cold for the past couple of days and I feel it getting worse. My immune system is weak and so any cold could potentially get out of hand and need antibiotics. I’d rather not go on anymore antibiotics or drugs!
I hope that you are all well.
Lots of love,
Hayley
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A week later:
Hi everyone,
Hope you are all well and having/had a great weekend. I have had a fabulous couple of “good weeks”, enjoying family, friends, work, church and life in general. This weekend has been fab. Friday I was at a Christian conference in Bedford called Heaven Touches Earth, where I was tangibly hit by the presence of God and felt a strong surge in my faith. Thank you Lord! Saturday was a lovely day, which I had been dreading as it meant a whole day alone with my boys, as D was off to the same conference. The boys were angels and we had a lot of fun together. Saturday ended in a great birthday party. I was feeling very unfeminine whilst getting ready and actually shed a few tears over my lost hair and steroid weight gain. Silly huh? I slapped some makeup on, balanced my wig on my bonce and went anyway. I had a really good time. It was nice to spend time with people I normally work with up at the school and even got to square dance with the headteacher! What a laugh that was. I haven’t laughed quite that hard in a while! LOL Today has been a bit more relaxed and later we’re off to my parents to celebrate my lil sis’ birthday. :o)
Tomorrow is chemo number 4. I’m kinda sad, but also feel resolute that I’m not going to let this bring me down. I know that God is with me throughout this and I know that a lot of you, all around the world, are praying for me right now. Thank you so much!! I want to suffer well, for His glory. I have recently heard about a man called Matt Chandler, who is currently going through brain cancer treatment. ABC news in the US have even written an article about him. I want to say “what a man!” but the reality of his story is “what a God!!!!!” Have a look….
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wirestory?id=9709397&page=1
In one of his recent sessions, and I can’t remember which one of these two: http://vimeo.com/11707938 or http://vimeo.com/10959675 , he mentions the parable of the two houses, one built on sand, the other on rock. The man’s house on the rock was not suddenly exempted from the storm coming, but his house stood. People should never think that becoming a Christian and believing in Jesus is suddenly going to make their life all fluffy and easy. We are all still going to experience storms!! I just hope that throughout this chemotherapy “storm” I’m enduring, I stand firm on the rock. I want my confidence to rest in Christ alone, as He is the author and perfecter of my faith!
I hope and pray that you can know the kind of strength there is to be found in Him.
Love you all very much.
Hayley
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A few Facebook updates:
Hayley Geurts is going to bed early! I know my limits (sometimes…)
05 May at 22:49Hayley Geurts has voted. Done.
06 May at 19:05Hayley Geurts is having brekkie with a girlfriend at Cafe Rouge.
07 May at 09:41Hayley Geurts is off to IKEA!! Perhaps @dmgeurts should have taken my CC away…
07 May at 19:48Hayley Geurts is looking forward to seeing Chris Rolfs this afternoon!
08 May at 11:14Hayley Geurts is finding it hard to get out of such a comfy, warm bed this morning.
09 May at 10:02Hayley Geurts feels sorry for her hubby who is suffering from the dreaded MAN FLU! Ug.
10 May at 21:22Hayley Geurts is overdoing it again! Need to learn to say no and start taking care of me for a while…
13 May at 00:22Hayley Geurts just laughed so hard! I’m listening to Cam n’ Clegg on BBC and Sam says, “he sounds like Mr. Banks from Mary Poppins!” Haha! Bless!!!
13 May at 08:21Hayley Geurts is looking forward to a day at Heaven Touches Earth. I’m ready and willing Lord! :o)
14 May at 09:24Hayley Geurts has just been knocked off her feet by the power of the Living God! Haha!
15 May at 00:01Hayley Geurts is having a lovely day with her boys. They let me go to 3 shops and now I have thanked them for being so good with Little Rascals playtime.
15 May at 13:46Hayley Geurts just had a fab time at Tania Hawkins birthday! Laughed so hard whilst “stripping the willow”! Excellent stuff!
16 May at 00:17
Email to all:
Hi everyone,
I’m sorry I haven’t sent this update out sooner. I know a lot of you have been worrying about me since my last update on Thursday last week. I want to thank everyone for their replies that day. I’m sorry that I haven’t responded to you all, but please know that your lovely messages and certainly your prayers kept my head up that day. I seemed to received an email every half an hour or so throughout the day. Amazing. You guys are FAB!
A real answer to prayer was my energy levels! On Thursday night I was still unsure if I would be able to get myself up and into London for the Colour conference, but on the Friday morning I woke up and felt strong and raring to go! Praise God!! A lot of great things happened and I was encouraged, empowered and strangely refreshed! I got home on the Saturday evening at around 11:30pm but didn’t get to bed til about 2am! I was too busy telling Djerk all about it!! LOL For those who are thinking “what on earth is Colour?” it’s a Christian women’s conference hosted by Hillsongs in London. http://www.colourconference.com/ If any of you girlies would like to join me next year (Wembley Stadium in 2011!) please let me know!
Since the weekend we have had a lot of good days filled with a lot of nice things, until today that is. We have had a bit of an issue at school and me, being me, couldn’t let it go without getting involved. I perhaps shouldn’t have, but as most of you know me well, I don’t do passivity… It’s still an ongoing thing and I hope that a resolution can be reached, but I have kinda placed myself in the firing line. I would appreciate your prayers in this one.
My energy levels are still great so I’m looking forward to my 2 good weeks. Next chemo will be the 17th May.
Love you all!
Hayley
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