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Christine’s Story

Site created on November 28, 2021

Hello family and friends! God has had me on quite a faith journey this year. I have been dealing with health issues actually since the beginning of 2020. Then in February of 2021 I began to have daily migraines that were moderate to severe. Before this, I had never experienced a migraine. This lasted for 3 months daily. It took a brain MRI to show that I did have migraines. I now have a neurologist who is excellent and was able after course of trial and error to find something that helped keep them at bay. I can’t even tell you how thankful I was for that.
Then in the midst of crazy migraines, in March this year I began having pain in my left ovary. My OB dr had me get a CT scan of my abdomen. This wasn’t as helpful as we had anticipated. A month or so passed. I went to my regular physician as asked him what other test could be done since the pain was still there. For the next 6 months, 5 more tests were done. In September, I went to my Dr again and asked what other test can we do. This time he ordered a pelvic ultrasound. This test showed that there was possible cancer in one of my ovaries. Then because of the results, my dr ordered a Pelvic MRI. This showed possible cancer in both ovaries. Then, I was referred to one of the best OB Oncologists in Orlando. He shared that he needed to remove both ovaries, 2 cysts, and Fallopian tubes in surgery to have them biopsied. The surgery took place on November 4th. During the surgery he also did 8 other biopsies as my left cyst had burst at some point which means cancer spread to my pelvic region.
The biopsy results took about 14 days to get back. We followed up with my OB Oncology Surgeon. We received the news that I have Ovarian Cancer. I will need to get Chemotherapy beginning Dec. 16th. Please pray for me, Wade, Emma, Ethan, and extended family. This will be a long road ahead, but we are grateful for family and friends to stand with us in caring support and prayers. 🙏🏻♥️🤗

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Journal entry by Christine Mantlo — Jul 23, 2022

PRAYERS NEEDED FOR SOME FRIENDS FACING THEIR OWN CANCER JOURNEYS….

Let’s stand together in prayer

PRAY AT ALL TIMES…,STAY PERSISTENT IN YOUR PRAYERS 🙏🏻

1) SUSAN GREEN - Please pray for my dear friend whose lymphoma came back within 6 months of being cancer free. Pray for God’s guiding wisdom, supernatural peace, abundant grace, the best treatment plan, nurses, and Drs, and most of all for healing in Jesus Name!

2.) CHAZ BURTON - Chaz has been thru many health battles. They recently found that he has pancreatic cancer. Please pray for he and his family as they process this news. Pray for strength, rest, supernatural peace, the best way forward with the right treatment plan and Drs.

3.) Please add any names of others you know that we can be praying for daily who are facing cancer too. 🤗🙏🏻♥️

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