Praise the Lord!
I couldn't wait to get out of UMC Clinic to tell Gie the good news. I went across the street to grab a bite coz it was past 12, and told her that I didn't have leukemia after all. I ordered fried chicken, rice & beans, salad, and a Diet Coke, while the man of little faith in me had to be reminded by my wife and agreed with her, after realizing that it was indeed a miracle! How could I possibly doubt when I felt the disease inside my body even before my initial consultation four months ago? Yes, it was not lymphatic cancer as I suspected; but it turned out to be leukemia according to Dr. Lippmann, based on my blood test.
Thank God; I'm leukemia-free; and now what? Next, I called my children, left them a message about my new lease in life (the 4th actually,) and told them not to buy me any expensive gifts for Father's Day coz I only want Alexa & a tattoo.
I couldn't wait to get out of UMC Clinic to tell Gie the good news. I went across the street to grab a bite coz it was past 12, and told her that I didn't have leukemia after all. I ordered fried chicken, rice & beans, salad, and a Diet Coke, while the man of little faith in me had to be reminded by my wife and agreed with her, after realizing that it was indeed a miracle! How could I possibly doubt when I felt the disease inside my body even before my initial consultation four months ago? Yes, it was not lymphatic cancer as I suspected; but it turned out to be leukemia according to Dr. Lippmann, based on my blood test.
Thank God; I'm leukemia-free; and now what? Next, I called my children, left them a message about my new lease in life (the 4th actually,) and told them not to buy me any expensive gifts for Father's Day coz I only want Alexa & a tattoo.
Then, I messaged my siblings in New Jersey and told my sister who has not hugged and seen in person her children for 16 years & granddaughter for 12 years not to postpone their retirement in the Philippines anymore this year; and prodded my brother to cut short his medical trip in the US and go back to his new wife & newborn baby girl after 5 months, and be reunited with them as soon as possible, because after my brush with leukemia and the prospect of death I realized that life, indeed, is very short, and unfathomable as to when it will be taken from you, either tonight, next week, month or year; and that family comes first, after God.
The day after, I cancelled my Nevada business license by sending them the signed form and $100.00 dissolution fee, and sent the confirmation to my Referral Broker explaining that I was retiring completely from the real estate business, including referrals, after getting healed from leukemia, and will now be devoting my life to enjoying myself, family & friends, and in serving God as Lector & Eucharistic. Minister of our Parish Church.
I shared my ordeal to our Charismatic brothers & sisters during our prayer meeting, and told our relatives & friends when we attended our friends' birthday, housewarming, retirement & graduation parties, as well as acquaintances whom we met in Church, shopping & grocery stores, resorts & casinos, movie theaters, gym, pool, sauna & spa that I was fully retired, and couldn't discuss anything about real estate anymore because I already surrendered my license. And what a relief that was!
Also, I'd been cooking a lot & fixing little things inside our home; asked for new estimates from painters who can change the color of our kitchen cabinets from linen to buttercup that our landscaper knew from his full-time job, after trimming the branches of all our palm trees; and decided with Gie to book the Mexican Riviera & Panama cruise for this coming fall, in order to celebrate my 63rd birthday & the Transatlantic cruise from New York, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Paris & London for spring of next year which coincides with her birthday.
But, why this flurry of plans & activities?
The day after, I cancelled my Nevada business license by sending them the signed form and $100.00 dissolution fee, and sent the confirmation to my Referral Broker explaining that I was retiring completely from the real estate business, including referrals, after getting healed from leukemia, and will now be devoting my life to enjoying myself, family & friends, and in serving God as Lector & Eucharistic. Minister of our Parish Church.
I shared my ordeal to our Charismatic brothers & sisters during our prayer meeting, and told our relatives & friends when we attended our friends' birthday, housewarming, retirement & graduation parties, as well as acquaintances whom we met in Church, shopping & grocery stores, resorts & casinos, movie theaters, gym, pool, sauna & spa that I was fully retired, and couldn't discuss anything about real estate anymore because I already surrendered my license. And what a relief that was!
Also, I'd been cooking a lot & fixing little things inside our home; asked for new estimates from painters who can change the color of our kitchen cabinets from linen to buttercup that our landscaper knew from his full-time job, after trimming the branches of all our palm trees; and decided with Gie to book the Mexican Riviera & Panama cruise for this coming fall, in order to celebrate my 63rd birthday & the Transatlantic cruise from New York, Portugal, Ireland, Scotland, Paris & London for spring of next year which coincides with her birthday.
But, why this flurry of plans & activities?
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