No more tumors
September 5, 2007
By Beth Ann Adams
In the spring of 2006 I was not feeling well. After visiting several doctors and undergoing numerous tests, I was diagnosed on August 15 with pancreatic cancer that had spread to my liver and lungs. My oncologist, though trying to be optimistic, initially gave me between eight and 12 months to live.
More tests after the first round of chemo revealed the cancer had spread to my lymph nodes. The doctor prescribed a stronger dose of chemo in the hope it might slow down the progression of the disease. I would take weekly chemotherapy treatments, and take pills every morning and night. After another seven weeks, tests showed the tumors remained.
I asked the oncologist how long he thought I had to live. I will never forget his reply as he looked away: “Maybe four months.”
I was sent to the Cancer Treatment Center in Tulsa, Okla., hoping my life might be prolonged. After extensive testing, the MRI showed the two tumors in my liver were no longer visible. The doctors felt the chemotherapy might be starting to work. I continued high doses of chemotherapy over the next several months, but none of the remaining tumors shrank. Instead, they actually grew, and new tumors on my spine were causing considerable pain.
As I prayed for what I should do next, the doctor found that fibrosis had begun to set into my lymph nodes and ordered that I discontinue the chemotherapy. I would learn what truly walking by faith means. I had always known I was in my Heavenly Father’s hands. With chemotherapy no longer an option, there was nothing the medical community had left to offer me.
By now, there were four tumors in my lungs, new tumors outside of my heart and my lymph nodes, as well as the tumors in my pancreas. It was also believed I might have a tumor in my brain. Since the scans did not cover my brain, the doctor ordered an MRI of my whole body to better determine where all the tumors were located. The tests were scheduled for last April 9.
The weekend before the tests, I stood at the altar during the revival prayer service held at my church Friday night. While being prayed for, I felt an extremely powerful sensation come over me and immediately felt cold, as though all the fever had left my body.
When I went in for the scans on Monday, I had a peace about it I could not explain. As I was going through the testing, the technicians kept asking me where all my tumors were located and if I was wearing any metal. (Wearing metal would throw off the scans and give an improper reading.) The preliminary report was faxed to the oncologist the next day.
When I went into the office to discuss the report, the doctor told me he felt something was wrong with the machine and had already scheduled another MRI to be run the next day. On April 11, the second MRI was run. At the doctor’s request, I waited for the report and took it to my oncologist. With my family by my side, the doctor looked at me nearly stunned. He was looking at the pictures of the scans on his computer searching for all the tumors. Finally, he showed me the radiologist’s findings … no tumors or scar tissue in my body at all!
In amazement, I cried and said the words I do not think I can say enough: “I know I was healed by my Heavenly Father.”
No one can deny this was a healing from the Great Physician! Two weeks before, the tumors were all there and seemed to have grown. I loved hearing my doctor say, “Medically, I have no answer for this!” I smiled right there in that room and said, “I know my God healed me!”
I stand in amazement at God’s awesome power and in complete gratitude for what He has done!
Beth Ann Adams attends Otter Creek Assembly of God in Little Rock, Ark. Endorsed by Pastor John Tracy.
“Contemplating the truth about eternity should compel us to share the only message of hope for the lost — Jesus. We must tell them about their opportunity to choose eternal life. Our mission is to enter into our Lord’s work of ‘bringing many sons to glory.’ ”
“Eternity: Everyone’s Destiny,” Randy Hurst
TPE World Missions Edition, September 2, 2007
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