Prayer request from Pastor Ed Kaylor

(Pastor Ed served Loomis EFC as Pastor beginning in 1983)

 

Hi everyone

Some of you may know about this and others I haven't been able to keep in the loop.  Pam had a suspicious mammogram and had a tissue biopsy on Thursday. We heard yesterday late afternoon about her situation.  Her actual diagnosis is high grade DCIS (breast ductal carcinoma in situ) containing comedo-type necrosis (for all my medical friends:).  The good news is that it is actually a "pre-cancerous" condition that would soon become cancerous if not treated. The fact that it is a high grade DCIS means that we have to aggressively treat it surgically.  This will require a mastectomy (possibly bilateral) but Pam should be able to avoid both radiation and chemotherapy - PTL.  All the surgeries will take quite a while (2-3 months we have heard) but we don't have know specifics yet.  We meet with the surgeon Monday afternoon and will then meet with a plastic surgeon sometime after that. 

We are trying to process this and I don't know yet about my travel to some of the district events and RPM's until we get her medical schedule.  Thanks for praying.  We are doing pretty well but certainly are not looking forward to her coming challenges.

Blessings in Christ

Ed

Ed Kaylor 
Associate Superintendent - Pastoral Care - EFCA Southeast
Associate Pastor - Shades Valley Community Church
Cell - (205) 903-6607