'I know you are coming in for a checkup tomorrow, but I wanted to tell you that the tests results came back from pathology, and you have leiomyosarcoma.' That was the last thing I heard. My lips kept moving, and words were coming out of my mouth, but my brain was somewhere else entirely, frozen in time. I was in my own episode of The Twilight Zone.
Tish Hagee Tucker was a young working mother of two beautiful toddler girls when she went in for a routine doctor's visit for bronchitis and found out days later over the phone that she had a rare form of cancer. With her world changed in an instant, the questions were numerous, and the facts were few, but one fact remained: God was in control, and he was not surprised by the circumstances.
Hear My Cry: How Grace Conquered Cancer is the true story of one woman who became a living miracle. Readers will learn not only about the unparalleled treatment Tish received and how her body responded, but how prayer, the gathering together of the body of Christ, and reliance on the one true God helped her to overcome and encourage others. Let the promises in Hear My Cry make your life a miracle too!
This is my second time reading this book. I read it years ago when I was first diagnosed with cancer - a sarcoma. It gave me great hope then. However, in the last 9 and a half years, my cancer has come back multiple times. I decided to re-read the book and found myself getting increasingly annoyed at how positive and upbeat she was. Don’t get me wrong, my faith has been one of the things to get me through, but so has my husband and my parents. At times it felt less like a story of survivorship and more like a sermon. There were times I longed for a more real show of emotion. I have yet to meet a person undergoing treatment who is that positive. She also barely touched on how it affected the other areas of her life. However, there’s a lot of good scripture in this that is encouraging and she has a faith that is inspiring.
Tish is an extraordinary writer! Her wit, anger, transparency and love for Jesus comes through boldly in this read! You don't have to have gone through or have this same storm to be encouraged or changed by her story!
This is an incredible journey of how Tish had so many reasons to give into cancer but .....Jesus, grace and mercy showed.
There was always another hurdle around the corner trying to knock her down. She never gave up! "When the Lion of Judah roars, everyone listens" !