Surgery Day

How I go in is how I will come out

Insights for Empowerment

June 14, 2024. The day had finally come.

After the diagnosis on April 5th, after the postponed surgery on May 16th, after weeks of waiting and preparing and praying, I was finally going to have the cancer removed from my body.

I woke up that morning with an odd sense of peace. Not because I wasn’t scared. I was. But because I had made a decision weeks earlier: I would face this with complete faith.

No negativity. No spiraling fear. Just trust that God had carried me this far and wouldn’t abandon me in the operating room.

The Mindset That Carried Me Through

Before I was wheeled into surgery, I reminded myself of one simple truth: how I go in is how I will come out.

If I went in afraid, I would come out afraid. If I went in defeated, I would come out defeated. But if I went in with faith, with peace, with the confidence that God was with me, that’s how I would emerge.

So I chose faith. I chose peace. I chose to trust the process and the hands that would be working on my body.

The Last Moments Before

My husband held my hand. My family surrounded me with love. I said a prayer, closed my eyes, and let go.

There’s something profound about that moment right before anesthesia. That moment when you surrender all control and trust that you’ll wake up on the other side. That you’ll be okay. That this isn’t the end.

And then, darkness. And then, nothing.

The surgery was happening. The cancer was being removed. My body was being transformed. And I wasn’t conscious for any of it.

But God was there. Guiding. Protecting. Healing.

Faith Over Fear

I could have gone into that surgery consumed by fear. Fear of complications. Fear of not waking up. Fear of what my body would look like afterward.

But fear wouldn’t have changed the outcome. It would have only stolen my peace.

So I made a different choice. I chose to believe that I was in the right hands, both medically and spiritually.

Conclusion

If you’re facing surgery, facing a procedure, facing any medical intervention that feels terrifying, remember this: how you go in matters.

You can’t always control the outcome, but you can control your mindset. You can choose faith over fear. You can choose peace over panic. You can choose to trust that you’re being carried through this.

And that choice, that mindset, makes all the difference.

Encouraging Nuggets

Scripture for Today: “When I am afraid, I put my trust in you.” – Psalm 56:3

Affirmation: How I go in is how I will come out. I choose faith. I choose peace. I choose trust.