One good suggestion my friend, Maureen, had and did was to write out her prayer to God in the form of a letter. After having read, researched, studied and prayed, she decided what she’d like see happen re: her illness. I really liked this idea and put a lot of time myself into thinking about what I’d ask of Heavenly Father. On the one hand, you want to say “Thy will be done.” On the other, you know that He’s given you free will and therefore, would like to know what you want. Like a parent who wants his child to grow up right, He guides us along the righteous paths we choose but doesn’t make the choices for us. Anyway, I prayed before writing my letter that my thoughts would be clear and my requests ‘in tune’ with His will. Writing it was an uplifting exercise because I realized just how much my life meant to me and was grateful to God for it.
Another suggestion Maureen had and did was to go to a doctor who does hypnotism. He asks the patient to choose a symbol that will represent, in the case of cancer patients, a strong force ready to do battle. She chose the four sons of Mosiah from the Book of Mormon: they were brave missionaries who had some extraordinary experiences and pulled off some incredible feats. (Dr. H… is not LDS but has read the Book of Mormon more than once in order to advise his LDS patients.) He then took her symbols and wove them into a self-hypnosis cd. She listened to this every night for the purpose of psychologically battling any cancer cells left after her lumpectomy.
Gratefully, my husband, Rex, volunteered and developed a spreadsheet of questions to ask the surgeon. We’d discussed what these were at length. He did a masterful job of encapsulating them on a spreadsheet. We went to bed happy to have accomplished these preparations.
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