My Journey with Breast Cancer

By Edie Jean Burnside-Edwards

Edie offers her readers a personal insight of her journey with breast cancer. The authors painful journey with breast cancer is definitely a spiritual journey. Faith and hope kept her living a positive life. Edie realized that her journey with breast cancer is not an individual involvement. Breast cancer will touch many women as well as men. After reading her book My Journey with Breast Cancer, she will bring out many comforting principles and healing scriptures for you to reflect on and follow. To everyone who have encountered this devastating journey with breast cancer, please read this little book. Edie urges you to share your testimony with others as well. She prays that this book will encourage you to treasure your health. Edie suggests that you pray without ceasing through this journey.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Mar 6, 2009
• ISBN: 9781465331427

Edie Jean Burnside-Edwards

Edie Jean Burnside-Edwards was born October 19, 1945 in Philadelphia, Mississippi. At the age of ten, Edie received Jesus Christ as her Lord and Savior. Edie and her parents and brothers moved to San Bernardino, California in the year 1955. She attended Mount Vernon Elementary School, Sturgis Junior High School, graduated from San Bernardino High School. Later, she attended San Bernardino Valley College, and she attended Concord Career School, major in Nursing Field as a Medical Assistant. By profession, she is retired Medical Assistant. Edie is a prayer warrior. She loves reading, sewing, and studying her Bible daily. Edie bore one daughter. She has four beautiful granddaughters, and one handsome grandson. She is an author of two books, "Below the Line" and "My Journey with Breast Cancer." Edie residents in San Bernardino, California.

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Contents

Acknowledgments

Personal Word from Edie

Chapter One

MY HEALING THROUGH PRAYER

Chapter Two

MY JOURNEY

Chapter Three

AFFLICTION

Chapter Four

CHEMO—NO JOKE

Chapter Five

PASTOR AND FRIENDS

Chapter Six

LACK OF KNOWLEDGE

Chapter Seven

TRIUMPH

Acknowledgments

Special thanks to Robbie Mason, R.N, who encouraged me to write this little book. Thanks to Mrs. Willean Moore (my spiritual godmother) for her prayers and words of encouragement and spiritual wisdom. Thanks to my handsome dad, J.T. Burnside, who stood by my side every step of this journey. Special thanks to my brothers, Tommie C. Burnside and Douglas Ray Burnside; my daughter Tinnerra McWilliams; granddaughters, Autumn Ford, Courtianna Edwards, Ashely Brown; my daughter’s friend, Patrick Burns (thanks, Patrick, for that delicious milk shake). Special thanks to Diane Martin-Davis (my sister in Christ), she called me by phone every night to check to see how I was feeling. Thanks, sis. I will never forgive myself if I didn’t thank my favorite cousin, Jessie Mae Wilson, and her husband, Henry Wilson. Thanks for those delicious pinto beans. Special thanks to my precious niece, Nykia Coleman, who gave me my book title. Thank you, Andre Burnside, my nephew, my sister in Christ, Esther Williams, for all those beautiful cards and gifts she gave to me. Esther, thanks for the 101 Bible Word Search. It kept my mind preoccupied many nights. Thanks to my ex-sister-in-law, Carol Liggins; I love you, lady. Thanks to all of my prayer warriors—Pastor Turner, Willie Merthie, Pastor John Bailey and his lovely wife Fannie Bailey, Mrs. Johnetta Brooks, Luther and his beautiful wife Evelyn Polk (my friend for many years). Evelyn, you traveled many miles to visit me during my trials of illness. Thank you both.

I will not forget the deacons where I attend church to worship; thanks to you all. Thanks to Mrs. Margie Hill, Mrs. Willie Hansley, Betty Willingham, Pastor Vernard, and Helen Williams and many, many more. The list goes on and on. Seriously, I will not and cannot forget a special lady, Barbara Merthie. She should have been my caregiver. She was awesome, giving me my injections, transporting me to my appointments for chemo and radiation treatments. Thank you, Willie Merthie, for sharing your wife with me through this journey with breast cancer treatments. Many thanks to all of you who were supporting me through this journey. Thanks to all the doctors and nurses at Kaiser Medical Center located in Fontana, California. You are my dream team, and you gave me hope. Thanks to Charles Edwards, Jr., for trying to help.

God bless you all.

Thanks to my mother, Earline Burnside, who is in the heavens watching over me with the angels. I love you, mom.

Personal Word from Edie

The main purpose in writing this book is to share my journey with breast cancer. I pray that what I share will be an eye-opener for those of you who have experienced breast cancer with someone close to you. I also want to encourage you to seek preventive measures. Having