Reality

This may be hard to comprehend.. but this is real... the reality here in the Philippines for those with limited access to health care.... Imagine being 31 and hearing that the lumps growing in your breast for the past several months have grown too big... they are attatched to your bones... they have erupted through the skin... You have several children who depend on you... but what now... you have only a few months to live... This is the case of a patient that visited Dr Sam on Saturday... brought in by a worker from the tribal villages... In the same day he saw three women from the same area with breast issues... one just had fibrocystic tissue... 'keep an eye on'... another had a lump that had grown to the size of a big orange in just a few months... He changed the plans for the day and prepped her for a masectomy... the other is the patient I described first... all were young... to us they still have so much of their life ahead of them! Most know that 'something' isn't right... but they lack access and/or funds to do something about it. Another 'in my face' reminder that yes... what we are working towards is for a reason... not just an 'experience' to have... not a 'mission'.... but to serve people and offer them medical care and resources to further treatment in the name of Christ... "For I was thirsty and you gave me a drink... I was hungry and you fed me... " Matthew 25:35...