I am back here to write down some new symptoms which hubby has been noticing since few weeks. I need to write it down now or I might forget the details.
The scariest of the symptoms is the return of the blood stains in stool. Hubby occasionally reports slight pain in the stomach. Flatulence is a concern and we are still trying to track down the causes. Some of the suspected items are Chocolates and Potatoes.
Then the other day, he had a bout of nausea quite early in the morning. That was very unusual for him since finishing chemotherapy. As he wanted to rest in a quiet room with kids away, my mind was painfully flooded with memories of the chemotherapy days when hubby preferred a quiet setting like this one.
All thanks to Allah for blessing us with provisions with which we can continue studying and gathering Islamic knowledge. Although, the situations may seem horrible in first glance, it is an amazing Allah puts tranquility in our hearts as we deal with it.
As Muslims, we believe that Allah tests believers with different situations to erase our sins and raise our status. The life of this world is temporary and all of us will eventually cease to exist in one way or other leaving behind our spouse, house, car, savings, career etc. The everlasting life is in the hereafter where Allah will judge every human being on the Day of Judgement and permit him into Paradise or Hell depending on how this human lived on earth. Always keep in mind, when we die, we will take with us our good deeds only. These good deeds are described in Islam through Quran and the teachings of Prophet Muhammad(peace be upon him).
The peak of the good deeds is to accept that there is only one true God(Allah) and to worship Him the way He wants us to. Allah says that on the day of Judgement He may forgive all the sins of a person as long as he believed and worshipped Allah on earth. So, avoid worshipping false Gods, statues and humans who claim to be god. Learn about Islam and find the truth, your creator deserves the right to your worship. Just as we can't accept that a sophisticated watch can appear out of nowhere in a desert without a watch-maker who built it sometime, so is the reality of our bodies and everything in this universe so precisely managed. God is All Powerful.
Illnesses such as cancer is a test which we must patiently accept and use it as a means to achieve closeness to Allah. May God guide us to Him. May God help us to remain patient during these trials and grant us the highest places in Paradise.
