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Testimony: By Curtis Forbes
At the end of March of this year I was diagnosed with malignant melanoma from a mole that looked abnormal. I had surgery on April 25th to remove a wide extraction from the back of my right shoulder and a lymph node extraction from under my right arm. A usual discovery for melanoma is one tenth of one millimeter but when they found the one in me it was already two full millimeters (20 times larger) which means it had been sitting there for quite awhile completely unchecked and I did not even know it - that was not good at all.
The surgery went well with no problems and I was home
resting the same day. I went to have my stitches taken out Friday morning
May 4th and also to receive the pathology report from the surgeon. I am so
thrilled to tell you all that the Dr. told me that there were NO SIGNS OF
ANY MELANOMA ... WHATSOEVER!!! Not even on the wide extraction they took
out of my shoulder! Given the size of the melanoma, there should have been
at least some melanoma around the already affected area (in the natural)
which most likely could have, and would have been removed during surgery.
But this was a little unusual to find absolutely nothing at all!!! They
made it very clear to me (several times) that the chances for a melanoma
of this size to grow spread / metastasize were quite significant. Also another quick note about the surgery and pathology report ... the surgeon told us that he intended on only taking out one lymph node (what he was calling the "sentinel node" ... the closest node to the already effected area) but actually took out three lymph nodes ... he said that when he went in to do the sentinel node extraction he noticed that three lymph nodes had pulled together into one cluster and they were noticeably enlarged, also there was an unhealthy cellular division in a small mass connected to the lymph nodes, so he took out the whole thing. This is actually called "hyperplasia" and is directly related to biology and pathology. In other words, that lymph node cluster and the cellular division / build up of mass was already happening for a reason and the way this whole situation was unfolding ... it is not hard to connect the dots ... even the doctor said no doubt this would have turned into cancer - it was just a matter of time. Because of the very intense way that the Lord was ministering to me personally during this time and surrounding me with such awesome people of strong faith and pouring out such intense prophetic words to me; I am personally convinced that it was already cancer, even in that cluster of lymph nodes. I believe God just took the cancer completely out of the mass yet left the mass as proof of a miracle. Hyperplasia by itself is not a good scenario but not so profound either … but the fact that this was going on at the very same time that I had a fairly large malignant melanoma in the back of my right shoulder, and that had been sitting there for an extended period of time - that is profound to me, and I just do not think it was any coincidence at all.
Of course, the doctor did not have an explanation for this
other than to say that he was pleasantly surprised that it was a negative
report. LOL I am so deeply humbled at the greatness of our God! He truly
reigns supreme and His name is above every name and every knee shall bow
and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord ... even cancer!
Amen! And amen! I just wanted to share this with you all as a testimony of faith in Jesus Christ His healing, saving power and ultimately the love and goodness of our God!!! I have had a lot of prayer from a lot of people and I could not have made it without those prayers. This is the third time since the spring of 2003 that I have faced a very serious health issues that could have very easily killed me, but yet by the grace of God I have survived. In the spring of 2003, I had a major situation going on in my intestines. I went to the doctor for an initial consultation / check up. She (the Dr) was so worried she did not want me leaving her office without scheduling a biopsy. The Lord told me not to do it, I was going through several other things also and that I just could not handle all the negative reports at that time. He told me that if I allowed Him to - He would heal me apart from the doctor. I am pretty sure that was some type of cancer because I battled the spirit of death for about 6 months ... BUT GOD ... intervened and gave me a major open vision in Sept of 2003. I heard the audible voice of God in the vision say that I was healed and I would see a total restoration with no symptoms within 3 months ... by Jan 1, of 2004 I was totally restored, made whole with no symptoms!!! In August of 2006, I had a heart attack that almost killed me, I had every classic symptom and I failed every single test they gave me and it did not look good at all ... not one good report … I was told by the cardiologist that he was without a doubt, 110% positive that I had a classic heart attack ... BUT GOD ... healed me and completely restored me!!! Before I had the heart catheterization done, the Lord spoke to me and told me that I would be totally healed and restored with no residual effects … well, when they took me into the O.R. for the heart cath, they could not find anything wrong with me at all. I was actually awake and heard the Dr say, "There is not a thing wrong with this guy, he is as clean as a whistle! Pull this out (heart cath) and wrap it up ... we are done!!!" Just three days later I had my blood checked and they could not even find any plaque in my blood!!! <>< Hallelujah \o/ It was said that my blood actually looked as good as a teenager!!! Then in March of this year we found out about the 2.0mm malignant melanoma that was in my right shoulder and it is apparent by the activity and enlargement of my lymph nodes that it possibly, unofficially, started to metastasize in my lymph nodes ... BUT GOD!!! ... Ha Ha! Back in November of 2006, my oldest daughter Faith (15 yrs old) was praying in the Spirit one night and she saw someone wearing a white tuxedo shirt - but just from the neck to the waist, and it had three swords sticking out of the chest like someone had been stabbed in the back. The front of the shirt and had circles of fresh blood around the blades, but one by one - all three blades were pulled back out - the circles of blood disappeared and even the slits in the shirt where the blades were - simply vanished - everything was restored back, as good as new ... like nothing had ever happened. She said in her spirit she knew it was me. As I prayed about this and pondered over it, the Lord showed me what was going on. Nothing is more formal in men's wear than a tuxedo, and in the spirit there is nothing more "formal" than Rom 13:14 "But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfill the lusts thereof". Eph 4:24 "And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness". In my earnest quest and passionate pursuit to put on the Lord Jesus Christ, the new man ... I had been ambushed and stabbed from behind three times by the enemy ... BUT GOD!!! ... Has delivered me, cleansed me, and restored me OUT OF THEM ALL, HALLELUJAH!!!
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