Ongoing prayers, dashing in here before the power goes off for the day again. Rolling power black-outs across the country. We're fine but not old-age homes, small rural clinics, anyone without generators, people with COPD relying on oxygen.
I have a ScanFest™ tomorrow, to ascertain whether (a) the chemo is slowing down the cancer in my bones and liver, and (b) whether the cancer has spread to my lungs. Prayers for a "yes" on Question A and a "no" for Question B would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
I have a ScanFest™ tomorrow, to ascertain whether (a) the chemo is slowing down the cancer in my bones and liver, and (b) whether the cancer has spread to my lungs. Prayers for a "yes" on Question A and a "no" for Question B would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
<votive> Praying through, for all by name, and for all unknown to me who are in need
I have the preliminary results of the ScanFest. (My kindly internist looked it up for me, but he's not the total expert on these things.) He says that the bones and liver appear to be stable (yay!), and that the lungs are clear of cancer (that was my biggest fear, so double yay). What I do have is pneumonia. He has started me on a Z-pack, and given me some effective anti-cough medication. Deo gratias! (And I may say that I would never have expected to be giving thanks for only having pneumonia.) Thank you very, very much for all your prayers.
For Martin and Mrs. Martin. For Martin’s multifarious problems to be sorted out and stop being a source of worry. And for Martin’s youngest.
For R and T.
#teamRossweisse yay for the desired answers! Whoopee that it’s only pneumonia… er… well if it’s any consolation loads of people I know have got pneumonia lately? Let's also pray that the bones and liver start to actually improve, too.
Thanks for Aunt H’s safe return.
For basso’s prostate to behave.
For Penny S’s bandages.
For ThunderBunk’s R, turboprayers.
For restoration of power in MaryLouise’s homeland.
For Lamb Chopped. And for the battered lady.
For Wodders.
For Bene Gesserit’s L, S, R, T and F.
For Sir Kevin and Zeke.
For the Chaplaincy at the University of Sheffield.
For Cousin Dearheart. News is not encouraging; she has had loads of chemotherapy but is losing brain function bit by bit. So I guess it’s not working. This is not right. It better work.
So the Telemum has been moved to another ward and is supposed to be seen by a tissue viability nurse, and a social worker (to help her wash? for a couple of weeks? I could do that, but OK) and she seems to be on the verge of a meltdown. She says she has tinnitus from having stuff poked in her ear, and she keeps offending people and not being able to apologize successfully, and so on: she’s clearly getting very wound up. She was medically fit to come home yesterday so she better be out of there soon or you’ll hear the explosion from here.
Okay, so, there is definitely a tissue viability nurse coming to see the Telemum today and then she can go home, except that it's too late to arrange transport, and there is no tissue viability nurse.
She is clinically fit to come home as of yesterday, and while she was melting down earlier she was told there was no reason for her not to go home, but when I spoke to the sister she said that going home would be against clinical advice. But also that they could do nothing for her, as they're a stroke unit.
She also has to see social services first. So the Telemum is trying to arrange that. This is so they can come over and wash her twice a day, but she didn't know this (having forgotten it since yesterday). There apparently is no charge for social services' doing this, but also, we will find out about charges when we discuss it, which will have happened today before now.
The sister [?] told me to go in and discuss it with them. Per experience this will take about three hours. In order to do this I need to be excused from a work obligation tomorrow, or I will miss three major deadlines. But I have no answers about that so it seems, for practical purposes, I must assume I will not be excused. And the Telemum does not want me to come in because she is finding answers herself. But, there are no answers.
I have decided to accept that she is going to stay in hospital for the foreseeable future, if only because no-one is available to complete the processes necessary for her to leave.
All shipmates were remembered to God between 6 and 7 this evening, with a special mention for those whose situations have been mentioned recently (and I remembered).
I'd like to be able to give you an update on R, but I'm further afraid that this wont happen unless something truly awful happens, because he is being so secretive about the whole thing. Even his own immediate family are not able to get any news, and the fact that she shared it with his best friend of at least 25 years has caused him to cut his sister out of his life entirely. This leaves everyone feeling even more scared and powerless than was already the case.
Lord, hear my prayer for healing and peace in his mind and heart and the lives of those around him.
<votive> For the Chaplaincy at the University of Sheffield
<votive> For Telepath and the Telemum (how long is this crap going to persist? Get it together, medical and social worker persons!)
<votive> For Cousin Dearheart
<votive> Industrial-strength prayer for Bene Gesserit's situation
<votive> For all in need
Dear God! At the suffering here. I feel a fraud again.
Jenny's home. 0.1% concern (mine) at the MRI report if anything. History. But she's completely buggered and still a smack head thanks to raging sciatica from enforced immobility.
A little update: I had my surgery the other morning. Doc thinks it went well. Followup test on Tuesday and I may finally get rid of the catheter. (Please!)
I'm not quite ready for a thanksgiving post, but things are looking up.
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<votive> For all in need
Prayers very welcome.
Thank you, Cathscats.
I have a ScanFest™ tomorrow, to ascertain whether (a) the chemo is slowing down the cancer in my bones and liver, and (b) whether the cancer has spread to my lungs. Prayers for a "yes" on Question A and a "no" for Question B would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
Absolutely.
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#teamRossweisse
Praying for you, LC
And for others who have posted on this thread.
MMM
My prayers for us all
<votive> for Rossweisse, for A=yes, B=No. #TeamRossweisse
<votive> for LC, and for the battered lady.
<votive> for Marylouise
Oh, Lord, <votive> for the Telemum and Telepath - their agony must be equivalent
<votive> for all Shipmates with health problems, especially those whose black dogs are biting at their ankles
<votive> for Wodders in particular, holding him in His living, loving light
<votive> for L, recovering from a bout of illness that has really knocked nine bells out of her
<votive> for S, and for R, on their journeys with cancer (and boy, does it suck!!!)
<votive> for T, knocked off his feet by a virus these last few days and feeling really low
<votive> for Sir Kevin and for Zeke
<votive> for Thunderbunk and R
<votive> for F, that her anxiety may abate
Lord, in your mercy...
I have the preliminary results of the ScanFest. (My kindly internist looked it up for me, but he's not the total expert on these things.) He says that the bones and liver appear to be stable (yay!), and that the lungs are clear of cancer (that was my biggest fear, so double yay). What I do have is pneumonia. He has started me on a Z-pack, and given me some effective anti-cough medication. Deo gratias! (And I may say that I would never have expected to be giving thanks for only having pneumonia.) Thank you very, very much for all your prayers.
#teamRossweisse
For R and T.
#teamRossweisse yay for the desired answers! Whoopee that it’s only pneumonia… er… well if it’s any consolation loads of people I know have got pneumonia lately? Let's also pray that the bones and liver start to actually improve, too.
Thanks for Aunt H’s safe return.
For basso’s prostate to behave.
For Penny S’s bandages.
For ThunderBunk’s R, turboprayers.
For restoration of power in MaryLouise’s homeland.
For Lamb Chopped. And for the battered lady.
For Wodders.
For Bene Gesserit’s L, S, R, T and F.
For Sir Kevin and Zeke.
For the Chaplaincy at the University of Sheffield.
For Cousin Dearheart. News is not encouraging; she has had loads of chemotherapy but is losing brain function bit by bit. So I guess it’s not working. This is not right. It better work.
So the Telemum has been moved to another ward and is supposed to be seen by a tissue viability nurse, and a social worker (to help her wash? for a couple of weeks? I could do that, but OK) and she seems to be on the verge of a meltdown. She says she has tinnitus from having stuff poked in her ear, and she keeps offending people and not being able to apologize successfully, and so on: she’s clearly getting very wound up. She was medically fit to come home yesterday so she better be out of there soon or you’ll hear the explosion from here.
On a more positive note, my agent emailed me about the kind of job one never gets. So if it's suitable I would REEEEEEEEALLLLLLLYYYYY like to get it.
She is clinically fit to come home as of yesterday, and while she was melting down earlier she was told there was no reason for her not to go home, but when I spoke to the sister she said that going home would be against clinical advice. But also that they could do nothing for her, as they're a stroke unit.
She also has to see social services first. So the Telemum is trying to arrange that. This is so they can come over and wash her twice a day, but she didn't know this (having forgotten it since yesterday). There apparently is no charge for social services' doing this, but also, we will find out about charges when we discuss it, which will have happened today before now.
The sister [?] told me to go in and discuss it with them. Per experience this will take about three hours. In order to do this I need to be excused from a work obligation tomorrow, or I will miss three major deadlines. But I have no answers about that so it seems, for practical purposes, I must assume I will not be excused. And the Telemum does not want me to come in because she is finding answers herself. But, there are no answers.
I have decided to accept that she is going to stay in hospital for the foreseeable future, if only because no-one is available to complete the processes necessary for her to leave.
I'd like to be able to give you an update on R, but I'm further afraid that this wont happen unless something truly awful happens, because he is being so secretive about the whole thing. Even his own immediate family are not able to get any news, and the fact that she shared it with his best friend of at least 25 years has caused him to cut his sister out of his life entirely. This leaves everyone feeling even more scared and powerless than was already the case.
Lord, hear my prayer for healing and peace in his mind and heart and the lives of those around him.
<votive> For Telepath and the Telemum (how long is this crap going to persist? Get it together, medical and social worker persons!)
<votive> For Cousin Dearheart
<votive> Industrial-strength prayer for Bene Gesserit's situation
<votive> For all in need
And industrial strength for BG.
Jenny's home. 0.1% concern (mine) at the MRI report if anything. History. But she's completely buggered and still a smack head thanks to raging sciatica from enforced immobility.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
All will be well when we win the wager.
<votive> Prayers ascending for all in need
Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayers.
I'm not quite ready for a thanksgiving post, but things are looking up.