[Magdalen] When it rains....

[James Oppenheimer]

That is just terrible.  I know how hard it is to wait and wait to find out
things you anticipate or dread.  I will pray for you.

And your world does seem to be overwhelmed with sad events just now.

A wound that does not heal is a nagging reminder of one's body's inability
to care for itself properly any longer.  I watched Dad's legs gradually
being invaded by sores that just would not heal.  He knew, I'm sure that it
was getting near the time.  He died of an ailment I was never able to get
any name for, and I still fume, but that's another story, irrelevant to the
suffering of your Brother-in-law.

May God hold each of you close.

James W. Oppenheimer
*“If you have a chance to accomplish something that will make things better
for people coming behind you, and you don’t do it, you're wasting your time
on this Earth.”  -- *Roberto Clemente

On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 4:32 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> It pours.
>
> I am surrounded by people, including myself, who have bad diagnoses or are
> waiting to see if they have a bad diagnosis.
>
> Brother in Law - blood infection and unhealed incision from abdominal
> surgery this past June.
>
> Sister-in-Law - probably kidney cancer, identified on CT for something else
>
> Uncle - agressive bladder cancer
>
> First cousin - pancreatic cancer and drug addiction, post leg amputation
> for atheroscherosis
>
> Friend - successful lung surgery this morning to remove lower rt. lobe...a
> benign, bizarre growth in lung due to congenital condition she never knew
> she had.
>
> Friend - prostate cancer
>
> Friend - will have yet another facial surgery due to a galloping form of
> basal cell carcinoma.  She has had something like 30 previous surgeries
> over the years I've known her...
>
> Myself - had ultrasound of breast that had cancer, lumpectomy, and
> radiation.  The note says that there is an area of the breast they want to
> recheck in 5 months to make sure it is 'normal'....now 5 months is an
> eternity for a person who tends toward anxiety.
>
> I think that is all.
>
> Prayers requested for each and all,
> Ginga
>