[Magdalen] Prayer Request

Grace Cangialosi gracecan at gmail.com
Mon Apr 27 11:20:26 UTC 2015


Sally,
What is the 5:2 plan for weight loss?

> On Apr 27, 2015, at 1:48 AM, sally.davies at gmail.com wrote:
> 
> Paise God for laparoscopic cholecystectomy! I had mine done in 2007 and
> although I did stay in hospital overnight and had about 24 hours of taking
> pain relief (though not needed thereafter) it was so easy. When I think of
> the huge ops my grandparents had for the same thing I am so grateful!
> 
> And the other bonus,, I realised that I was far better off without my gall
> bladder. It had been spotted during my first pregnancy eight years before
> that as having "gravel" in it according to our antenatal scan doctor and by
> 2007 the gravel had turned into a couple of stones. I had a lot of
> epigastric discomfort and took it for normal. After the op, I could eat
> what I liked and still can - though I also realised I would have to do
> something about the extra weight I was carrying. It took a while to find a
> way of doing that but with being (a little) more active and reducing
> calories with the 5:2 plan the weight has stayed off.
> 
> All round, a blessed and successful intervention that not only solved a
> problem but helped improve my overall health in unexpected ways.
> 
> Sally D
>> On Mon, 27 Apr 2015 at 4:31 AM Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Echoing Susan--same experience, similar results.
>> 
>> May you have the same. It's way better than gb problems.
>> 
>> Prayers for similar blessings,
>> 
>> Georgia+
>> 
>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 1:49 PM, Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Praying you will have an experience like mine.  Went in Thursday morning,
>>> good drugs.  Friends gently led me home in the afternoon.  I was high on
>>> said drugs, pottered around cutting and arranging flowers (it was
>> spring),
>>> ate supper and fell sound asleep.  Wandered over to visit the neighbors
>>> Friday.  Loafed around that weekend and went back to work Monday.  Later
>>> told the surgeon I couldn't understand how he could go in and suck out an
>>> internal organ and cause so little discomfort.  He grinned and said it
>> was
>>> magic.  It is the least distressing surgical experience I have ever had.
>>> 
>>> I had asked ahead of time how long I would be off work.  The doc said
>> they
>>> usually told people a week but found most people defied them so now said
>> to
>>> do as they pleased.
>>> 
>>> Wishing you all good outcomes.
>>> 
>>> Susan
>>> 
>>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2015 at 10:20 AM, flyingfish224--- via Magdalen <
>>> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> Ok, 8 days and counting.
>>>> 
>>>> Laparoscopic cholecystectomy (meaning she's yanking my gall bladder out
>>>> through a little hole in my belly) on Monday May 4.
>>>> 
>>>> I will be glad to be rid of the killer heartburn, but nonetheless am
>>>> freaked out.  The only real surgeries I have had were a tonsillectomy in
>>>> 1959 and a C-section in 1985.
>>>> 
>>>> In the realm of life, this is little.  But big to me.
>>>> 
>>>> Prayers and good juju requested.
>>>> 
>>>> Renee
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Before enlightenment pay bills, do laundry.  After enlightenment pay
>> bills,
>>> do laundry.
>> 


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