[Magdalen] [SPAM?] Re: pain

[cady soukup]

Jon,

Such a very difficult time for you, for all who care for you in any
sense of that verb.

Prayers abundant

very, very gentle hugs too - Cady

On 8/27/15, Molly Wolf <lupa at kos.net> wrote:
> Love, prayers, and very gentle little pats.  The golden hammock surrounds
> you.
>
> Molly
>
> The man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no
> other way. -- Mark Twain
>
>> On Aug 27, 2015, at 8:20 PM, Catharine Phillips <revcphillips at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Praying, Jon.
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 7:10 PM, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Thank you for letting us know what's going on with you, Jon.  I am
>>> praying.
>>> Ginga
>>>
>>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 8:05 PM, Georgia DuBose <gdubose at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Love to you.
>>>>> On Aug 27, 2015 3:57 PM, "Judy Fleener" <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> Vent away Jon.  You have my prayers.
>>>>> Judy
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 5:12 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
>>>>> oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I remember watching the movie, "the Song of Bernadette," that there
>>>> were
>>>>>> all of these miracles associated with the spring at Lourdes, and
>>>>> Bernadette
>>>>>> herself was whisked away to a convent where she lived in obscurity,
>>> not
>>>>>> seeking recognition. She was seen limping one day and a physician
>>>>> examined
>>>>>> her, to find she had a tumor of the bone in her leg, which had
>>>>> undoubtedly
>>>>>> been causing her enormous pain for some time. When her superior asked
>>>> her
>>>>>> to consider going to the spring at Lourdes, she said that the spring
>>>> was
>>>>>> not for her.
>>>>>> At the end of her life, in response to an official asking if she had
>>>>>> anything to add or any words for the faithful, she cried out, "I did
>>>> see
>>>>>> her! I DID see her!" And at that moment, she saw Her again. It gives
>>> us
>>>>> all
>>>>>> hope that, come what may, we all may one day see Her.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May angels sustain your faith.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
>>>>>> *“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not
>>>> preserved,
>>>>>> except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:32 PM, Jon Egger <revegger at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Despite being mobile, my pain levels are raging ever higher, the
>>> doc
>>>>> has
>>>>>>> increased my slow release morphine to 75mg every twelve hours. He
>>> has
>>>>>> also
>>>>>>> increased the vicodin.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> The two hospice RNs who care for me have begin mentioning 'nursing
>>>>>>> facility' and 'hospice care facility' to me.  My non-response has
>>>> been
>>>>>>> noted.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Pain getting worse, more narcotics, pain meds,  and talk of hospice
>>>>> have
>>>>>>> left me crestfallen today. There are no words to describe how sad
>>> and
>>>>>>> scared I am.  During the spring of 2013 a parishioner asked me to
>>>> pray
>>>>>> for
>>>>>>> myself and my healing.  I thought for a long time and replied,
>>>> "Sister,
>>>>>>> I've seen my x-rays...God can't fix those lungs." Such praying (for
>>>>>>> yourself) seems so self-centered, so full of hubris, and terribly
>>>>>> selfish.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks for letting me vent. Peace, baseball, and Netflix will be my
>>>>>>> companion until Dawn gets off work at 830 tonight.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Grace and peace,
>>>>>>> brud
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Judy Fleener, ObJN
>>>>> Western Michigan
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> *Catharine Phillips, MA, MDiv, CADC*
>>
>>
>> *All will be well.  Period.  (Thank you, Julian of Norwich)*
>>
>> allwillbewellperiod.blogspot.com
>