[Magdalen] Prayer request.

[M J _Mike_ Logsdon]

There's those with greater problems than me, so please fit me in as appropriate.

This is a really hard time for me.  I've never spent such a glorious paid vacation in so much pain and mental anguish.  I hurt constantly, though not always to the same intensity, and much less when I take something, but it's always there regardless.  And seeing it daily when I dress it and worrying about what I see and knowing it's still a week before I go back to the doc and hopefully get a diagnosis and prognosis, and that only for the wounds, not the overall problem(s) which clearly continue, though he could easily have something to say about that as well.  I spoke with my nurse yesterday and from my fairly detailed description she said it sounds like it's looking and behaving just like it should, reminded me that redness persists even if the infection if not gone is at least under control, and that such things really do take time and can't be rushed.  She said I could come in for them to look at it, but once again from my description didn't really see the need for me to bother, unless I really wanted to.  I don't, so I won't.  I just needed some reassurance.

I'm not at all looking forward to work on Monday, though having something else to think about will no doubt be beneficial.  I'm meeting a friend later this week at a local Starbucks just so I can get out of the house for something other than shopping for necessities.  Just trying to remain cheerful, and only sometimes succeeding.

Thanks.