[Magdalen] Prayer request.

[Lynn Ronkainen]

(((Mike)))

praying for a good healing and one that keeps showing you good signposts!

Lynn

website: www.ichthysdesigns.com

When I stand before God at the end of my life I would hope that I have not a 
single bit of talent left and could say, "I used everything You gave me." 
attributed to Erma Bombeck
 "Either Freedom for all or stop talking about Freedom at all" from a talk 
by Richard Rohr

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From: "Roger Stokes" <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 29, 2015 3:43 PM
To: <magdalen at herberthouse.org>
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Prayer request.

> On 29/12/2015 20:40, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
>> 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 recall five years ago dressing Joan's wound after the removal of an 
> infected ganglion.  It looked ghastly but on one trip to the nurse so it 
> was medically monitored she said "granulation" meaning that healing was 
> clearly occurring.  Sometimes things look worse when healing is actually 
> happening so don't be discouraged by what you see.  The healing has to be 
> from the inside out.  Don't be afraid of appropriate pain relief.
>> 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.
>
> All those calls waiting for you will certainly keep you busy.
>
> Roger
>