[Magdalen] Prayer pats unhappy gut

[Judy Fleener]

No advice from here, just prayers for a speedy recovery.

On Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 2:10 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford <
oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:

> An upset like this should not be going on for an extended period of time.
> Please get some medical follow-up, and get a second opinion. It sounds like
> your MD has given up, which, if you need intervention, will delay you
> getting the help you need. I am very concerned about this. Please do good
> to yourself!
>
> 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 Fri, Dec 23, 2016 at 9:09 AM, <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks Susan and Pub friends,
> >
> > I'm definitely feeling better today and was able to make it to work,
> taking
> > care to keep the load manageable. The anti-spasmodic definitely
> > helped and I think I'd actually got more dehydrated than I realised -
> > running around the hospitals but not eating for fear of being caught in a
> > "Situation"!
> >
> > i bought a pack of Ruby roasting veg for Christmas Dinner and some
> crackers
> > that promise explosions of confetti - the veg is basically butternut
> > squash, red onion and beetroot. I can also throw in some baby potatoes.
> Mom
> > is bringing a cooked gammon ham and I'll probably buy a tub of fancy ice
> > cream, that will be dinner.  The kids have a ready made lasagne to feast
> on
> > in the meantime and tomorrow I'll think about any other trimmings and
> maybe
> > some wine though Mom doesn't drink and with my dicky tummy I probably
> > shouldn't either.
> >
> > We plan to go to Midnight Mass, me and Mom at any rate, will try to drag
> at
> > least one kid along.
> >
> > So it's looking like a relaxed long weekend - South Africa has declared
> > Tuesday to be a public holiday as well to make up for Christmas being on
> a
> > Sunday,  so we won't be back to work until Wednesday.
> >
> > When working with patients in hospital that's always a mixed feeling - I
> > need and appreciate the break but am also thinking of them and the
> hospital
> > staff who will be working as the long weekend stretches in front of them.
> >
> > Sally D
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 at 2:02 AM Susan Hagen <susanvhagen at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Wishing you relief from your distress Sally.
> > >
> > > Susan
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 1:51 PM,  <sally.davies at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Now THAT would make sense Jay. I haven't been doing anything or going
> > >
> > > > anywhere unusual but now that I think of it I have had something like
> > > this
> > >
> > > > before, many years ago - I don't recall any specific treatment but it
> > did
> > >
> > > > go away.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > I do feel a bit better this evening, after a day's rest, with plenty
> of
> > >
> > > > fluids, paracetamol and antispasmodics.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Thanks everyone for the pats and encouragement re colonoscopy. I'm
> > fairly
> > >
> > > > certain my medical aid will pay for it and may even reward me for
> doing
> > > it.
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > Sally D
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > > On Thu, 22 Dec 2016 at 6:00 PM Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > >> I it's been going on for 2 weeks, Sally, it's most likely NOT a
> virus.
> > > You
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> live in a part of the world where parasites are endemic; has anyone
> > > thought
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> to test for that? Probably not. My mom had giardiasis once and only
> > the
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> fact that she had recently returned from Colorado made her doctor go
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> "Oopsy, let's check for that on the off chance...." and her test was
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> positive. You might go back and suggest a parasite check. But
> > otherwise,
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> good for you on scheduling the c-scope. I don't have to have another
> > one
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> until 2022, yay!
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> On Thu, Dec 22, 2016 at 10:09 AM, Charles Wohlers <
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> charles.wohlers at verizon.net> wrote:
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > And I've finally started the ball rolling on getting a colonoscopy
> > >
> > > >> myself.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > (My doc has to send the GI doc paperwork).
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > I've done the blood-in-stools test for some time now - infinitely
> > >
> > > >> simpler,
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > cheaper, and less invasive than colonoscopy. Only it needs to be
> > done
> > >
> > > >> every
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > year. My last one was positive, therefore a colonoscopy is called
> > for.
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Chad Wohlers
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Woodbury, VT USA
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > chadwohl at satucket.com
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > -----Original Message----- From: M J _Mike_ Logsdon
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 10:02 AM
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Prayer pats unhappy gut
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > I'm a big fan of that particular preventive
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >>>>
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >>> screening, as it actually includes removal of some tissue that
> > could
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > be pre-cancerous. Lowers your risk right then and there, and of
> > course
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > if there's anything of concern, best to catch it as early as
> > > possible.<<<
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Beat me to it Scott.  My doc said that since they've become more
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > fashionable, as it were, incidents of colon cancer in the U.S. are
> > > down
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > something like 35% (or so, going from verbal memory).  I'm back
> in 5
> > >
> > > >> years
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > due to a couple benign biopsies taken.  And I don't care what
> anyone
> > >
> > > >> says,
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > sedative or not (I swear they just pretended to give me
> something, I
> > > was
> > >
> > > >> so
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > alert), it IS relatively painless.  Not like the "opposite"
> variety
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > (cystoscopy).
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> >
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > Tell your doc, Sally, to start recommending it like we do.  He
> might
> > >
> > > >>
> > >
> > > >> > become famous.
> > >
> > > >>
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> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > >
> > > The alien who resides with you shall be to you as the citizen among
> > >
> > > you; you shall love the alien as yourself, for you were aliens in the
> > >
> > > land of Egypt.
> > >
> > > Leviticus 19:34
> > >
> > >
> >
>



-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan