[Magdalen] An update or two; + a small prayer request.

[Marilyn Cepeda]

My prayers Mike!

On Thursday, May 19, 2016, M J _Mike_ Logsdon <mjl at ix.netcom.com> wrote:

> 1)  Work has been going rather well, mainly because I've been feeling much
> better lately, so I'm getting my assignments done in more than a timely
> fashion.  Plus, my boss had a talking-to by our division chief about "How
> not to talk to [Mike]", etc.  We're a good team, when I'm not being trashed
> on a daily basis.  Funny, that.
>
> 2)  Once my shin and feet ulcers started showing clear signs of healing on
> their own, I opted to go a bit beyond the instruction to put the steroidal
> ointment on the Neosporin-rash, and actually put it on everything, ulcers
> included.  Within 24 hours, I had the clear vision of being able to forgo
> bandaging and wear nothing but white socks again, within a couple weeks.  I
> even go un-bandaged from after work till morning, when I re-bandage while
> watching MNSBC before work.  And, the nodules just under the skin are
> subsiding, noticeably.
>
> 3)  Prayer request, basically.  The appointment next Thursday with the
> hematologist has gotten me more worried than heretofore, and I imagine I'm
> merely now experiencing personally what my dermatologic docs are
> experiencing in their professional capacity:  Just what the hell has my
> white blood count up so goddamned high?  I feel better than I've felt in
> months, so clearly I'm not beset with a massive infection of sorts.  High
> white blood count generally means only one thing (right?).  And with my
> family, and personal, history ... I'm even starting to have "cancer
> dreams".  Granted, in the best one so far I was actually quite calm about
> facing a short time to remain above ground, and even looked forward to the
> End.  But, still.  Dammit.
>
> And it didn't help that my 84-yr-old apartment manager told me today on
> the phone, seemingly (sic) in passing, that he has advanced prostate
> cancer.  "...Oh?" says I; "Treatment?"  "Don't know yet."  Eerily similar.
>
> I genuinely feel like shit right now.  But I also felt compelled to
> share.  My apologies to the rank and file.
>


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Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda