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

[Jay Weigel]

Mike, you (and Ev) are always in my prayers.

Just a short reminder.....anticipation is usually worse than reality.

On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 12:39 PM, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm praying.
>
> On Fri, May 20, 2016 at 10:31 AM, Marilyn Cepeda <mcepeda514 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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.
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Marilyn (Owens, Palmero) Cepeda
> >
>
>
>
> --
> Judy Fleener, ObJN
> Western Michigan
>