[Magdalen] Is the Pub closed?

[Judy Fleener]

I have posted little in the last couple of months.  I am feeling my age in
the last couple of weeks.  I am 81.  That does not seem possible.  A week
ago I suffered from anaphylaxis. a pretty severe case I think. And I have
no idea what caused it.  I was very frightened, and I am almost never
afraid.  It took a second dose of epinephrine to reduce my symptoms, and I
spent the night in ICU in case of a re occurrence. I see an allergist
tomorrow.

On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 3:12 PM Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm here, as well.  I am struggling with a vestibular dysfunction.  Balance
> is way off and I also have had much more than usual orthostatic
> hypotension...two different probs, I think.  I walk around like a drunk,
> swaying backwards and forwards and not able to navigate well -- my feet
> don't seem to know where they are.  Accompanying all this are some pretty
> terrific headaches.  I am working with a PT who specializes in balance and
> dizziness.  She is excellent and we work well together.  Accompanying all
> this is a 15 lb weight loss for no good reason over the past year....no
> tests reveal a cause for this, other than I have no appetite.  I was pretty
> depressed over the holidays, but I used some of my training on myself.  I
> made a list of what is better and what still needs work...this made things
> seem more manageable...less overwhelming.  I shared the list with my
> physical therapist.  We fare forward.
>
> The church in SC...who knows when the Lawrence attorneys will run out of
> money for extended and additional litigation.  I'm back to where I was in
> my thinking when the schism began...this won't be worked out in my
> lifetime.  I have just finished my most recent service on mission council.
> Now, the only responsibilities I have at Good Shepherd are keeping the
> website and Facebook updated.
>
> I am mostly fine, just showing a bit of age.
> Ginga
>
> On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 12:02 PM cantor03--- via Magdalen <
> magdalen at herberthouse.org> wrote:
>
> > I had a sudden severe weakness of my left neck muscles about 2 months
> > agothat made it impossible to hold my head up.  Instead, my chin rested
> on
> > my chest.This was not fun.  After the requisite CAT scan and MRI, they
> were
> > unable to findanything except lots of bony arthritic spurs at C-3 and 4.
> In
> > view of my age andthe cervical location, there was no possibility of
> > surgery.  Luckily, the symptomsdisappeared spontaneously.  I have never
> > been so happy to hold my head upstraight.
> > My Eucharistic minister, who is my age and the picture of health (he can
> > still getinto his Army uniform!) had something similar strike him in the
> > thoracic spine,and is unable to walk.  They are contemplating injections
> > (?steroids) into theaffected area.
> >
> > Looks as though the 8th decade is an interesting one for us
> octogenarians.
> >
> >
> > David S.
> >
> >
> >
> > .
> > In a message dated 1/13/2019 11:04:44 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> > gracecan at gmail.com writes:
> >
> >  I don’t know exactly what it’s called
> >
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-- 
Judy Fleener, ObJN,SSH
Western Michigan