[Magdalen] Is the Pub closed?

[Kate Conant]

Praying for you, Judy Fleenerbabe!


"What does the Lord require of you, but to do justice, love mercy, and walk
humbly with your God?"
Micah 6:8


On Sun, Jan 13, 2019 at 6:58 PM Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
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