[Magdalen] Prayers requested

[ME Michaud]

My advice: stay on top of those GI symptoms.
My own experience involved milder symptoms but a stay in the MICU of one of
Boston's teaching hospitals and eight units of blood. I was so sure I was a
goner that after a couple of days, when I was conscious, I made a list of
all my friends in heaven so I could look forward to seeing them all again.
Ibuprofen BAD stuff. Bad bad bad.

You're on the prayer list.
-M


On Wednesday, May 29, 2019, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:

> I'm requesting prayers for myself as I am dealing with a couple of medical
> and dental problems simultaneously. To begin with, I think my insides are
> trying to kill me.....seriously, though, I'm dealing with two GI problems
> at once. First off, my IBS has kicked up again, at least I think it may be
> my IBS, although we are also looking at having our well tested in case of
> bacteria and protozoan infestation. (When my PCP brought that up yesterday
> I asked why my S/O hadn't been affected and she asked how big he is...when
> I said about twice my size she said, "Well, there you have it!") I didn't
> have problems while I was visiting my daughter, besides which we drink
> bottled water there because the city water tastes like catfish and chlorine
> in the summer. Also, I have recently begun having horrible esophageal
> spasms that feel like a 300-lb. person is standing on my chest. I know they
> aren't anything cardiac because I've identified a couple of triggers (wine
> and ibuprofen) and besides I have GERD already. So I am on more new stuff
> for THAT and she's working on a consult with GI guys.
>
> As if that weren't enough, I am grappling with a hellacious toothache
> which, of course, started the night before the holiday weekend. My dentist
> wasn't available, and I've been really firm about seeing only him, but I
> would see ANYONE at this point and I got in to see his partner yesterday.
> He turned out to be nearly a twin of mine, so I felt okay with him. He
> decided to refer me to an endodontist on the off chance that the tooth
> might be cracked all the way down and might need to come out (more
> worries!). So in sum, I am really feeling assaulted on all fronts and would
> really appreciate prayers. St. Appollonia (for my tooth) and whoever is in
> charge of GI stuff may also be invoked!
>