[Magdalen] Where are we

[Marion Thompson]

In February I took to a cane just before my file was referred to the
surgeon for his opinion. because in Jan 2011 he had installed a dynamic hip
screw to fix my broken hip   Never heard a thing after that.  Thanks,
COVID!  Then later it turned out I had slipped out of sight in his system.
Started again and had an appointment in November.  Scary x-ray showing
nothing that looks like a ball and socket joint by any stretch of the
imagination, just an amorphous area of arthritic and deteriorated 'bone'.
He said it's not routine because he must remove the old metalwork and there
is 'some urgency' because the screw might poke through what might have been
the socket wall. They even issued the antiseptic swabs to be used at home
before turning up for surgery!   So I wait for a date.  As I become less
and less mobile and sleep is often difficult I don't know what I will do if
a date is not forthcoming in the relatively near future.  I worry about
COVID pressures on our hospitals stopping 'elective' surgery!

No garter,  😀

There is, however, so much for which to be thankful I don't want to go on
whining about the hip, but, boy, I hate being dependent and not able to get
on with life full speed ahead.  My 'kids' are great.  My daughter Fiona and
husband come out every couple of weeks to do housework and fix things and
my son Chris is here for a couple of days of morale boosting and odd job
doing.  Looking ahead, now he can help me purchase BIG containers of kitty
litter and other things I can't carry anymore .

There is a lot of wonderful music out there via Youtube and FaceBook.
Recently I watched/listened to 'Messiah' by Voces8 and The Academy of
Ancient Music under Barnaby Smith.  It was rivetting!!!

Marion, a pilgrim


On Fri, 18 Dec 2020 at 12:09, Ginga Wilder <gingawilder at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oh, Marion.  I am sorry your hip is fired up and pray a surgery date is
> soon on your calendar!  I had excellent results with replacement of my
> right hip a few years ago.  My doctor told me for years that after the
> fact, I would wonder why I waited.  Yes, I did that.  Recovery was easy.
> May it be so with you!
>
> And, congratulations on being named to the Order of Diocese of Toronto.
> You are certainly a faithful servant in all that you do and have done!
>
> Ginga
>
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2020 at 9:18 PM Marion Thompson <marionwhitevale at gmail.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > I'm here, but distracted.  My crappy hip is blurring my thinking and
> > sapping my energy.  Even getting my garbage bins up to the road in the
> car
> > is pretty much beyond me.  There is all sorts of stuff, not major,
> > happening at the church.  At least I think they're not major and that
> > creates problems about things not proceeding as they should.  And there's
> > all the COVID protocols and the heroic and highly effective woman
> > overseeing that whole effort.  I'm weary.
> >
> > On the brighter side, i've been named by our Bishop to the Order of the
> > Diocese of Toronto  for years of volunteering in a wide assortment of
> > ministries and also serving  on Council and at General Synods.  Stuff.
> You
> > know.  So I join our Chris Ambidge, ODT, as a Dame, our little joke.  In
> > these COVID days there will be something live streamed from our Cathedral
> > on Jan 1, but we recipients will not be there in person but in photos and
> > bios we will make some sort of virtual appearance.  Who knows?  It comes
> > with a lapel pin for every day and a gong on a ribbon for state
> occasions.
> >
> > All I want for Christmas is a surgery date!
> >
> > Good health and happiness to you all at this holy time.
> >
> > Marion, a pilgrim, ODT   ... today my sail I lift ....
> >
> > On Thu, 17 Dec 2020 at 20:58, Judy Fleener <fleenerj at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Do we still exist? I started looking for posts a couple of days ago in
> > > between zooming.  I am not a frequent poster, but I miss the chatter.
> > > Judy
> > >
> > > --
> > > Hope is a thing with feathers that perches in the soul.
> > > Judy Fleener, ObJN
> > > Western Michigan
> > >
> >
>