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20 Year Easterversary
The Easter lily signifies rebirth and a new beginning. Easter Sunday — twenty years ago — my first ER visit My heart had been pounding–racing during and after church; I called my parents in bewilderment. Mom said she didn’t want me driving in… Continue reading
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Fat Tuesday–the aftermath
My birthday is always during lent…except in 2008 when it was actually ON Easter Sunday (once in a lifetime). I’ve always given myself a ‘bye’ on my birthday when it comes to Lent and giving up a certain… Continue reading
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Birthday Blessing
God answered our prayers!! Not how I’d expected, or imagined–I was hoping doctors’ offices were equipped with confetti cannons for moments like this. For years I’ve prayed for: a Cure, Healing, a Root Cause and Clarity* …tucked away in my… Continue reading
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BIrthday Boldness
[March 16 – Monday] It’s just a half hour until my final scan for the day. All that I’ve listened to or read today has been about praying boldly. In July of 2013 I began specifically praying for: clarity, root… Continue reading
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Getting Through The Rough Days
Praise invites the Kingdom of God to invade impossible circumstances. Worship is the key to release. In the past, I would wake up to my alarm and begin thinking about all the things I didn’t understand or couldn’t control–rehearsing my… Continue reading
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More Than An Atrium
[Thursday, March 15] I didn’t mind having water for lunch–wasn’t really hungry–just waiting to be symptomatic, and close to a lab if I needed to use the Fast Pass. Loretta, my sherpa-in-law, had been fulfilling her duties to the utmost, so I… Continue reading
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Initial Consultation – again
The initial consultation with a doctor is the hardest…to condense 20+ years of symptoms allows for about 1.5minutes per year. Some years were worse than others; some weekends were worse than entire years.[Thursday, March 15] I found myself once again… Continue reading
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Piles of Files
BEFORE Just days ago I took a picture of my neat color-coded organized medical files…I smiled knowing that it was time to put them in the filing cabinet. I’d slugged these records around a tri-state area, but now it was time to let… Continue reading
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Wheezy Weturns – OR – Symptom Similes
I’ve have the wheezles again. It happens spontaneously, but often within about three minutes of ingesting sugar (pure cane sugar). For months I’ve avoided sugar, artificial sweeteners, honey and even fruit because of the side effects, but last week after… Continue reading
