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Well for those of you can pray this could be your prayer list. I was just trying to figure out how many of us there are. Seem to be more than normal. While I know there are individual threads I thought I'd put the names I know of in one place. Add and remove as becomes necessary
Illness: BannaOj Mono/Tonisilitis (though the Tonsilitis is doing better)
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My husband and I are trying for a baby and it's been rough going. I would appreciate any prayers and good thoughts you guys can spare. Posts: 601 | Registered: Sep 2002
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I'll update when I have one, but it may be a while... right now it's just waiting for my wife to decide whether the good points of staying outweigh the good points of leaving. I've done what I can. She says she's still "ambivalent". Posts: 2112 | Registered: Sep 1999
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Wasn't on the list, but Mooselet's next appointment is August 5th. We'll update then with whatever we learn.
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hugs to all. I'm doing somewhat better but it is slow. We have a friend who is running a jujitsu class at our house and I can only sit and watch right now.
I thought I was the only one going through hell. A close family friend committed suicide last month, and my grandmother died last week.
But the rest of you are also going through it. (((((((((Everybody))))))))))
Good lord that's bloody awful, I hope Saudade is okay. My family can understand, I lost a younger sister and older brother the same way , but it doesn't compare to how deeply it must hurt for a parent .
Anyway I hope she's okay.
Btw-on the topic of Mono, the two of you who have it need to take it seriously. I'm sure you are, just don't consider it some unusual, awful situation that will lay you down for a couple of months. I have an absolutely horrible story about it, but I probably shouldn't mention it while you're still afflicted with it.
I just hope everyone heals very, very soon.
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Glad to hear your husband is getting better. We all need such brave people in this world!
AJ,
Glad you are better, but don't push things too soon. Take it easy and take good care of yourself.
dawnmaria,
Barring any infertility/medical issues, it seems everyone I know ends up conceiving when they are NOT trying to have a baby! Enjoy your relationship as a couple to its utmost. There will be no going back to that relationship once you have a family. While you are loving your lives as a couple is usually when you'll end up expecting baby!
T.Analog,
((((hugs)))) Just do your best. I am living proof of the (seemingly trite) saying: "If you love something, set it free. If it comes back to you it was really yours in the first place if not ...." Letting go (NOT giving up) shows a true selfless love for your spouse, wanting their happiness above your own. You don't stop loving her or stop working on the marriage (with counseling maybe), but don't hold too tightly or desperately. I'm not presuming to be any expert, just hoping to give any advice I can to someone who's suffering! Posts: 874 | Registered: Oct 1999
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Thanks, KEGE... that's precisely what I'm trying to do right now. Unfortunately finding a balance is hard-- whenever I try to be a neutral observer for her, she takes it as me "giving up". I am learning to walk the line of being objective without seeming discouraging.
I am hopeful, though, that her apparent fear of my giving up means that she really doesn't want to go.
To all the others on this list... you have my prayers and well-wishes (I thought it went without saying, but I figured I'd best be sure!).
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You're right. The fact that she IS still there means that she doesn't really want to leave. You can't be a "neutral observer" for her - impossible, you are too invested in the relationship. And that's a good thing, too!
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Pray for Lissande and her mission in Prague and her family in general. She's doing great stuff and I'm sure sometimes she just needs some encouragement.
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*quietly raises hand* my complaint is minor next to yalls-but I've had the most miserable cold/cough/sore throat/complete exhaustion thing for two weeks now. I could use some prayers, since it doesn't seem to be getting better on its own
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Add me in; over the past two weeks I have injured my neck muscles, which then caused problems with my back. Don't ask me how this happened - I woke up in the morning not being able to move my head with the pain. The neck is better, but now it's hard to raise my torso without pain running up the right side of my back. I've been in physical therapy, and it seems both exercise and ibuprofen has helped, but it sucks that I'm getting this during my vacation.
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In February, my dad was diagnosed with both asbestosis and sillicosis. He's been undergoing evaluation for the last several months to determine extent and severity. Friday he was told that his only shot is a lung transplant.
It's not likely that he's a candidate because of the nature of the condition. And even if he were, he's not sure it's something he wants to pursue. I'm meeting with him and his transplant physician today. Next week we're meeting with his lawyers; he wants to make sure his affairs are in order and I'm terrified that I'll be made executor of the will.
I'm about at 85% of normal I think. Work isn't as bad as it was last week. I still get tired if I do too much but my rebound time is getting quicker. So this week appears to be better than last week, and much, much better than the week before. Hopefully I'll be back to normal by the Wierd Al concert... otherwise I may sit out the mini-golf.
We heard today that the lung transplant is a no-go. Too many risks/complications/etc.
My dad is completely at peace with it. We, his family, are not.
As best as can be told, it's a condition that developed from his years in the navy as well as from the fact that he owns a plumbing company - and therefore has been involved with plumbing for more than 40 years.
It's hard because I found out about his condition about the same time I got my current job and relocated to Tennessee. He's still in Arkansas. I get to see him, but not as often.
Anyway, things are just stressed in my family. Three weeks after we found out about his condition, I was diagnosed with form of leukemia. Three weeks before this latest revelation with my dad, my great-grandad (the only granddad I've ever known) was put in the hospital and expected to die by the end of the week. That same week, I started chemo. He's still around, alternately fighting and failing - he's a stubborn old goat and I love him dearly.
It amazes me how things pile up, but we will get through it. None of us know how right now, but we will. God has done amazing things so far, so many I can't begin to list them (But I'll try sometime - I hate to focus on the bad when there's so much good).
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Well, the urologist at Children's Hospital is very happy about all Mooselet's test results. We felt a little rushed, and forgot to ask all our questions (write 'em down!), so there are still things of which we're uncertain. But apparently none of them are by any means crucial.
The most important thing as far as the doc was concerned was that there was no dilation, indicating that there wasn't a remaining blockage, at least not to an important degree. Mooselet is staying on the antibiotics at least until the next appointment (November), for which we'll be doing another ultrasound but not another VCUG -- big "yay" from Mooselet on that one.
However, when we got home from the appointment, I took his temp, and it was 103.3 (a pretty good radio station, but a bad fever). It was around 101 last night, and we gave him Tylenol followed by Motrin a few hours later. 100.4 when he woke up this morning, and he was in a good mood. Not so much when we got home.
Doesn't appear to be another UTI (based on the urine dip), but they're doing a culture anyway. Because of his history with them, we can't be too careful.
Other side note of good news -- the urologist at Children's Hospital is going to begin working out of an office that's about 20 minutes from our home instead of the hour (only in trafficless L.A., not always available) to Children's. That will make future visits much easier, and for that we are thankful.
Thoughts and prayers for those Hatrackers still hurting. (((Y'all)))
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And now for some good news. I have a clean bill of health (almost). My body appears to have beaten the mono,my spleen and liver have returned to their normal size and I am back to probably 95% of normal. I think the last 5% that I lost may be the result of sitting on my rear for so long. I now have the energy to want to excercise, so I'm going to start doing so in moderation.
The only part of me that is questionable are my tonsils. They are still kind of cruddy. Apparently sometimes the mononucleosis virus just fries them and they are never the same. The instant I go off of antibiotics, my throat gets sore and my eustachian tubes get fluid in them. So I may have to have them out before the end of the year. On the other hand, since I've already met my insurance deductibles the procedure will be basically free.
I'm very happy to be feeling like a normal human being again. I've been able to keep up better with routine housecleaning and we are making slow but steady progress on projects in the house we just moved into.
Thank you all for being so supportive when I was feeling so out of it!
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That's great! Hope that last 5% shows up soon. (You know it will be where you least expect it. )
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That's great news, AJ! Now post something else as funny as your "nair" post. Get to work, missy! Posts: 6316 | Registered: Jun 2003
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