I've been following your story, AA and FF, and I'm glad to hear this resolution. I'd have paid money to have seen the reaction of those 3 elders when you told them you wouldn't be attending your own JC!
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FreedomFrog's Judicial Committee was today (Not DF'd!)
by AlmostAtheist inhey guys,.
ff had her jc today.
i was all ready with quotes from the "pay attention" book and reasoning to show they should let me sit in on it, but they didn't even object.
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When It Snows, It's an Avalanche!
by outnfree inas if i wasn't already completely stressed out about my daughter's upcoming brain surgery, not to mention being executrix of my mother's estate (and she left a lot of debt), i just learned the day before yesterday that my father-in-law has colon cancer, and now today.... today i learned that my 35 year old nephew, my deceased sister's only living son, is suffering from congestive heart failure.
the cardiologists have told him he only has 10% function left.
they cannot even perform a catheterization to see whether or where arteries are blocked or valves are diseased.
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Thanks for the replies... I truly am so sad. My nephew has lived a pretty joyless life, a lot of it due to his own dumb choices. While his mother died at 43 of heart problems, so this may be a genetic predisposition, he likely exacerbated the problem by doing drugs on and off for the past 12 years or so. He's been a worry and a burdensome relative for a long time, but I keep thinking about the little boy who held so much promise and I'd like to wipe the slate clean and ask God for a "do over" for him.
Blondie, it's because I know he hasn't taken care of himself at all that I'm worried that this is the end. And he really has little reason to fight. He's basically a homeless ex-con who can't keep a job when he manages to get one. He's been spiraling downward for years, relying on the goodness of his ex-wife and friends, after he went through the insurance money his mother left him.
Andi -- Thanks for the reminder that I don't have to get through this gracefully, because I'm not, that's for sure!
LT and Joy -- One moment at a time sounds good. Going off to breathe and ground myself now...
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When It Snows, It's an Avalanche!
by outnfree inas if i wasn't already completely stressed out about my daughter's upcoming brain surgery, not to mention being executrix of my mother's estate (and she left a lot of debt), i just learned the day before yesterday that my father-in-law has colon cancer, and now today.... today i learned that my 35 year old nephew, my deceased sister's only living son, is suffering from congestive heart failure.
the cardiologists have told him he only has 10% function left.
they cannot even perform a catheterization to see whether or where arteries are blocked or valves are diseased.
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As if I wasn't already completely stressed out about my daughter's upcoming brain surgery, not to mention being executrix of my mother's estate (and she left a lot of debt), I just learned the day before yesterday that my father-in-law has colon cancer, and now today...
Today I learned that my 35 year old nephew, my deceased sister's only living son, is suffering from congestive heart failure. The cardiologists have told him he only has 10% function left. They cannot even perform a catheterization to see whether or where arteries are blocked or valves are diseased. It looks like he is facing death, and soon. He is 700 miles away from me and so is his daughter who was my ward for 7 years. I truly don't know how I am supposed to cope with all of this.
Feeling very sorry for herself,
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My daughter has a brain tumor :(
by outnfree ini am so terrified!.
#2 daughter came home from college on 12/18 with a violent headache, nausea, neck pain and great fatigue.
we took her to the dr. on the 20 and again on the 21st as she had kept nothing down for 3 days.
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(((Safe & kids)))
To all,
Lena's surgery is scheduled for Monday, January 24 at 8:00 AM EST. The operation will last 6-7 hours, and we have to be at the hospital to be admitted at 6 AM and then she will have an MRI pre-op, which may make the surgery start time delayed to 9 AM.
I am requesting you wonderful people to host a vigil for her on Monday, so that the surgeon's hands may be delicate and sure, and that she doesn't bleed nor will brain function be permanently affected in a negative way. The lesion is very deep, situated above the pituitary gland and hypothalamus. We are feeling very loved and blessed. Thank you so much for that.
Brenda and Lena
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Faith Healing
by Van Jay inok. so i am checking out this church (everyone is going to be so sick of me talking about this, but hey what's this site for anyway?).
this church
is a church that is "lead by the spirit".
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I believe that "faith" or Spiritual healing is possible.
I, too, mistrust those who appear to use it for material gain or who make a showy display of their gifts. Much more palatable to me is the case of the woman who, upon learning that my daughter had a brain tumor in a setting where we had not come for that service, said that she wanted to put Lena on her Reiki table to work on her as many times as we could get there pre-op. She has since phoned to ask us if when we could return, does her work on a donation basis, and was chagrined that I paid her as much as I did! So we agreed that I would donate less for the second and respective treatments. (Actually, I paid her less than I do my therapist for more than twice the amount of time spent, so I thought I had given her a less than fair fee, but didn't have as much in my wallet as I'd like to have spent.)
I think LT hit upon something when he said that Christians are often mistrustful because healings also happen in other religions (or with no "religion" at all, just faith in the oneness of the Universe). So much of Christianity holds the rigid view that one must believe in JESUS to be "saved" or "healed," otherwise salvation or healing is impossible. Not so.
The mind, body, spirit connection is very strong, very valuable, and can be utilized in ways not yet commonly accepted in the West to the betterment of one's physical and emotional bodies and one's intellect and intuition. I should like to point out, too, that "healing"is not necessarily "cure." There are ways to be healed of a chronic disease -- acceptance of it and its limitations, for example, while not letting it unduly daunt one's spirit or hinder one from fulfilling one's purpose -- without being physically "cured."
That said, there have been few and far between cases of faith cures being effected, too. As science learns more about the power of thought waves effecting a change in virtually all that surrounds us, I think mankind will learn to use the power of positive thought to its benefit.
"This we Know: The Earth does not belong to man, Man belongs to the Earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites one family. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself." -- Chief Seattle, 1852
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I hate my job....
by Tatiana innot the work, it's quiet, and i get to wear headphones and listen to music all day long.
it's all the info...too much.
each and every day, i type medical claims for thousands of people.
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(((((((Tat))))))
Just wanted to give you a BIG hug!
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My daughter has a brain tumor :(
by outnfree ini am so terrified!.
#2 daughter came home from college on 12/18 with a violent headache, nausea, neck pain and great fatigue.
we took her to the dr. on the 20 and again on the 21st as she had kept nothing down for 3 days.
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Awww, thanks, ((((((guys))))))! "Benign" does indeed have a wonderful ring to it!
Morty -- I PM'd you my info.
(((Bug))) -- Sorry to hear about your wife. I remember meeting her. Please give her my best wishes for an answer to the break and a swift remedy.
Chuckyy -- I will be praying for your daughter as well as my own.
We still don't have a definite surgery date. Lena appears to have caught a cold, so that may delay things. Not to worry, however, that just gives us a bit more time to prepare ourselves. We have been proactive in not only engaging the neurosurgeon, but also in having alternative healing treatments. Lena has had treatments by two different practicioners and will have at least two more Reiki treatments pre-op. This sort of thing is fairly new to us, but Lena was sensitive to the healing energy right away, and why not use everything available to us? I know many here are sending healing thoughts our way and we are grateful. We are also gratified that, in addition to so many of you on this board, we have people from Lena's grammar, high school and university as well as friends and relatives praying for her . Did I already write that we are now concentrating on asking that the bleeding be minimal during surgery?
We feel enveloped in your love and are really feeling quite positive about the eventual outcome. Thanks again.
Love,
Brenda
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A few words to all of you
by Lady Lee infirstly i miss you all.
a lot!.
this past year has seen this group experience many joys and sorrows.
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(((((((Lee)))))), sweetie!
So good to see this thread (which I also missed first time 'round) and just to have your news, even if all of it isn't as one would have wished. I would dearly like to have your address. Would you PM it to me, please?
Love and hugs,
Brenda
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My daughter has a brain tumor :(
by outnfree ini am so terrified!.
#2 daughter came home from college on 12/18 with a violent headache, nausea, neck pain and great fatigue.
we took her to the dr. on the 20 and again on the 21st as she had kept nothing down for 3 days.
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(((((Friends))))) We are feeling upbeat and positive today, thanks in no little part to your continued loving messages.
Valis -- thanks for the tip. I will go to speak with my profs. I have until the end of the week to get a full refund. I haven't made it to school yet. I will explore options before I drop any of the rest of my classes.
I spoke to Lena's school this morning and she will be put on medical leave. Our plan is to have her take some of the basic required courses she missed taking this semester (Intro to Pysch and Spanish 102, for example) at the local university this summer for transfer credit. We still need to get her stuff out of her dorm room and her car back to Michigan, too! But as Scarlett said, "I'll think about that tomorrow!" Gotta go see my attorney this afternoon about my divorce. When it rains, it pours!
Love,
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my transformation, I am showing off here...
by jwbot inhey all, i just took some "after" pictures today and need to share with my friends.
as some of you know, i lost a bit of weight recently.
(by eating less, eating better and exersizing - it actually works sometimes!)..
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Fabulous, JWBot, just fabulous!