65°F overcast NNW10mph SR0510CST SS1902CST
Morning Offering given
Village damp
Coffee good
Porch soggy, the man is cooking, laundry in machines, slept in, and life is good.
Yesterday I spent time in Kingston, went to the creamery and picked up blue cheese… it is TO DIE FOR.
Thurs was my doctor day. They checked out my right hand. It was decided to open the carpal tunnel on the 28th. In hopes that it relieves the hypersensitivity of my middle, pointer, and thumb. Last wedsnesday I had an ABI to ck for pad. After the consult on Thurs I went to another appointment where they explained the ABI (which was normal) and we consulted about the electric pulse feeling and palpitations I’ve been experiencing. After a ECG/EKG I was found to have a Left Brachial Bunch block and will be having an ECHO done in the near future. Yesterday I completed the 24 hr heart halter and am waiting for results on that.
What I have found thru all of this is no one really looks at the medical records. Not unless you say something like “well yes… i had that test/issue/etc. back in blah blah and they did this…. Everyone is so specialized that specialty is all they are concerned with. What the medical field needs is… good old family doctors who know a bit about everything or are willing to learn a bit about everything and once they have a hunch they are not afraid to call someone and ask questions or make a referral. I am thankful the PA I saw yesterday was one such person. She read my chart, asked questions, thought about it, and followed through. Perhaps now something will happen. Most times what I get is well if you would lose a bit of weight this problem will resolve itself. I won’t even go into how much weight has been lost and regained, lost again and regained, again without resolution. The leg issue has been ongoing for 23 yrs. The electrical pulses/palpitations for 15 yrs. The weight, has been an issue my entire life. Sometimes I even laugh cause at one point one doctor said lose and another said too thin… personally, I think they are all guessing. I believe it has everything to do with metabolism and genetics.
In the Catholic Tradition… “Renouncing All Things” For God to take possession of our souls we must drive out inordinate affection to earthly things. God cannot dwell within if we are still attached to sin or preoccupied with worldly aims. We must also deny/destroy our love of self.
Tall order isn’t it? Somedays I think impossible. Other days are doable. Someone once said, “what, we can’t have any fun?” The key here is INORDINATE.
Know you are prayed for.
In the "Wilds of Wisconsin & Cornfields of Iowa" 