Loving each day!

The steroid shots in the facet joints didn’t help a bit.  Now what?  I reviewed the next option—nerve ablation—in the previous post.  If that is not successful, and perhaps in lieu of nerve ablation, we may try a surgically inserted pump which dispenses medication internally on a schedule. Meanwhile, I am loving each day.  Today has [...]

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Entropy . . . the potential pitfall of illness and pain

“Let us not become weary of doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.”  Galatians 6:9 (NIV) The term entropy was coined in 1865 by Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius, 1822-1888, a German physicist and mathmatician who is considered to be one of the central founders of the [...]

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What the pain-free folks just don’t get . . .

It’s a funny thing, living with pain.  We live with it and life is ever more precious and enjoyable because of it.  Perhaps this sounds masochistic—but it’s not.  The human spirit loves a challenge, and continual challenge followed by the joy of occasional overcoming is heady business! The hearty, pain-free world can’t understand that living with [...]

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Why Fight It? :)

It’s hard for me to comprehend anyone not welcoming all the help available!  Recently Joe and I enjoyed an afternoon at the Milwaukee County Zoo with 7 of our great-grandchildren and their parents—some of our grandchildren and their spouses.  COUSINS SUBS and a very good time were had by all. What a day!  It was [...]

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Keep Pushing!

I often write about “slowing down”, giving ourselves breathing space, seeking times of solitude, and continually evaluating our priorities.  For people who experience pain and/or illness, these measures echo the prayer of Moses in Psalm 90:  “So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.” In view of Psalm 90, the challenge to keep pushing [...]

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Peace in the storm!

We could say this summer has been a bit of a storm, metaphorically speaking!  Early in the summer my husband’s health issues loomed large, and spurred us to begin the process of moving our life.  Since Joe’s hospital sessions in June, he’s had 2 other medical emergencies which (praise God) have been resolved–at least for [...]

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A Green Pasture!

Those of you who have been checking in on my other blogs realize that my husband, Joe, and I are in the midst of big change. Three weeks ago today, we scurried down to Milwaukee, where over the course of two weeks Joe had two cardiac artery procedures.  The first one was very difficult, and there was concern [...]

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