thread for middle age to older Christian women.

bandwoman1234

Chris, how are you doing today?

I just found out my sister has a collapsed lung. Her texts never give much detail but she was diagnosed with this lung disease many years ago and this scar tissue (I guess) is blocking a lobe of her lung and it has collapsed. There are three lobes in the right lung apparently. She told us at Thanksgiving that she found out she only has only one kidney and never knew that. Apparently in the womb the kidneys did not separate as they normally do. She just texted me that a loud explosion just happened outside. I am asking for prayer for her. So far I know nothing of treatment or anything. She is not experiencing any difficulty which is amazing to me.

Take care dear sisters.

Love,

Nancy

IntoLight

Nancy, I am praying for your sister and trust she is ok.

I am still struggling and can barely get out of bed. Fortunately my daughter is taking good care of me and my husband has been supportive and very helpful too. I am on oxygen and we are trying to wean me off steriods but it has been a battle. I need lots of prayer as they are packing up my house in the midst of monitoring me and all my meds. I am too weak to type more than this at a time. Chris

gb2115

Nancy, any idea what the loud explosion was?

Chris, praying for you to feel better.

LoverofJesus

Praying for you Chris! Complete healing.

Merry Christmas everyone! I am making Christmas candy and all my children and grands will be here Thursday night! Looking forward to a wonderful Christmas.
I have so much to be thankful for. Clean margins, no lymph nodes involved. Chemo is behind me. Surgery is behind me. I may have to have radiation but praying I can safely do without it.
I pray that all of this gets behind us in 2022! Love you all!!

Shannon

HersheyKiss

Chris, praying for healing and strength. It's wonderful that your daughter and husband are taking good care of you.

Nancy, praying for your sister's safety. Do you plan to see each other for Christmas?

GB, I hope the neuropathy is improving and that your ALND is successful. Praying for your speedy recovery.

zjrosenthal

Praying for Chris and Nancy's sister to get the help they need. Jean

bandwoman1234

Chris, I didn't know you were home now but thankful you are and that your daughter is taking good care of you. I am very thankful you have a very supportive husband. I can't even imagine what it is like having packers and movers coming in while you feel so awful. I am fervently praying for you.

GB. The loud explosion was government testing a new missile. I guess other states heard it too. The sonic boom rattled windows and was felt for miles as this missile broke the sound barrier. I have no idea where this jet was when it happened but it was reported being heard in MO and IL.

Shannon, that is a beautiful photo. Merry Christmas to you too.

Thank you all for your prayers for my sister. I am planning on staying with her for a couple of nights. I just hope nothing bad happens as I have no idea how she is moving forward with this complication. Her daughter is bringing a Christmas Eve meal for us from Iowa and then I will spend Christmas with her and the family and then come back home on Sunday. We all bring dishes to pass but it is still a lot for my sister. I think she probably just found out about this situation recently.

gb2115

I've always found sonic booms to be fascinating. When I lived in Florida, I remember feeling/hearing the space shuttle re-entry many times. Always felt like something was trying to land on the roof!

bandwoman1234

Luke 2New International Version

The Birth of Jesus

2 In those days Caesar Augustus issued a decree that a census should be taken of the entire Roman world. 2 (This was the first census that took place while[a] Quirinius was governor of Syria.) 3 And everyone went to their own town to register.

4 So Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in Galilee to Judea, to Bethlehem the town of David, because he belonged to the house and line of David. 5 He went there to register with Mary, who was pledged to be married to him and was expecting a child. 6 While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, 7 and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no guest room available for them.

8 And there were shepherds living out in the fields nearby, keeping watch over their flocks at night. 9 An angel of the Lord appeared to them, and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were terrified. 10 But the angel said to them, "Do not be afraid. I bring you good news that will cause great joy for all the people. 11 Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is the Messiah, the Lord. 12 This will be a sign to you: You will find a baby wrapped in cloths and lying in a manger."

13 Suddenly a great company of the heavenly host appeared with the angel, praising God and saying,

14 "Glory to God in the highest heaven,
and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests."

15 When the angels had left them and gone into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, "Let's go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened, which the Lord has told us about."

16 So they hurried off and found Mary and Joseph, and the baby, who was lying in the manger. 17 When they had seen him, they spread the word concerning what had been told them about this child, 18 and all who heard it were amazed at what the shepherds said to them. 19 But Mary treasured up all these things and pondered them in her heart. 20 The shepherds returned, glorifying and praising God for all the things they had heard and seen, which were just as they had been told.

21 On the eighth day, when it was time to circumcise the child, he was named Jesus, the name the angel had given him before he was conceived.

IntoLight

Just a quick update...I am definitely improving and am sitting up in the living room. I can walk to the bathroom by myself (small yay) and even dress myself although I need a little help digging through my clothes. They got washed (thank you DD) but not folded or put away. Small steps! I know your prayers are working. My husband and I will need to stay in San Diego for a while after my daughter moves out but we have a plan, Right now I am focused on my son arriving for Christmas tomorrow even if he will have to make a path to get through all the boxes. I am praising my Savior for His healing touch and peace.

Merry Christmas and love to you all.

Chris

gb2115

Chris--glad to hear you are making small steps!

I'm frustrated because insurance denied the reverse lymph node mapping that the surgeon wants to do during my ALND. They consider it experimental. :-( I don't know if I'll hear from the surgeon's office about that, she's on vacation for the holiday. I'll probably find out more on the morning of surgery. There's not much I can do I guess, unless they want to code it differently so insurance doesn't know, or if I can pay for it out of pocket. I guess I'll let the surgeon lead on this.

IntoLight

Joyner and GB, I will follow your progress also. I have absolutely no idea where my treatment is headed. For now I will stay on the anti-hormonal part (Aromisin) until I get moved to Colorado I guess. I have a phone appointment with my pulmonologist in a few minutes. He is running the shots right now. My oncologist is on vacation also.

gb2115

Ladies, please pray for me and my family. I think I'm sick. My daughter too. I'm worse than she is, we thought she had allergies but I have a fever. There is not a PCR covid test to be had, apparently, have been checking for an hour and doctor's offices are closed for the holiday. DH has to go to Walgreens so he'll check on the off chance there's a rapid home test available.

Obviously if I downward spiral we will call the doc on call, but I guess we'll just treat everything like the flu.

:-(. Merry Christmas...

Sunshine99

gb, praying that you don't have COVID and that it is "just" the flu or a cold!

gb2115

Thank you Sunshine. I'm afraid to let my dad and brother know. They live far away and would freak out, especially my dad. But I can't hide it from him too long, because we would video chat tomorrow, normally.

Daughter is napping. I don't if she gave it to me, or I to her. She started with a sore throat yesterday morning. Husband has been coughing but it started with inhaling spices by accident a few days ago.

We're beside ourselves with a whole lot of ???

gb2115

He found a test! It's confusing though.

HersheyKiss

GB, make sure the test is brought to room temperature first. Very important for accurate results!

gb2115

Yes, I read that! He said they had just pulled the box off the truck. I'm thinking 2 pm should be safe, if he picked it up a little after 12. I live in Mid-Atlantic, so cold enough outside.

gb2115

It was positive. I feel so sick. fever and nausea. Please pray I won't throw up again. I took a leftover phenergan from chemo (still good), and threw up a half hour later or so. I hope it absorbed ok.

HersheyKiss

GB, please contact the doctor on call and inquire about monoclonal antibodies. I am praying for you and your family.

IntoLight

GB, praying for you. And yes, call a doctor.

Sunshine99

Oh, gb, I'm so sorry. I agree, call your doctor, even if it's your MO and get something ASAP.

HersheyKiss

GB, how are you and your family doing?

gb2115

My fever is now low grade without Tylenol (it got pretty high a couple of time), throat has canker sores but I can still eat and drink, mostly. Cough starting. My daughter has moved on from sore throat to coughing and my husband's cough is coming back.

I have to call pre-op in the morning to cancel my afternoon appointment (doubt they want to see me), and then call the surgeon. I don't know what this means for my surgery that was/is supposed to be next week.

IntoLight

GB, praying fervently for healing for you and your family, and that God will send you an outpouring of peace.

My family is packing up my house as I sit here on oxygen watching them. I am particular about my Christmas decorations packing and of course watching them also packing up the house at the same time is brutal. This is new for me as I have always been the servant. It is hard. I also still don't have my regular fridge repaired yet and the list goes on. "Though the fig tree does not bud and there are no grapes on the vines, though the olive crop fails and the fields produce no food...yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will be joyful in God my Savior. The Sovereign Lord is my strength." Habakkuk 3: 17-19 (Personal editing)

gb2115

My husband gets to make the phone calls for me today, I have lost my voice. :-(

HersheyKiss

Oh GB, I'm sorry this virus has affected today's medical appointment. I pray that you and your family have a speedy recovery.

Chris, praying for peace during the moving process. I know how hard it is sometimes to be on the sidelines.

bandwoman1234

Hi ladies. I am back home now and now have internet again.

GB, I am so sorry to hear you and your family have Covid. Praying you will all recover without any lingering symptoms and that your surgery will happen when it works for you. I do agree that I hope you can get your doctor to prescribe monoclonal antibodies soon.

Chris, how are you feeling? Is your son still visiting? I hope you had a good Christmas under the circumstances. Praying for you as the move preparations are happening around you. I can't imagine how difficult that must be.

Love,

Nancy

IntoLight

Welcome home Nancy. Hope you had a wonderful Christmas with your sister and family but can now settle back into your routine.

Continual prayers for GB and her family. The cruise ships in the area are returning with a few minor Covid cases among the crew and we are thankful we were able to sneak our last San Diego port cruise in before Covid roared again.

I am slowly on the mend and weaning myself off of the oxygen and am currently on the lowest dose. The goal is to get off by the 30th when I see my Pulmonologist and to also start slowly reducing and getting off the steroids once I see him. I feel like a TV segment from "House" where they ran all tests possible on me. I now know I didn't have TB or Legionnaire's, etc., and about 80 other things (a very long list). I think there were two interns in on my case and they were told to find the cause. If I wasn't still black and blue it would be funny!

My boys will be here soon with another load of boxes for me to watch pile up. If I only had energy to go with my desire to help...

bandwoman1234

Thanks Chris. We did have a good time for Christmas. I had a photo puzzle made of my swan family photo and we spent a very long time working on that. My sister will be seeing a pulminologist for her collapsed lung. She seemed fine so that made me feel better.

I am sure you will be anxious to get this all behind you. I do hope you can get off the oxygen soon and eventually the steroids. I hope your pulminologist apt goes well. I would have a hard time sitting and watching my belongings being boxed up too. Hopefully it will be done in a way that you can find things once you are in CO.

I hope all that were not sick for Christmas had a good time.

Love,

Nancy