Jewish Musings, Tuesday 7/16

[lee058]

What’s on your mind — how to make kugel? This week’s Torah reading? Life goals? Prayer? We are all engaged in weight loss/weight maintenance journeys and we are all Jewish or at least interested in Judaism. We like to eat, we like to discuss. It is our goal here to provide each other support on our journeys, to share experiences, to call on our rich cultural heritage and texts, and to help each other grow spiritually.



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Frieda (hopefully)?

Holly

Lee

Louise

Lynne

Peachy





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[lee058]

Good morning everybody. Hope you are all well and SAFE! Please pray for Israel.

Today's topic: Relief after worry.

DH had to spend the night in the hospital after problems with the anesthesia, but he is okay now. He sounded bad last night, but much better when he called this morning at 6:30AM. (DS and I were up eating breakfast.) He should come home today, depending on what his doctor thinks. I am very relieved that he is doing better!! I had been worried that he would go into afib, but fortunately that didn't happen. So that is also a blessing.

What is something that you had to live through, where there was nothing to do but wait and see how the situation would turn out? (Don't answer if it is a trigger!)

Have a peaceful day, Lee

[hollygail]

There was the time my sister and I were in the hospital waiting room while DM was going through surgery. Her cardiac doctor told the cancer surgeon that he couldn't keep her anesthetized for more than an hour, and the surgeon agreed, but didn't come out to the waiting room to talk with us for more than an hour. Those last I don't know how many minutes were the worst for DS and me. But he did come to see us (still wearing his surgery outfit including the paper slippers!) to tell us what happened. He said she had maybe a year to live (the cancer had already spread). She died about 9 months later, so his prediction was pretty accurate. The main thing was that she and I were prepared for that 9 month period. She died peacefully in her own bed during an afternoon nap.

[peachymom1]

Lee, I'm very glad to hear your DH is doing well and will come home today. Yay!

DS33 (the scientist) had to have ear surgery many times throughout his childhood, due to a cholestiatoma that had eaten away all three ear bones and half of his eardrum. The first surgery, when they were removing the cholestiatoma, was the worst. He was four years old, and it was a painstakingly slow procedure. The surgeon told us it would take about 90 minutes, but it took nearly twice as long because the cholestiatoma had spread a lot farther than expected. DH and I were pacing, pacing, pacing the waiting room and were nuts by the time we got the news that DS was in recovery.

That boy went through an awful lot over the years, but we are extremely grateful for the amazing care he's received.

[gazelle18]

Lee, glad to hear DH came through the surgery and is doing better this morning.

I have had my share of worrying situations, where I was sweating out an outcome. Medical procedures on loved ones, waiting to hear on the results of the Bar exam, etc. I think you can se situations into two categories. The first is when you CAN do something about the outcome , and the other is when you can’t. Usually, it’s the latter, and all you can do is pray, or distract yourself, or meditate, or in my case, wring your hands helplessly.

[louise]

Glad for the good news, Lee.

I went through a number of things with my mother during her last 5 years. When she broke herfemur my job was to kind of push her through the rehab. She was amazing but I know she really needed meto start beleve she could walk again. I then went through some cancer surgery and treatments with her. I could only support her and was so glad i could do that - both time she pulled thrugh. The very last time shewas in the hospital when I knew she was dying it was again a blessing just to go throug it with her.

[lee058]

Back again. DH is home and doing well. He had lunch and a nap, and is now sitting in his new chair with ice, a fan, and Tostito chips(!). DS is amazing in how he is helping his dad!!

Thanks everyone for your positive energy, Lee