ME-as I go through this zany, marvelous, difficult experience called: "LIFE"!

Helping People, Helping Me I understand Healthcare is in a fragile state of indefinite now.  I do comprehend the stress healthcare professionals can be experiencing.  Understand this: I live with chronic illnesses (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, Pulmonary Hypertension, Congestive Heart Disease, Osteoporosis, Chronic Debilitating Pain) and more.  When I come for help it's because I do need help . As a person I need what you already have which is to treat me which means to: Dignity  Respect  Honesty Integrity I am a person first! I do need help "Yes"! I do not need nor do I want my credibility to be continually at question! I do not want healthcare professionals or anyone else to rob me of my independence! I want to do all I am capable of doing! I want to decide for myself my needs, my treatments, my care and my medications and decide, along with my doctor(s), the manner I which my medications and treatments to be taken! Do not rob me of deciding...

Dear Fr iends & Family,  Ohhhh, I have been feeling so sick for so, so,very long, over 2 weeks to be exact!  What began as a stomach bug over 2 weeks ago has worsened into something worse and I don't know, much less understand what this illness has emerged into! Even a short run on antibiotics did little to help me. This infection, virus (or whatever it is) has affected my respiratory system, my lungs functions and the as made most of my many other bodily functions! I am in severe pain everywhere, all over my body.  I am nauseous, and I still cannot tolerate most foods!  I have been eating a bland diet, if I eat at all.  I am forcing fluids, when I can.  I cannot identify what exactly is going on in me but, I do know that this is not my idea of fun. This illness that has shaken, twisted and has kidnapped my body has left me in a state which little similarity to my normal self!  I realize countless others are sick with the flu, COVID, a respira...

Today I going to have surgery.  My dear friends, I ask for your prayers on this Tuesday as I travel to the hospital to have this needed surgery.  I find that many human beings, children and many adults and both young and older, find themselves in the midst of these challenging and troubling health battles. I, and countless others, live lives in the indefinite and with endless courage we fight every moment to survive! We battle every moment despite the unending pain, the sacrifices, the sleepless nights, the loneliness and so much more! We, as people take hold of the meaning of courage, resilience and pain! We show the world what strength and bravery really is! It is 9:26 am and I am sitting in my recliner, in my apt and find my just wondering... I look out my window as I allow my mind to wander. My troubled, overloaded brain aches! I pray! As I pray, my mind wanders into the Heavens... I walk on and I reach the Sanctuary of the Most High. My mind continues on it's Heavenly P...

Dear Friends,  I pray all of you had a wonderful, meaningful, happy, hopeful, holy and lovely Christmas!  I apologize for this long span of time for not writing sooner this letter of gratitude, of love and of appreciation!  Thank you, dear friends for your prayers, your kind words, your kindness towards me, your support and for reaching out to me when I had been at my lowest. I have been sick, frightened, in despair and in desperate need.  It has been one of the lowest, most distressing, sickest, most painful and frightening times of my life and I was feeling completely alone! I read all of your prayers, kind words, your prayers and your and all of your words of support to me and I felt cared about, loved and, also, felt I was part of a community that was bigger than just me! There were so many people, most kind souls I didn't even know, who took the time to pray for me and show me how much I am cared about. What I have been seeing are displays of  love, cari...

Dear Friends,  I am home!  I was discharged last Thursday and I was home by Thursday evening. My dear friends, I am relieved and overjoyed to be home! I realize I do have challenges and numerous difficulties ahead,  especially being so sick with pneumonia in both of my lungs! I know it's going to take somewhat longer to get back to "ME"! I am ready to begin healing! Friends, can I ask for prayers from you? Though I have been suffering from serious chronic illnesses for many years, I don't, in any/all manner, instantly recall being and feeling this sick! In many ways, it frightens me, but not for long. I feel as if I am in this sealed box of Isolating Aloneness that I cannot fully describe much less understand. Dearest friends, can I ask for prayers for all of us who are celebrating Christmas while being so seriously sick? Thank you with love! With hopes, prayers, love, pain and a cutting deep concern for the welfare of all of you and our world and I seal this letter...

Dear Friends and Family,  An Early Good Morning to all of you! I pray all of you are well, loved, happy, healthy and safe. I am an inpatient in Mass General Hospital. I am in a hospital bed, in a hospital room and on a medical unit at MGH.  I am being treated for an aggressive, painful and frightening bacterial pneumonia. This past Wednesday I had been rushed to the hospital, I woke up freezing and remained in a beyond freezing state until I arrived at MGH ER where the doctors began treatments for the pneumonia with both IV antibiotics and pill form antibiotics. I was so sick at home on that Wednesday. I had a high, high fever + my vital had gone to life threatening numbers. I knew I was deteriating rapidly. The nurse was called in the am. In the afternoon, the nurse did call. I told the nurse my vital signs' numbers how I was getting worse in rapid modes and how I was so and worsening at a fast pace  This nurse's recommendation was to "Stay home and wait for the Tylenol...