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

  Today is Monday. I have been in the Emergency Department at Mass General Hospital all weekend. I finally was admitted into a hospital bed on a medical floor sometime today. Though a lot could have gone wrong, and some things still didn’t go so well, in this endless plight to get adequate and proper healthcare for my own medical needs and wellness. The hospital staff, on the most part, are outstanding! Coming into the hospital because I couldn’t breathe could be due to many factors. The air quality has been poor, a lot worsening because of those fires in Canada. The hot, the humidity, the high pollen counts as well as my low capacity lung functioning and other respiratory as well as several other serious illnesses has made me neither a happy camper nor a happy patient. Since I arrived on a hospital bed on a medical floor, a lot is looking up. I am still in the midst of fighting the breathing problems and all of the other medical issues that brought me to the hospital.

Dear Friends, I pray all of you are well, rested, healthy, and happy and feel loved! Me, I have been riding, terrified, on the rollercoaster of Life! My health hasn’t been as well as I would like it to be. The poor air quality (much of this awful air quality is as a result of the fires burning in Canada), high humidity, the heat, and high pollen counts + my allergies have caused it even more difficult to breathe. My friends, it’s natural and automatic to breathe. When you are struggling to breathe on a continuous basis, it’s beyond frightening. Many people, even people I love, and am acquainted with, and many, many other people have similar struggles with their abilities (or lack of abilities) to breathe. My friends, I am with you and I empathize with you. I do understand, totally. Several other health issues have been surfacing in me. I am struggling with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Asthma, SOB, Congestive Heart Failure, Venous Insufficiency, Igg, a paralyzed diaphragm in m