Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Oct 19 - 02:07 PM

Keeping Jon Freeman in thoughts and prayers.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 11 Sep 19 - 01:11 PM

This is the beginning of a difficult season of the calendar year.
For some reason
many of us have sustained bereavements or crises
in autumn and going into the year-end holiday season.

So this is a sensitive time with difficult "anniversaries" triggering intense emotions and distracting memories.

The Rainbow is needed now more than at most times.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 Sep 19 - 05:02 PM

Keep LilyFestre and her loved ones in the light.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 25 Aug 19 - 05:15 PM

Yes, without Max she would not have reappeared.

Thinking of Donuel, who has been silent of late,
and of gnu, likewise.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 23 Aug 19 - 06:56 AM

Thank you very much, Max. Despite the fact that I have withdrawn from regular posting, I am heartened to see the restoration of 'Jane's Rainbow'. I will never be able to 'let it go' completely,
                                 Love to All,
                                                 Nigel Paterson.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Pete from seven stars link
Date: 22 Aug 19 - 05:11 PM

Wise words wysiwyg ; blessings to you

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 21 Aug 19 - 07:37 PM

YAH!!!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 21 Aug 19 - 03:09 PM

She's back!! She's back!!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: wysiwyg
Date: 23 Jul 19 - 06:36 PM

A few thoughts FWIW.

I'm sure Bobert appreciates all the good thoughts and prayers over his wife's health situation and his long and painful history with cancer-- he lost his first wife to it.

I would like to point out though that he always speaks of her as THE P-Vine,and for those of us who pray, it matters to get the name right.

Also, Bobert (as Dharmabum has done) has chosen Facebook as his live platform from which to provide health updates and requests for support. News here will tend to be out of date, as a result. There have been some hopeful updates at FB, but it's undeniably a scary and dangerous time, regardless.

My own health is dodgy enough nowadays that I no longer run the Mudcat Prayer Chain which used to operate very actively in email. In those days, Mudcat had to work very hard to keep the peace around issues of spirituality. People heading those efforts were known and respected members with experience in such matters IRL.

In this work, it's so important to keep boundaries in mind, and check with folks going through troubles about what's OK to post-- for example I know the P-Vine's real first name, but I use Bobert's name for her here-- because he does.

We've lost so many dearly loved members here, and some quite recently, that I think it serves the community best when we can provide accurate information, since any info is likely to really worry a lot of folks. Or to allude to troubles just very generally, when it's not our own troubles we're posting about. These recent, hopeful FB comments from Bobert, due to the nature of the FB medium, were buried in Comments on Comments-- easy to miss. Yet it's still where the actual updates are.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 21 Jul 19 - 09:46 PM

hey!

keep the ship above the horizon ...

don't let the great white sharks get you down!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 10 Jul 19 - 12:02 PM

To my post on 09 July I should add that I've been keeping many of you in the Light. I just don't get here as often as I used to, and when I'm here I don't post as often.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 10 Jul 19 - 11:44 AM

sending good wishes their way.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 09 Jul 19 - 07:45 PM

I can keep P-Vine and Bobert in the Light.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 08 Jul 19 - 11:37 PM

On Facebook Bobert shared news of P-Vine's second bout of cancer, this one more ominous and taking it's toll. I hope they can both be comfortable (I'm an atheist, so the spiritual end of things will have to come from someone else.)

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 03 Jul 19 - 09:24 PM

Joyful July to all!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 03 Jul 19 - 08:08 PM

sending good wishes to Pete's family

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Pete from seven stars link
Date: 03 Jul 19 - 06:16 PM

Been checking in from time to time without posting . We've been pretty busy . Fostering another child with complex needs who's been in hospital more than out of it , and Becky with him much of the time . Daniel is two , and had a bit of a risky op this week , but came through and recovering .            Blessings all , and happy fourth to the Americans

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 03 Jul 19 - 05:40 PM

Happy Fourth.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 01 Jul 19 - 05:23 PM

sail on, sail on, o rainbow ship.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: frogprince
Date: 29 Jun 19 - 12:01 PM

Thanks, Kerb and all; The eye has been fine since the first couple of days of steroids after the initial abrupt symptoms. Monday I had a couple of docs each shine 4 or 5 k watts in my eyes while a herd of others stood by and discussed, and no one saw need for further treatment. Incidental goofy factoid: I had had a mention by phone of the need to have the STAPLES from my biopsy removed while there. I was sure I would feel staples, and that there was little or no chance that staples would be used for the incision I had, but figured it was a slip of the tongue and I needed sutures removed. I had soluble sutures, as I should have suspected all along, and I think they were gone completely by Tuesday.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 27 Jun 19 - 08:12 PM

No news is good news, I reckon, regarding Frogprince
since his last update is positive.

Here's hoping that Froggy never again has to go through that eye business.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 19 Jun 19 - 12:23 PM

Severn has had a rough time of it,
this calendar year.
Something about a pacemaker I think.
Thinking of you, Severn.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 16 Jun 19 - 05:40 PM

And LilyFestre reports
that her husband was discharged from hospital,
continues treatment as outpatient.
They hope it won't come back.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 14 Jun 19 - 04:44 AM

Dean, I'm delighted to read that it turned out not to be GCA. Your ophthalmologist certainly should be able to give you the extra reassurance you need.
                                                    Good Health,
                                                                         Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: frogprince
Date: 13 Jun 19 - 04:13 PM

Whew: results back, no terrorist cells at all, inflammation went right down with treatment. Just have a seam on my temple to salve for a few days. Have rescheduled a routine appointment with my regular optho that I would have had while entangled in this, so will have that for assurance.
                      Dean

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 13 Jun 19 - 03:00 PM

Froggy,
what you and Nigel Paterson describe
would frighten the life out of me.

Have courage.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 13 Jun 19 - 03:40 AM

Dean, I'm very pleased to read that you are receiving the appropriate treatment promptly. Early, aggressive intervention with steroids is key to getting control of GCA. Ask about ultrasound, arterial scanning, an approach developed by Prof. Dasgupta.
                Every good wish,
                                           Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: frogprince
Date: 11 Jun 19 - 04:14 PM

Nigel: Bingo; I just asked for a catch-up on the terminology jumble. I’m actually getting the steroid regimen for giant cell while they wait for biop results to ascertain. Appreciate your input!   Dean

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Nigel Paterson
Date: 11 Jun 19 - 12:52 PM

Dean, you need to get checked for Giant Cell Arteritis, GCA for short. Along with the temporal arterial biopsy, ultrasound arterial scanning is increasingly relied upon. Check out the work of Prof. B. Dasgupta. He is the world authority. If GCA is diagnosed, please do all you can to get the steroid treatment started asap. I've been down this rocky road myself & your post has a familiar ring to it. Time is of the essence.
                                                                  Every good wish,
                                                                                             Nigel.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: frogprince
Date: 10 Jun 19 - 10:54 PM

Just retourned home on thé 8th from a very enjoyable 14 day group tour all over Western Europe. Sat down for a bit to catch up on computer. Suddenly very tender around one eye; looked in the mirror and it looked about like a chicken about to hatch. Local ER sent me a few miles to one with more relevant docs. Multiple consultations. just had a biopsy of the temporal artery. Have had some intervenous steroids which have calmed things down, but they all agree they needed to check for an inflammatory condition which might call for aggressive treatment to keep my vision safe. I’m not panicking, but I’m concerned.
                Dean

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 08 Jun 19 - 12:37 PM

LilyFestre's husband
released, went home,
then hospitalized a second time.

Thinking of her and her loved ones.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 30 May 19 - 03:00 PM

Thinking of LilyFestre
with her husband in hospital.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 09 May 19 - 06:00 PM

Imperious Rex Rap!
hasn't it been, like
ten days or more since the stress test?
What HAPPENED ??

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 06 May 19 - 06:46 PM

This is one time when it is happier [Donuel]
to be wrong than to be right.

Rapparee, I hope that the stress
of waiting for the results of your stress tests
will be relieved soon.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 05 May 19 - 05:28 PM

Congratulations to Donuel and family.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Donuel
Date: 02 May 19 - 08:13 PM

The mysterious trials and tribultions of Dean have been resolved. The answer was staring us in the face with his face the whole time and lies in the deepest recesses of the endocrine system.

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I was wrong. YAY!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 02 May 19 - 02:34 PM

Billybob/Wendy has been absent from the Mudcat for a month or two now.
Last heard from, she was helping her daughter
get through chemo for Crohn's disease …
hope she and her loved ones are holding their own.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Donuel
Date: 29 Apr 19 - 08:01 PM

Rap I hope that your experience will merely teach you what a heart attack does not feel like. You are already atypical. Being attacked by your heart would be such a betrayal. 127 ain't bad.

Frogprince, some pithy old sayings are none the less true like "it takes a year". In a wierd way I think its good you knew a friend worth suffering for.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 29 Apr 19 - 07:24 PM

& enjoy the thought of travelling, then the trip

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 29 Apr 19 - 05:05 PM

I'm glad to read that you are healing. It takes time as you know. I think having a routine helps. Keep at it!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 29 Apr 19 - 02:08 PM

Good of you to check in, frogprince.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: frogprince
Date: 28 Apr 19 - 10:22 PM

I've been hiding in the shadows on the deck for too long. I've continued to listen in on the rest of the crew, and you are in my thoughts. I think I can say that I'm healing okay, though I'm sure I haven't shed my last tear. I have a regular weekday morning routine of walking and a little workout at the city "community center" (primarily a rec center) followed by coffee with others on the same schedule. Judy initiated that while she still had the capacity, for which I'm thankful now. I put in some desk shifts at the local art gallery, as required if you have work in our local art association's section of the gallery; I usually have at least some photography up.Just now bracing myself to sign up for a 6 or 7 country look around Europe.
                Dean

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 28 Apr 19 - 09:13 PM

I hope so, too, Rapparee, and I hope they are good!

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 28 Apr 19 - 09:01 PM

I do hope that the results of the stress test are available soon.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 28 Apr 19 - 06:16 PM

Gnu, Gnu, thinking of you

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 22 Apr 19 - 05:45 PM

Thinking of LilyFestre and her loved ones.

Not forgetting Wendy at billybob, and her loved ones.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 22 Apr 19 - 09:40 AM

During the Manhattan Project two scientists were working on a circular radio wave -- a long shot, but nobody knew what would be needed to make an atom bomb.

One day, the younger exclaimed, "I have it! I've diagrammed a circular radio wave!" and thrust his paper at the elder scientist.

The old man said, "You young fool! This is nothing! A naught!" and he rolled the paper into a thin tube and thrust it into a pencil sharpener, the shards falling to the floor.

Immediately they were surrounded by a large group of very angry janitors complaining about the mess.

Then a huge explosion happened and a mushroom cloud rose into the air.

And that's what happens every time you get a critical mass at ground zero.

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: ChanteyLass
Date: 21 Apr 19 - 08:53 PM

I'll bet you look forward to the end of those 3 days! When your body will only contain normal stuff again!
127 when the goal is 124 doesn't sound so bad to me, but what do I know?

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: keberoxu
Date: 20 Apr 19 - 09:57 PM

When do they contact you, Rap, with the test results?

Subject: RE: Jane's Rainbow: for all needing support & comfort
From: Rapparee
Date: 20 Apr 19 - 09:01 PM

So does being a Type II diabetic and going without food or drink for 10 hours. My heart rate went to 127 on the treadmill, the target was 124. Then they injected me with Technetium and a robot camera peaked into me. A break, then back to the robot camera again. I must say that I'm glad I have Medicare AND insurance.

I was told that the Technetium leaves the body in 3 days so I'm unlikely to achieve critical mass and explode as an atom bomb. Nor will I become a mutant who can tear down a city and shoot laser beams at other, annoying, drivers from my eyes. Both of these are probably good, but I would kinda like the laser beam thing.