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Lucia
Looking for light
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Update - Our niece's father refused to return her to her mother and an emergency court hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow. Please pray that my sister-in-law's ex would turn up so that the hearing can go ahead and that he would be ordered to return their daughter to her. Pray for the child in the middle of this.
For peace, protection, strength and wisdom for all involved. Thank you so much. [ 23. January 2012, 20:43: Message edited by: Lucia ]
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Mrs Shrew
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what a horrible situation. My thoughts and prayers are with you and all involved
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Nicolemr
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prayers for all.
No new news on the house sale. Please keep praying.
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Welease Woderwick
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Holding us all in the living, loving Light.
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Jonah the Whale
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A friend of my sons committed suicide at the weekend, a young man in his early twenties. Everyone in their group of friends is distraught, as you can imagine. Please pray for peace.
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Lucia
Looking for light
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Thank you so much for praying. The court hearing went ahead today as planned and a temporary residence order has been made that our niece should live with her mother. She has now been returned and is back at home with her mum. A further court hearing is expected in May to make a more permanent decision.
I really appreciate people praying with us into this situation. Thank you.
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malik3000
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Thanks that Lucia's niece can remain with her mother, and prayers that the court will make this permanent.
For Jonah the Whale's son's friend -- may he find piece, and may all who are distraught at his suicide be comforted and strengthened.
I have an MRI scheduled for Thursday (26 Jan.) and it had to be scheduled quickly since my chemo starts next Monday. Given the late date, the only opening for me is out in the boondocks of suburbia. Please pray that i can somehow get a ride from someone willing to devote a big chunk of their day for me. Also prayers that since i am claustrophobic about the MRI that the drug Adevan will relax me enough (or better yet to zonk me out) to overcome my feeling of being buried alive.
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Tree Bee
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malik, an MRI is my nightmare too ,for the same reason as you. Will pray for you.
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Malin
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Peace, peace, peace for family stuff please God peace. Desperate.
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QLib
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daisymay
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reading and praying
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comet
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quote: Originally posted by malik3000:
I have an MRI scheduled for Thursday (26 Jan.) and it had to be scheduled quickly since my chemo starts next Monday. Given the late date, the only opening for me is out in the boondocks of suburbia. Please pray that i can somehow get a ride from someone willing to devote a big chunk of their day for me. Also prayers that since i am claustrophobic about the MRI that the drug Adevan will relax me enough (or better yet to zonk me out) to overcome my feeling of being buried alive.
MRIs sound worse than they are. bring an eye pillow (preferably lavender scented) to wear the whole time. put it on and let it sit, comfortably, long before they roll you in. you'll have no idea about the space. and the space isn't as tiny as it seems anyway. I did a lot of slow careful yoga breathing at the beginning with my first, because I was scared. after about 15 minutes, I was just bored. I composed songs in my head to the beat of the weird clanging. if you focus on the breathing, you can almost fall asleep...
many prayers your way.
-------------------- Evil Dragon Lady, Breaker of Men's Constitutions
"It's hard to be religious when certain people are never incinerated by bolts of lightning.” -Calvin
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Holding us all in the living, loving Light.
Another one here who didn't find an MRI nearly as scary as I feared.
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Amazing Grace
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Malik, Ativan is great stuff. Sending prayers your way.
I could use some Ativan myself (looking for my other anxiety medicine). Besides the other stuff that is going on at church (my dying friend and more), I have two anxiety-producing meetings this week - a city board reviewing our redevelopment application, with the other side poised to fight dirty, and the annual meeting.
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malik3000
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{{{Malin and family}}}
Thanks for the prayers in re the MRI, and thanks for the comments which make me feel better. Now i need to find a welder to remove the gold earring in my ear that i've not removed in 5 years, and now it's stuck shut. (This is all developing into a rather interesting adventure in a way) [ 25. January 2012, 04:12: Message edited by: malik3000 ]
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Janine
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The family of Navajo Code Talker Jimmy Begay respectfully requests for your thoughts and prayers. Mr. Begay has sustained head trauma from a fall and is at:
St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center 350 West Thomas Rd Phoenix, AZ 85013
Doctors say the next few days are critical to his recovery.
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Sioni Sais
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Malik3000. MRI's aren't fun but, like comet says, they are mostly very boring. I didn't find mine much worse than the London underground (fewer smelly people in an MRI though) or an airliner (ditto).
for all praying, posting or not. [ 25. January 2012, 09:50: Message edited by: Sioni Sais ]
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Loquacious beachcomber
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Malik, perhaps you can mentally compose the first chapter of a really dynamite book during your MRI. Or write a sermon - just don't practice the hand gestures for use during its delivery. Or remember all of the inticing women in your life who made you wonder if just maybe... One thing, though, if you are taking medicine to relax you, and you have stairs to climb when you get home, ask whomever is driving you to help you up or down the stairs; you may possibly be wobbly, or even very,very talkative, for a brief time afterwards. Prayers are with you, in any event.
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Fineline
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for all.
Malik, I had to have an MRI scan a few years ago, and I also am claustrophobic. So I was very scared and burst into tears before I went in. But once I went in, it really wasn't as bad as I imagined. The worst thing is the noise - it's very loud. You can bring along a CD of your favourite music to listen to, to distract you from the noise, but you still hear the noise. But it really wasn't as scary as I imagined - it was really only scary before I went in, because I imagined it would be much worse than it was. Actually, I later volunteered to be a participant in a research study which involved going into an MRI scanner for about an hour, doing various cognitive tests, which I would never have dared do if I hadn't already had an MRI test and known it wasn't so bad. I will be praying for you and I hope it will also be not scary for you.
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harmony hope
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For us all as God's children.
Malik - I was dreading my MRI but didn't find it anywhere near as bad as I'd thought...
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malik3000
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Birds of the air for all Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the helpful comments, and they really are helpful. I am blessed in have people i can see face to face supporting me, but knowing that all of you are thinking and praying for me as well just makes it even better.
Also, my co-worker was able to get my earing off! (Hasn't been off in over 5 years) [ 25. January 2012, 23:27: Message edited by: malik3000 ]
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Nenuphar
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Malik, I've had 2 MRIs, and as others have said, it's noisy. But at least you are prepared for that. I shut my eyes (can't see the size of the tube then) and concentrated on prayer. The second time, I was mostly in when I suddenly remembered I still had my (metal) upper dental plate in situ. Magnets! Would it fly out - and where to? How? I frantically pressed the alarm button they give you to hold, (and straightway started to come out) only to be told a bit techily, "there's no need to press it more than once!" As it turned out, the plate didn't matter and no, it didn't budge. So think of me and try to smile! Many prayers rising for your peace of mind and a good outcome, too. God bless.
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Holding us all in the living, loving Light.
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Sir Kevin
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quote: Originally posted by Jahlove: All of us
feeling somewhat stressy atm - work-related mainly, I think - ran a red light without noticing this morning which is just so unlike me (luckily no-one coming the other way & cops all busy making the St Austell Bust of the Century at the other end of town (teenage shoplifter in the Co-op)). See, yam, even careful, experienced drivers lose it sometimes!
I ran a red light a couple of days ago downtown because it was only at a pedestrian crossing in the middle of the block after working hours instead of an actual street and there were no people waiting to cross. I also got no ticket.
Praying for all who post on this board. Life is reasonably good for us, though we have not heard from nor seen our daughter since Christmas day...
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malik3000
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for all and for all who can't express their needs
for 2 of my co-workers whose lives are being steadily harassed by our branch manager and 2 ass't managers although they are both longtime good employees. I'm being harassed to a lesser extent (which doesn't help the calming spirit i need for healing but i'm at a slightly higher level, i've seen it all before and consider the source and it fazes me less, plus i'm ready to move on anyway and not because of my medical situation) Also prayers for those doing the harassment that God will touch their hearts and consciences.
PS - re MRI, just curious, how noisy is it and what kind of noise? [ 26. January 2012, 11:17: Message edited by: malik3000 ]
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Niteowl
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I brought a set of ear plugs to my last MRI and it helped considerably. I'd highly recommend taking a pair with you.
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Robert Armin
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Feeling battered at the moment. Family problems, nasty stuff from an old job, uncertainty with present job, not enough money - same old, same old. Tired, and want everything to stop.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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So many trials that God tests us with! May he give us all the fortitude to do his will.
My friend R. is doing a little better. His partner, who had been away on business for a very long time, has finally been able to come home for a short break, and so R. was able to get out once again to stock up on groceries.
His court date is coming up soon. He was advised by attorneys to write to the judge stating his case for why he believes his driver's license was erroneously revoked. He got the letter off yesterday. Please pray that the judge will agree that his license should be restored.
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Grammatica
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Praying for all.
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Dormouse
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I posted this on the Thanks & Praise thread, but wanted to share it here too. I am happy to be able to post an update from my friend Richard, who was arrested in Zambia, charged with stealing his own property:
today I received my discharge from the High Court as the Drug Enforcement Agency withdrew the case. Hardly a surprise as they admitted to me several times they had no evidence. That also triggered the release of my vehicles, computers etc. He added So just over 9 months of this nightmare have come to an end. Police cells, prison, court appearances, threats of deportation, death threats, loss of personal possessions, three robberies etc etc. but what I'll remember is the extraordinary friendship and kindness I've received from ordinary Zambians. i'll never forget what my Zambian friends did for me. I would often get stopped in Mchini compound, or in town, by people I didn't know, and they would tell me how they were praying for me. Fantastic (although I began to wonder if the prayers were the CAUSE of the problems, being an atheist!)
However, he did have this to add But I will never forgive the people who did this to me, because it was driven by personal greed, by people who were already earning good salaries. The fact that they are all members of a small charismatic church run by a lying despot, merely aggravates the issue
So maybe I can ask for additional prayers that his view of Christianity which has been somewhat blackened by this experience might be softened...
But in general, thank God that (finally) this whole terrible unjust mess has been resolved. [ 26. January 2012, 14:02: Message edited by: Dormouse ]
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saysay
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Please pray for me, and my (currently seeming impossible/unbearable) situation, and for those whose lies and abuse of power are tormenting me.
-------------------- "It's been a long day without you, my friend I'll tell you all about it when I see you again" "'Oh sweet baby purple Jesus' - that's a direct quote from a 9 year old - shoutout to purple Jesus."
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comet
Snowball in Hell
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please include me in your prayers. I'm under a lot of stress (snuck up on me) and feel my old anxiety threatening. I'm trying to maintain, but prayers would help.
quote: Originally posted by malik3000: PS - re MRI, just curious, how noisy is it and what kind of noise?
my sister once described an MRI as being rolled into a culvert while people beat on it with sticks. it's a good description. there's a lot of banging. the noise isn't unbearable, just annoying.
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Jahlove
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praying through for all of us.
For Isaac and Monty, two loving little souls, that they may find a good home (elderly neighbour's cats who have been taken away by the Cats' Protection League today as, even with my help, she feels unable to cope with them )
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welsh dragon
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Bra underwiring (something else you might need to bear in mind to remove before the MRI) and hairclips, also watches. Hope it all goes well.
for all
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Much prayer for all
Malik, having had quite a few MRIs, the noise is very variable. They normally start with a few hugely noisy thuds in sequence, then faster hammering noises a few time in sequence, then it moves round a bit and does the same two things again somewhere else...and so on...and then builds up to one huge long noisy bit...and a couple of other finishing off sequences, so the noise comes from different bits of the magnets as they move round inside the machinery and in different patterns. Takes about 20 mins to do a decent one for me. I've had some where I lay on my back, and the ones for breast cancer you lay on your front, so it depends which bit they want a look at and from what angle. Apparently some centres have new improved spacious MRI machines so there just might be one of those somewhere near you if you really don't get on with it. Prayers aplenty...
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daisymay
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reading and praying
Dear God, you know all the needs.
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Jigsaw
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Another MRI veteran here praying for Malik. I found it helpful to think of it as "banging" rather than noise - seemed less overwhelming somehow. And for all who are finding things hard at the moment, and for those who are praying on their behalf.
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for all
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Nicolemr
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Prayers for all.
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Meg the Red
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Praying through
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Welease Woderwick
Sister Incubus Nightmare
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Holding us all in the living, loving Light.
When HWMBO had a scan [possibly a CAT] he had a completely silent machine - I think I'd find that unnerving!
-------------------- I give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way. Fancy a break in South India? Accessible Homestay Guesthouse in Central Kerala, contact me for details What part of Matt. 7:1 don't you understand?
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Amazing Grace
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I should find the Thanks and Praise thread soon. The result of the meeting was good, despite the best efforts of the other side to pull out the emotional stops.
Still requesting prayer for Polly.
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Earwig
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Please pray for a difficult situation at a place I love.
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Churchy LaFemme
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Again for me please. This would be a wonderful opportunity for spiritual growth if I could only get off the couch and out of my pajamas.
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Mamacita
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Please pray for my parish. There is a stressful situation about to break loose, just in time for our Annual Meeting this weekend. I'm worried that things may be very tense and possibly hurtful.
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Yam-pk
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Friend 'F' who suffered a stroke, is back at home now and expected to make a full recovery. Thanks for your prayers.
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Lamb Chopped
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A certain pattern of bullying has started to reassert itself at work (if that's vague enough to be posted here!), and a coworker and I are slated to get our heads ripped off on Monday. I'm not particularly upset (considering the source) but my coworker is. He is a very nervous sort of guy and the bully seems to me to be deliberately torturing him. Would you pray for my coworker? Can't even give an initial...
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