Tag Archive for "Author" - Surviving Medical Mayhem

When God Says “Wait”

Loretta Schoen 28th June 2024 2 comments

My husband Thad was experiencing some shortness of breath and the cardiologist had him undergo a stress test which he failed. Then they scheduled him for a cardiac catheterization. The catheterization showed that while the

God Trumps our Health Care

Loretta Schoen 16th February 2024

Remember the good old days when you call the doctor’s office and get a live person who answered your call without going through the Artificial Intelligence Robo sequence? You could explain the reason for the

Family History Can Forecast the Future

Loretta Schoen 04th August 2023

“At the Lord’s command Moses recorded the stages in their journey. This is their journey by stages”. Numbers 33:2 Family history can tell a lot about us. Not only can it explain our neuroses, it

The Domino Effect

Loretta Schoen 27th January 2023 01 comment

I felt awful. No energy, short of breath but the worse was intermittently feeling faint – almost like someone was playing with a light switch. On-off, on-off: feeling fine then seconds of not feeling fine,

God’s Chameleons

Loretta Schoen 21st January 2023 01 comment

If you, like me, are over a half century old, then you probably are sporting some aches and pains. Maybe it’s an old sport injury, or work related problem, an inherited disease state or from

Am I defined or Refined by My Past

Loretta Schoen 18th February 2022

“Maybe deep down inside we were all still in our formative years. Maybe it was never too late for any of us to change” – from “Must Love Dogs: New Leash on Life. (Book 2)

Running the Race of Life

Loretta Schoen 07th January 2022 2 comments

I think my dog, Liesl is a snob. Apparently she loves riding in Thad’s Lincoln and will literally fling herself to get into her center compartment car seat. But offer a ride in my “old

Glitches in the Age of Smart

Loretta Schoen 05th November 2021 01 comment

We live in the age of Smart. We have Smart Phones, Smart TV’s, Smart Houses. The only thing that apparently isn’t smart enough is me. My smart TV can go between live television and multiple

Martha , Mary & Prayer

Loretta Schoen 17th September 2021

I am a self-confessed Martha when it comes to prayer. You know Martha. She is the lady too busy to stop and listen to Jesus because she’s “just got too much to do, Lord.” Or,

The Rest of the Story

Loretta Schoen 13th August 2021

Thad and I like watching and reading mysteries whether it is science, romance, murder or medical – we spend most of our TV time watching “whodunits”. Recently I have had a personal medical mystery that

Keeping Abreast of My Blessings

Loretta Schoen 16th July 2021 3 comments

July 14, 2021 marks our 47th wedding anniversary. I started off the day with a mammogram and ultrasound. When I made the appointment I didn’t think much about it being our anniversary – just looking

Wind the Cuckoo Clock of Life

Loretta Schoen 23rd October 2020 2 comments

Last night I got wonderful news about a friend of mine. The pathology from her recent surgery showed no spread of cancer and there is hope that the procedure is the cure. Weeks of worry

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