Tag Archive for "medical issues" - Surviving Medical Mayhem

Are You Pressing and Straining into the Unknown? You need Not Go it Alone

Loretta Schoen 09th August 2024

I sit at my desk looking out at what is a tropical storm, now Hurricane Debbie. We are faring well despite feeder bands of gusts, wind and rain with a bit of grumbling in the

Is Fear in Your Future?

Loretta Schoen 23rd February 2024

We all have fears. When we are little there was the fear of falling as we attempted our first steps. The first day of school, our first job, monetary concerns, raising our children, medical issues

The Value of Resilience

Loretta Schoen 22nd December 2023

How often during your struggles with medical mayhem have you wanted to just give up? How often did you say the words “I’m done! I can’t do it anymore!” And when we do manage to

What’s the Plan Post Cath?

Loretta Schoen 22nd April 2022 2 comments

You know when you have to do something but you’re dreading it? You think you know what’s going to happen and where it’s leading. That was me. I knew when the cardiologist said that I

What Do You Do With the Lemons in Your Life?

Loretta Schoen 26th March 2021 4 comments

You know it’s not good news when the nurse tells you the results of your test are in but you will need to see the doctor. I asked that the nurse tell me the results

God, Grant Me Patience to Heal

Loretta Schoen 13th November 2020 2 comments

On September 11of this year, I catapulted over a piece of wood that I used to keep our little Liesl from using the two guest room carpets as a pee-pee pad. I subluxated my left

The Cross in Your Life

Loretta Schoen 17th July 2020

Are you dealing with a cross in your life? Maybe it’s an addiction, a failed marriage, a child who is lost in a sea of decadence and self-indulgence. Or COVID-19 has infected your life or

Have You Lost Your Peace?

Loretta Schoen 05th December 2019

Medical mayhem is something I know personally. It has “moved my cheese”, made me “lose it”, and even at times wished God would just end it (it being me). Are you there? Maybe your grown

Is Accountability for Everyone?

Loretta Schoen 06th July 2017

I was doing due diligence and had scheduled to have a dermatology full body scan as there were a few places that appeared questionable. Sure enough there was a basal cell carcinoma on my chest.

If it’s Not One Thing, It’s Another

Loretta Schoen 31st August 2016

People say that things come in threes. It’s usually connected to bad events that happen in our lives: deaths, broken appliances, home repairs, health issues. I think I am in one of those times.

Wanton Worry

Loretta Schoen 22nd August 2016

While prayers and time with God allayed my fears I must confess that my need to worry and anticipate was in high gear for the week prior to my right hip replacement surgery. (see previous

The Difference

Loretta Schoen 13th July 2016

Have you ever doubted that one person can make a difference in someone’s day? If you have, read on. It had been a tough month: my sister in law died, I had an irregular EKG

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