Um...Hi

Once again life has gotten in the way of blogging.  It’s sad.  I miss the old blogging days when I was so involved in the community and I felt like I had a whole world of people as friends.  I realize there are a few of you still here...and frankly I wonder why...HA!  But I do appreciate it when someone reads my blog. I really do.

As for me and my life...where do I even begin?

The health has been ok.  Now that I’m over 50, I have to do all the “old lady” tests.  You know the ones, colonoscopy, bone density, that sort of thing.  When the doctor told me I needed to get those, I asked him when I would be getting my walker and my life time prescription of Ben-gay.  I’m stocking up on my shawls and reading glasses and I’ve reserved my place at the retirement village.

I’ve opted not to do the colonoscopy.  I’m doing the test that you can do at home.  Without getting graphic...how you would like to be the one to open all the packages with peoples poop in them?  I’m not sure that is the job for me.

On Friday, I have to have another bone scan.  It’s a pain because you have to go have some dye injected and come back in two hours so we can scan you.  I swear, I should have some sort of super powers with all the dye and crap they inject me with.

We had this guy come to our church to speak about health.  He started off nicely, telling us how we shouldn’t be eating meat and should have a plant based diet.  (GAH!) I get it, it’s healthy and Cheetos are not.  BUT, guess what, even the people eating that way are going to die.  They may live longer but if they are eating like that, they probably aren’t having much fun! HA!  Listen, I don’t want to offend, so if you eat that way, and you enjoy it....good!  I’m happy for you!  Anyway...like I said, it started off nicely, but THEN...he started talking about how bad xrays were and how when you get cancer they immediately start recommending radiation.  And he even went so far as to tell us that getting dental X-rays were bad and we shouldn’t get those either.

Well listen, I’m all for health and junk...haha...but when you start talking to me about how bad the scans are that I have to have ALL THE TIME...well I get a little agitated.  As I was getting more and more agitated, Bossman suggested I leave.  I did.  Apparently after I left, things get better...He started telling everyone that our illnesses is because of our sin.  Not because OF sin...no, no, because of OUR sin.  Meaning, my personal sin gave me CANCER!!!!

Insert me rolling my eyes!!!!  Now listen, I’m not getting religious on you.  I’m not even going to tell you what religion I am because that isn’t really the point.  The point is....How DARE YOU Sir!!!!

Seriously, I know the dangers of xrays and radiation and all that stuff.  If you aren’t living under a rock then you know this information.  When I go to church, I would like to be uplifted.  I would not like to be lectured about how the tests I’m doing, to prolong my life, are actually going to kill me.  Good grief!

So, I went home and wrote a stern letter to the people that invited this man to our church.  I told them I wasn’t happy with the things he said.  I am sure others were not amused either.  What he was saying was NOT helpful at all!  We have a lot of people going through cancer and medical things and DENTAL work and we don’t need to worry about how our treatments are killing us.

Everyone agreed and they won’t be asking him to speak again!  Hooray me!

I don’t know why I just told that story.  That wasn’t what I came to write about.  I guess that just needed to be said.  I guess this means I will probably be coming back soon to write down some more stuff that is leaking out of my brain.

Until then...
grace