My husband, Chris, has had a continuing medical emergency this entire weekend and was in and out of the emergency room when today, he had a severe crisis and was put in the hospital for more detailed tests. He has to have surgery this week, it appears at this point, due to gall bladder problems. On top of this, my ex-husband is having some smaller surgery tomorrow at dawn so I have to take care of him, too.
That is, I haven’t slept hardly at all at night for three nights due to all of this and will be busy almost all of tomorrow, dealing with a surgery and meeting with doctors for the other impending surgery. I hate missing days on my own blog here and this happens only when I have to take care of severely sick people.
Thanks, everyone, for coming here and chatting and I hope to be around tomorrow evening if nothing more happens than what has already happened.
Elaine Supkis
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UPDATE: The surgery was at 11:00 am and done by 1:30 and was a success. My husband slept soundly, for the first time in three weeks, all afternoon and this evening was finally able to hold down water and eat a small slurpie. We hope he can eat some soft food tomorrow. He hasn’t eaten in five days!
I am very relieved. We all have to be aware of this sort of thing happening out of nowhere. It can happen to anyone. Male plumbing problems are the mirror image of female plumbing: we have all the hellish problems from puberty to menopause while men get to have mostly fun with their plumbing. But then, when men enter ‘manopause’ (the male version, I am making a joke here) this is when the plumbing’s many twists and turns in the male cause all sorts of problems especially if there is any blockages in the complex tubing.
I am finally going to bed and will crash out for a few dozen hours. I haven’t had a proper sleep in a week! Good night, everyone, and sweet dreams!
Elaine
Peace and good health to you and yours, Elaine. Thank you for all your writing; your opinions, insights and personal perspective are greatly valued and appreciated. Hope you’re back at it soon!
Wishing you the best
No apology needed, take care
Take care, Elaine.
Your blog can wait.
God bless you Elaine.
Dear Lady,
I will be with you and your family. May all be well with your husband and your former husband.
We await a favorable recovery for both and we understand that the needs of family take top priority.
Peace and Love,
Mr Bill
Force, Elaine!
You are missed.
Wishing the best for you and those you are caring for.
Wishing your husband all the best and hope all goes well.
Take care Elaine. All the best.
Best wishes to you and your family.
My best to you and your family, Elaine.
All the best Elaine. I’ve got get myself an ex-wife like you…
Elaine, I’m “holding you (& your loved ones) in the Light,” as Friends say.
I suppose that writing the blog is a kind of therapy for dealing with the insanity of it all. Hope you’re back to it soon; your dedicated readership is patiently waiting.
PA Friend
Good luck Elaine. You are a fine person.
The Force be with you and yours, Maestra!
Regards and best wishes! That is all the rope that I can throw you, but hope it helps.
Elaine, I hope all goes well for you and your family. Thank you for your insights and thoughts. Much love to you and yours. Peace.
I wish you and your family members well. I had my gall bladder removed a year ago, and it has not been very problematic (I have to be careful to avoid too fatty a meal, but avoiding excess fat is good for a number of reasons).
Sorry to hear that. Wish you well.
I look forward to your return to the blog. World changing events are coming rapid fire now. It’s always nice to have your viewpoint to put them in perspective.
I have a friend who was sick for months – losing weight fast, chronic fatigue, etc. Finally it was diagnosed as a diseased gall bladder. He’s in great shape now.
Really enjoy your blog; as part of the “ignorant masses” I’m coming out of my oblivion fog as a result of reading your insights. Hope all turns out well – my mom is having gall bladder surgery, too. Take care!
Best Wishes
Take care Elaine and get some rest soon. You’re one of the good people and
we hope for the best for you and yours.
Keep well, Elaine. I too will hold you and yours ‘in the light’. Your are a star for all the love and care you provide your family.
We hope all will be well with you, Elaine. We miss your articles but your personal problems are more important.
My thoughts are with you and your family. I hope everything is okay. Remember to take care of yourself too and try to get some rest.
Your enlightened readers will gladly await your return when and if you are ready. I share the sympathies of the many who have already posted. Best regards and well wishes.
Nice to see such a great turn out here from the choir.
May the Supreme Blogger, our most Digital Dexterous Divinity, grant you the strength and fortitude for a speedy return from your earthly duties. Our hymnbooks will remain open and we shall refrain from bickering amongst ourselves, or at least try to.
I hope your husband recovers. I know how much he means to you. My family will make offerings for your family’s health.
Do what you need to do and don’t worry about us. We can find something else to do for awile.
I have been a faithful reader of this blog for almost three years now, and i enjoy reading it very much.
I wish you all the best Elaine!
Much love, Elaine. Best wishes and thoughts for you and yours. xo
Remember colloidal silver?
Vaccines compromise the immune system?
What are friends for?
Good luck!
Take care Elaine.
Thinking of you and your loved ones.
Hugs from Sweden
XO
Dear Elaine,
Take care of yourself and I hope your Chris will soon recover.
We understand and will wait patiently for more of your thoughts when you feel up to it.
You are a good and caring human being that we respect and cherish.
Family first, all else is secondary. Dont forget, also the truism that the caretaker must not forget to take care of herself also, in order to be able to take care of others……
I hope everything turns out well.
Please Father in Heaven, ease the pain , suffering and anxiety suffered by elaine and her loved ones and heal them. thank you Father, Amen.
Your work is being noticed dear Elaine. The Guardian wrote this on August 14th discussing the economic mess. The paragraph I am quoting is an almost verbatim quote of what Elaine has been saying for years, someone (lots of someones I am sure) has been reading you… (unfortunately there is still a bit of obligatory fawning for the establishment but what do you expect from the MSM.)
“To understand the mess we are in, it’s important to know how we got here. Today marks the 40th anniversary of Richard Nixon’s announcement that America was suspending the convertibility of the dollar into gold at $35 an ounce. Speculative attacks on the dollar had begun in the late 1960s as concerns mounted over America’s rising trade deficit and the cost of the Vietnam war. Other countries were increasingly reluctant to take dollars in payment and demanded gold instead. Nixon called time on the Bretton Woods system of fixed but adjustable exchange rates, under which countries could use capital controls in order to stimulate their economies without fear of a run on their currency. It was also an era in which protectionist measures were used quite liberally: Nixon announced on 15 August 1971 that he was imposing a 10% tax on all imports into the US.”
http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/aug/14/larry-elliott-global-financial-system
Glad to hear your husband’s surgery was successful and that you both can find restful relief. Our best wishes for your ex’s speedy recovery as well. Thanks from all for all you do. In the meantime, it’s getting more and more crazy out there … your insights are greatly missed!
Happy to hear Chris is recovering well. Hope his condition continues to improve.
Good news! I’m so relieved that he’s better and that you’re finally able to relax a little and get some much needed sleep.
With love.
The unquestioned devotion you give to your loved ones reflects your strength and bravery.
Best wishes. Hope all goes well for you and your husband
Ugh, gaul bladder problems are very unpleasant- they are extremely painful and can be life threatening. I am glad your husband’s surgery worked out. All the best to you and your family.
Brave woman! All the best for you and your family. Blogging can wait
Last night is the very first night in two weeks that I slept soundly for many hours. I felt really good today and thus, could spend six hours at the hospital with a lot of energy. Chris ate his first solid food today and this was a really good thing.
Funny thing here, when he got very sick, I looked at his tongue and knew that he was having bad digestion problems, It literally was turning green and yellow.
Today, I examined it and it was all pink again! A very good sign. This ancient way of telling how sick a person is really works.
The surgeon made 5 cuts to see what was going on inside so Chris looks as if he got in a really bad sword fight so we joked about this (we met while sword fighting!).
Another interesting thing: they allow small dogs to visit their families in the ward! I won’t bring in Akamaru who is very excitable and would jump onto Chris’s lap (a no-no, big time right now!) but his roommate (I almost wrote ‘cell mate’) has a cute little lap dog, a longhaired Chicquaqua (spelling?) that loves to be petted and is very sweet tempered.
thanks for the update elaine. God keep you and your loved ones .
Elaine: my thoughts and prayers are with you and your husband, hoping for a speedy recovery. Best wishes.