Not one normally to "ask for prayer" about illness, and especially not about my cancer. I am perfectly at peace with the idea of heading out of this world. Matter of fact, were it not for leaving my wife and those dependent on me (and some other family NOT dependent on me), I would actually relish the thought.
However, it has become very very clear that all is not well down in the lower regions of my abdomen. I am scheduled for a scope tomorrow. Carole is very fearful that she might break down in tears or something and has asked my oldest daughter (a nurse with a solid faith in Christ) to help drive me over (someone has to drive, as the anesthesia prohibits me from driving back).
This could be anything from "hey, idiot. Do not expect to eat only foods that will make you crap like a river, and not expect hemorrhoids down there that bleed like a river" to "you need to be sure your will is in order."
Like I said, I have zero concerns about dying (no one wants pain, but there are solutions to that, legal and otherwise). I am a bit concerned about 1) my family's emotional state and 2) my inherent hapless and hopeless inability to prioritize, plan, and execute the miasma of details that would arise if I think my time has been dramatically shortened.
If you pray, I would not mind it at all.
Probably the only time I will ask for that kind of prayer, anyway.
However, it has become very very clear that all is not well down in the lower regions of my abdomen. I am scheduled for a scope tomorrow. Carole is very fearful that she might break down in tears or something and has asked my oldest daughter (a nurse with a solid faith in Christ) to help drive me over (someone has to drive, as the anesthesia prohibits me from driving back).
This could be anything from "hey, idiot. Do not expect to eat only foods that will make you crap like a river, and not expect hemorrhoids down there that bleed like a river" to "you need to be sure your will is in order."
Like I said, I have zero concerns about dying (no one wants pain, but there are solutions to that, legal and otherwise). I am a bit concerned about 1) my family's emotional state and 2) my inherent hapless and hopeless inability to prioritize, plan, and execute the miasma of details that would arise if I think my time has been dramatically shortened.
If you pray, I would not mind it at all.
Probably the only time I will ask for that kind of prayer, anyway.
