Kuya Marvin Prudencio

This has been a long and difficult week. My hypothyroidism is probably at its worst point right now. I feel very sluggish, tire easily, have difficulty concentrating and a myriad of other problems. The encouragement that I find, however, is that I am being treated and all these things will pass in due time. I went to see my doctor on Thursday. She doubled my thyroid medicine from 50 mcg to 100 mcg for the next nine days and then I will start taking 150 mcg. I know that it takes a week or two for the medicine to build up to give me the full effect so it will be a few more weeks before I am benefiting from this increase. I may be at this level for about 3 months and then check again to see if I need any more adjustments.

What has made this week difficult is that our dear friend and co-worker, Marvin Prudencio, went to be with the Lord on Sunday evening. Jeff and I spent several hours at the hospital that night. We did not see Marvin because he had already died and the hospital was waiting for family members to arrive before they would do anything. We are much grieved but so happy for Marvin because his battle with asthma and cancer is over. He was going to turn 70 in September. You can read more about him at the link above.

Back in April when I was about to have my radiation for thyroid, Marvin was just beginning to learn about a problem with his lungs. He wrote to ask us to pray for him and he promised to be praying for me. He told me several times after that that he was praying. I last saw Marvin at an ACTION picnic on August 18. He seemed frail but he said he felt good and was optimistic that he was recivering from his cancer.

Conference 2004

So much on my heart

I have often wished I had a place to write a journal but make it available for others to read. So here is the place where I can do that. There have been so many things going on in my life in the past couple years I'm sure this will turn out to be a combination of my thoughts for today as well as reminising what has transpired. My life is an open book and I want to live transparent before God and others. So here I am.