Tag: surgery

• Surgery Day

  Five months ago I had to get up really early to tear off more of my skin for a second time. The Hibiclens soap I was given a week and a half earlier was to be used two times; half the bottle at a time. I think that was the worst part of the process…

  Garnetjewel

  August 15, 2025

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  anesthesia, doctors, Family, health, life, nausea, nurses, patches, pre-op, prophylactic, surgery, surgery day, waiting, writing

• 5 Months… Later

  Wow! So a lot has happened since the day before my surgery just five long months ago. I thought I would be posting in the interim but things were much more different and difficult for this 3rd surgery dealing with my long ulna bone in my left arm. This was not quite expected, because believe…

  Garnetjewel

  August 13, 2025

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  achy, cancer, difficult, fracture, health, life, memories, months, pain, stories, surgery, weather, writing

• Wednesday

  March 13, 2025 Wow this week has gone by fast. Thankfully the hospital didn’t make me wait all day. I got my arrival time before 9:30 this morning. It helped my day because of that fact. Fortunately for me and Dad my surgery is early this time. I will have to be up at least…

  Garnetjewel

  March 12, 2025

  Spontaneity At It’s Best

  arrival time, blessings, cooking, dinner, food, hospital, ideas, imaginative, Italian Beef, Mediterranean Pizza, nervous, pharmacy, pizza, recipe, recipes, surgery, Taco Pizza

• Tuesday

  March 11, 2025 Clarity through a sleepless night. Today I finished the book I was reading. In all of my life I have never read a more concise explanation as to why King David married as many times as he did. King David is such a charismatic figure of the Old Testament. I knew there…

  Garnetjewel

  March 11, 2025

  Bible Reflections, Extraordinary People With Common Sense

  Abigail, affection, Ahinoam, Bathsheba, bible, David, distress, faith, fugitive, God, honorable, jesus, King David, King Saul, lacking, Lord, love, old testament, omniscient, respectability, surgery, surgery time, Tuesday, worship

• Monday

  March 10, 2025 Yes it has been a little while since I have posted. Several things have been going on. Honestly, I have felt a little lost for a bit already this year. It took three phone calls in order to get on the schedule. However, I have heard that the timing is everything. Lately…

  Garnetjewel

  March 10, 2025

  Bible Reflections, Family, God’s Timing

  Ahinoam, Bathsheba, bible, birthday, books, cutting pop, driving, fabric, fabric stock, Family, fit, God, health, healthy, Monday, phone calls, pillows, praying, Pre-op appointment, prepared, questions, schedule, stitches, surgery, surgery schedule, surprises, thoughts, writing

• The Difference of One Week

  Last week I resigned myself to living in limbo. This does not mean I sat idly by and did absolutely nothing just that I simply waited on God’s timing. Mom will always remind me of a favorite saying that is also a favorite family song, In His Time. I would sing this with Dad and…

  Garnetjewel

  February 4, 2025

  Family, God’s Timing

  comfortable, connections, contacts, difference, Friday, glasses, goodbye, health, hurdle, hurts, In His Time, information, march, memories, messages, new glasses, one week, pain, phone calls, photography, reminders, surgery, surgery date, timing, transported, vision, worry

• The Complications of Life

  For four years I have waited for this week, four long excruciating years. During the past 48 hours law and order has come back to our streets thankfully due to President Trump’s Executive Orders. Tom Homan, is a Godsend and watching some of the first arrests even from Boston has been so encouraging. Boston is…

  Garnetjewel

  January 24, 2025

  Bible Reflections

  anxious, arrests, bike, border wall, Boston, complicated, conversation, executive orders, God, ICE, illegals, life, limbo, pain, phone call, planning, reinforcements, sanctuary, stressful, surgery, surgery date

• 2025 Versus 2020

  Goodness… I have been without words for much of the past 3 to 4 weeks. Not just the busy atmosphere of the Seasons either. I enjoy writing when I have something I believe I can share with others, but lately everything in my life feels complicated. The Christmas of 2019 was amazing even though we…

  Garnetjewel

  January 14, 2025

  Family, God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  2020, 2025, birthday, busy, Christmas, complicated, compression hose, cross-stitch, foot therapy, health, hymn books, life, Los Angeles, milestones, New Year, president, rectangle, schedule, seasons, social hour, surgery, surgery date, therapy, Versus, words, writing

• Awkward Phases

  The past two weeks have been so crazy busy and yet slowly surreal. Both Christmas and New Years Eve are officially over. This is where I begin my annual introspection as I get ever so close day by day to January 20th. As of today after nearly a three month stint in therapy for my…

  Garnetjewel

  January 3, 2025

  God’s Timing, Spontaneity At It’s Best

  Americans, attitudes, Awkward Phases, callous, cement, conundrum, focus, house, insurance, senate, Speaker, surgery, swelling, Thanking God, therapy, voting

• The Timing of Pain…

  While preparing for the past weekend familiar pains have resurfaced. Back in October I had a shot in my wrist. It took a good while for that shot to finally dissolve. Thankfully. I only wish it had lasted a bit longer. I am grateful I was able to do both Cantata’s and didn’t realize how…

  Garnetjewel

  December 16, 2024

  Spontaneity At It’s Best

  advice, Cantata, childhood, Church Family, contacts, eye doctor, Family, forgetfulness, glasses, goose chase, hallway, hobbies, ledge, life, pain, Parents, procrastinating, relief, special events, Sunday, surgery, surgical procedure, therapy, worship, wrist, writing