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Monday Morning Preview, March 3, 2014
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Hi!
I know you have been expecting this morning’s Christian News From Ray so here is a preview. The usual report will reach you in a couple of hours. I fully intended to send it last night but minutes after sending you the third report on the Ukraine, I was instantly hit with every symptom of a severe flu. I was so dizzy, Georgia had to help me walk. The room was spinning. I soon lost at least a pound by expressing how I felt. I’ve slept 10 hours and am completely restored. Seasick to the max, I am now safely ashore.
UPDATE FROM MY SON TIM
Last week I had my follow-up appointment with my surgeon and yesterday I had my first appointment with my endocrinologist (a new medical relationship I’ll have for the rest of my life!). Here are a few notes from those appointments.
1. Everything looks good from the surgeon’s standpoint. They believe they got 100% of the cancer, and from here on out it’s a matter of doing things that will help reduce the risk of recurrence.
2. Aside from having a sore throat for a few days after the surgery (a result of the breathing tube) I never had any real pain associated with the surgery itself — in fact I never took any narcotics after leaving the hospital. That was amazing to me! As of now the only lingering effect of the surgery is a weak voice — I can talk, but there’s not much volume, and there is zero range in my voice — so my voice tightens and cuts off whenever I raise the pitch of my voice or try to sing. This is common for those having a thyroidectomy, and my surgeon feels confident these symptoms will subside in time.
3. Without a thyroid I need to take a thyroid hormone replacement — one pill a day for the rest of my life. I’m taking Synthroid, which is a commonly prescribed replacement. It takes 6-8 weeks for this to build up in my body, after which time they’ll do testing to see if I’m getting too much or too little, and the endocrinologist will make adjustments as needed over the years to come. So far, so good!
4. The endocrinologist confirmed that I will be having radiation therapy right after Easter. This is very common for the kind of cancer I had — and it’s designed to kill off any bits of the thyroid tissue that was inadvertently left behind in surgery (as they can never get every cell). They will do a full body scan just before administering the radiation (which is just one pill!) to determine the dosage I’ll receive. Then I’ll take the radiated pill and be released to go home. Once home I’ll be “quarantined” for a day or two, limiting my time with others for their protection. Other than possible nausea and sore salivary glands for a couple days, no other side-effects are predicted. I’m thankful that God’s word says I can eat or drink any poisonous thing and it WILL NOT HARM ME!
Thanks for all your love and prayers! I feel I’m on the road to full recovery. God has been good — and I know His love endures
HEADLINES FOR THIS MORNING THANKS TO CNN
It’s the morning after Hollywood’s big night. A blast of arctic air has much of the U.S. shivering as a crisis heats up in Ukraine. A sensational murder trial is under way in South Africa. And a man who won an age discrimination lawsuit might not collect $80,000 after all – because his daughter talked about the settlement on Facebook.
1. THE ACADEMY AWARDS
Look smart at the office: Here’s a recap of the 2014 Academy Awards in 38 words:Beautiful people were beautifully dressed. Jennifer Lawrence fell – again. That crack-smoking mayor from Toronto even showed up. Also, some people in the entertainment industry won some awards. Also some people in the entertainment industry won some awards.Ellen DeGeneres took a selfie that ricocheted around the Twitterverse.
2. CRISIS GRIPS UKRAINE
Russian intervention sparks outrage in the West: Secretary of State John Kerry travels to Ukraine tomorrow. He’s going as Russian troops seem to have “complete operational control” in Crimea, a part of eastern Ukraine where loyalties to Russia run deep. That’s the word from a senior U.S. administration official, who cites U.S. estimates of 6,000 Russian troops in Crimea. Russia moved in after an uprising ousted Ukraine’s president.
3. BABY, IT’S COLD OUTSIDE
In the forecast: (More) snow and ice: Spring might be right around the corner, but don’t let the calendar fool you: It’s cold out there. Snow and ice may make life miserable for up to 90 million people in parts of the Planes, Midwest and the Mid-Atlantic states. The storm has closed schools and offices, made driving dangerous and delayed or grounded flights nationwide.
4. SENSATIONAL MURDER TRIAL UNDER WAY
Did track star murder his model girlfriend? The cameras captured Oscar Pistorius when he raced for glory as a double-amputee Olympian. They chronicled Reeva Steenkamp’s alluring beauty. Now the focus shifts to a courthouse in South Africa. Pistorius is on trial for murder today in the shooting death of Steencamp who was his girlfriend. He shot her to death in his upscale home just before dawn on Valentine’s Day last year. Pistorius says he mistook Steenkamp for a burglar. Police don’t buy it. Now a judge will try to sort it out.
5. WHAT NOT TO SAY ON FACEBOOK
Suck it, school! Wait. Were we supposed to keep that quiet? Patrick Snay had a reason to pop open the champagne after his former employer, the Guillver Preparatory School in Miami, agreed to pay him $80,000 to settle an age discrimination lawsuit. Then his daughter went online: “Gulliver is now officially paying for my vacation to Europe this summer. SUCK IT,” she wrote. Problem One: The settlement had a confidentiality clause. Problem Two: People see and share stuff online. Soon, the school argued in court that it shouldn’t have to fork over the $80K because the 69-year-old Snay had violated a confidentiality agreement. An appeals court ruled in favor of the school last week.
Editor’s Note: A complete Christian news from Ray will be with you as soon as I can put it together. Have a beautiful day
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THOUGHT FOR THE DAY
A spoken word and a thrown stone can’t be recalled.
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