Comments on: Are you thankful you can pee?

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:49:21 +0000

In reply to Savannah.

Okay – I’ll look that up, Savannah….thank you! I’m glad you can wee/pee too! 🙂

By: Savannah

Savannah — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 15:47:59 +0000

Go and youtube “Honest Cho”. It’s a video blog (vlog) of a Korean American girl named Hannah Cho… and that video titled “Honest Cho” is immediately what I thought about when you wrote that you peed in a sink. It makes me laugh.
And yes, now I am thankful to be able to “wee”. =)

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 21:09:43 +0000

In reply to Jessica.

Jessica, I don’t know what I ever did to deserve someone so encouraging in my life. While you’re tromping, you’re blessing. Thank you so much! And the mouse toupee story….I think that should be a blog post, don’t you?

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 20:18:01 +0000

This post (and it’s subsequent comments) has to be my all time favorite so far. LOVE. IT. I’m working on my own gratitude list right now as I tromp through life and the moment of joy and laughter that you have just provided me in a time when I feel completely lacking of both is a treasure in my day and will definitely be added to my gratitude journal!!

See, I’m not kidding when I say that you bless me every time you speak. Even about peeing. Seriously.

And a mouse toupee out of hairs not from a mouse? Now THAT is a story I would love to hear.

Thanks for being a ray of sunshine in my day. You are the best.

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:28:15 +0000

In reply to Kay.

Kay, I feel the same way about your post — the things we’re discussing here could be laughable if they weren’t so painful and real to those who endured them! If people don’t like to read about pooping and peeing there are other blogs in the world. 🙂 Your Alan sounds truly remarkable, Kay. Tell him that how he cares for you blesses me, even though we’ve never met. Thank you for sharing part of your story, and may God bless you both this week….

By: Kay

Kay — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 11:16:48 +0000

This post made me laugh and almost cry. You have a wonderful husband, Julie. And I too, am truly blessed with a kind, patient, caring, loving, Godly husband. I had to have a major operation in March 2010 and Alan was amazing. I knew he would be though, because he had been a marvellous carer to his first wife who died of MS. When I met Alan four years ago, I was relatively fit and healthy. But I soon found walking very painful and it was diagnosed that I had coxa profunda – basically mishapen hip joints from birth that deteriorate over time. So the only way forward was to have an operation which meant that I needed a full-time carer. Alan was fantastic! Your story hit home to me because I remembered that I suffered a not serious but uncomfortable side effect of the anaesthetic, very bad constipation. (Hey, we’re getting to share confidences here!). Alan held my hand and prayed while I struggled to ‘perform’. I felt no embarrassment (too much pain) and was soooo grateful for his presence.
Oh, I must add that my lovely husband has his own problems. He’s an insulin dependent diabetic and has moderate haemophilia which often causes spontaneous, internal, painful bleeding. But he is a TREASURE!
XX

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:16:13 +0000

In reply to Ganeida. :D. You and I suffer from the same kind of speechlessness, Ganeida. I totally get that. :) God bless you....

By: Ganeida

Ganeida — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:11:32 +0000

I literally don’t know what to say. Between laughter & horror & sympathy & the visual picture of you & Micheal, either side of a closed door, fervently praising God I am literally speechless! :O [After I’ve yabbered for a good 5 minutes that is;P]

By: Just Julie

Just Julie — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:15:01 +0000

In reply to Shari C..

Seven surgeries Shari? I don’t know what to say – how trying. I’m so thankful that things are working well now, and for the opportunities God gives us to turn to Him, and the joy that comes from the relief He brings. 🙂 LY

By: Shari C.

Shari C. — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 06:35:57 +0000

I hear ya, Julie! Although I’ve never had the surgery you’ve had, I have had at least 7 (I quit counting somewhere in there) gynecological surgeries. After one of them they would not let me go home from the hospital until I had peed for them in their measuring beaker. Well my bladder froze and I had to stay at the hospital longer than I wanted to… so I prayed a lot and finally the pee came… 🙂 Ever since then I am so thankful that everything is working properly. I realize everyday how much of my body I take for granted and I thank God for health and good days of feeling healthy.