Thought of the Day: One Holy Catholic Apostlic Church

Compliments of St. Ignatius of Antioch, disciple of John the Apostle, prior to being devoured by lions at Circus Maximus in Rome, circa 100 AD.

"The Church, which has spread everywhere, even to the ends of the earth, received the faith from the apostles and their disciples ... Having one soul and one heart, the Church holds this faith, preaches and teaches it consistently as though by a single voice. For though there are different languages, there is but one tradition. ... Just as God's creature, the sun, is one and the same the world over, so also does the Church's preaching shine everywhere to enlighten all men who want to come to a knowledge of the truth. Now of those who speak with authority in the churches, no preacher however forceful will utter anything different—for no one is above the Master—nor will a less forceful preacher diminish what has been handed down. Since our faith is everywhere the same, no one who can say more augments it, nor can anyone who says less diminish it."

An Update: 19 months and counting....

Latest news on the health front......  status quo.  Ba-Dum-Dum.    Most recent TG tumor marker shows that it went up a little bit (from 4.2 to 4.9), and my TSH also rose from .1 to .2.  Which means that my Levothyroxine is being increased again, to keep my thyroid stimulating hormone fully suppressed, to "starve" the cancer.  But really - nothing new, pretty stable compared to last set of tests four months ago.  Ultrasound still not showing any definitive growth, so whatever is growing in there is still microscopic, which means "untreatable".    So, the plan continues to be watch and wait and test again every few months, until it does something, or nothing, or goes away, or stays around, or or.... I don't know.

So, not BAD news.  But not celebratory news.  Just, you know... the same.  For whatever it's worth.

I'm learning to be fine with "status quo".  I'm feeling just fine for the most part, so - whatever.  It's there, but I don't need to bother with it.  I think I can truly say at this point that I've given it up to God.  There's nothing I or anyone else can do about it, so I will live my life and not worry.  It's now just a chronic condition, and I'm resigning myself to the thought that it may be this way forever, there but not there, in limbo.  Ominous but in the shadows.  But so far harmless.  Waiting.

I can use a trip to Wisconsin every few months. It's all good.

It's all good.