One year ago today I was in surgery. One year ago today, my children and wife paced awaiting news. One year ago today, my life changed.
I am healthy.
The surgery was successful, though recovery included an infection which still tingles from time to time.
I learned about vulnerability. I learned about weakness and allowing others to care for me. I learned that hospital scrambled eggs can be an orgasmic experience after more than a week of liquid diets and IVs.
I am healthy.
The surgery was successful, though recovery included an infection which still tingles from time to time.
I felt the love of my congregation, my community. I felt the love of my wife whose love manifest in our new mantra, “No more TMI.”
I cried out to God during those days! I sobbed in my wife’s arms the day the biopsy came back negative.
When a trip to the living room wore me out, I whined that I might never hike the trails of the Pacific Northwest again.
I felt the love and presence of the divine in those days as my community prayed for me. I felt the love and presence of the divine in the loving skills of medical professionals. I felt so many things, some about which I blogged and others I could barely admit to myself.
I am healthy.
The surgery was successful, though recovery included an infection which still tingles from time to time.
My journey continues. My struggle and joys continue. My gratitude for the web of divinity that connects me to every human being and every spring bud is boundless. I’ve experienced a resurrection firsthand!
One year ago today I was in surgery. I wouldn’t change a thing even if I could, especially that tingle. Amen.
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This is the eleventh of multiple posts about my experiences of surgery and recovery following a colonoscopy and removal of my right colon.
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