Prayers

• By dollyme (Inactive)
• Reply 3336711
• August 31, 2012 at 1:32 pm
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Bana, thank God for the good news. Happy that it was not as bad as other places who were hit. I pray you are all settled down and may God continue to bless you.
Dolly

• By tjane
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• August 31, 2012 at 5:49 pm
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Glad to hear you made it through the storm. We are supposed to have a few thunderstorms in the next couple days wich will be welcomed. Hasn't rained in a while. Im in Ten.

• By alan41241
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• September 1, 2012 at 7:46 am
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Glad to read that you are safe. We are expecting rain here in Louisville, Kentucky from Isaac this weekend. Stay safe.
Blessings,
Alan

• By Joe-R (Inactive)
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• September 1, 2012 at 11:58 pm
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Hi Bana,

Many prayers from Christians we know as well ourselves
[my family and me] went before God's Throne in behalf of
Him protecting folks from 'Issac'!! Issac is gone! PTL! : }

God Bless,
Joe-R

• By perffix
• Reply 3340982
• September 2, 2012 at 9:12 am
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Hi Bana57, I'm in Pensacola too! Not my first hurricane. We lost almost everything in Ivan in 2005. I don't live near the water anymore. I love Pensacola, though. Just something we have to learn to live with.

I have an ostomy from a perforated colon after a routine colonoscopy in September 2011. I'm doing well now, but found out recently that even though the original (trauma) surgeon performed the ostomy so that it could be easily reversed (he said), it cannot be reversed without a great deal of risk, given the terrible infections I got when he left a sponge in me during my second surgery. He never even mentioned it to me afterwards, and I found out when the Health Dept. notified me that he was under investigation for it.

I found a great colo-rectal surgeon here and feel a lot better now that I can go to him if I have any complications and for a colonscopy in the future. My colostomy was performed in such a way (with a few inches of colon left) that finding the two ends within all the scar tissue left by my huge abdominal wound, would be very difficult and not advisable.

I'm resigned to this, but I wish I had a "regular" stoma and not the double loop I have. Because of belly fat, and the deep creases on each side of the stoma, it's very hard to get a good seal on my bag. I have to use a one-piece bag because it has to be flexible to fit into the creases. Can't keep it on more than 2 days.

Anyway, keep your chin up, and let's pray for the rest of the hurricane season to be very quiet. Ivan hit us on Sept. 16.