I haven’t been closely complying with doctor’s orders for rest nearly enough, it appears, because now I’m more sick than ever. 😦 In fact, I’m quite ill, indeed.
I must be on guard against pneumonia, the doctor warned me. While I don’t think that is at hand, I am having asthma attacks on top of my bronchitis, as well as exhaustion, head pain and congestion, nausea and other debilitating symptoms.
Which are enforcing rest!
For now, I am asking for extensions on both my research paper and the Christmas gift of the portrait of my niece. Very humbling requests, to be sure.
The situation reminds me that although we ‘propose,’ we are not the ones who ‘dispose.’
Please do send me your prayers, good wishes and/or vibes for a steady upward swing towards full good health. Thank you very kindly! Now it’s back to bed…. 🙂
we are praying for your speedy recovery back to rosy health. Me & Amol
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I thank you both, Juhi and Amol! 🙂
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Prayers sent. Just be open to receiving… All the best!
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Thank you! I will open myself for them! 🙂
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You’re in our thoughts and prayers. Hugs!
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Thank you so much, Phoebe! 🙂
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Sleep well and don’t think about anything.
Most importantly, don’t respond to this comment until you are well!
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Oh no. I hope you’re better real soon. Sleep and rest is the best medicine.
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Thank you! I’ve been sleeping just about around the clock and feel a bit better this morning. 🙂
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I’m sorry that your chest is giving you so much bother. I hope that you will obey the doctor and get well soon.
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Thank you, April. In the last 24 hours I think I have slept about 20 of them. I’m feeling a bit better now and later this morning am off to the cardiologist to have tests done on my heart as a followup to the heart failure I had back in October. Or was it November? LOL, who knows? 🙂
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That’s the trouble with being sick, you’re always having to leave the house to go the doctor or the hospital.
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Hope you get well soon, sincere wishes that you do
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Thank you kindly! 🙂
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Timi, I’m so sorry to hear this. Just concentrate on healing, yes to doctor’s orders. Get well soon!
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Thank you, Alan. I just got word that there is something a bit amiss on my chest X-ray, so I must go in for a CT scan. But I’m sure it will be fine… 🙂
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I’m reading this several days after you wrote it – as is often the case with me – so I can only hope your health has improved since then. Pneumonia is definitely something to steer clear of. Sending you much love and belated hopes for your recovery. Doctor’s orders must be followed from now on!
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Thank you so much, Millie! I’m still quite sick, but the great thing about this is that it has given me the leisure to read more of your book. Yay! 🙂
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I can only be happy about that, Timi, but the most important thing is that you get well, and not only in order to enjoy Christmas. Think about all the things you need to do next year … including going to Iceland. It’s a wonderful place and the peolpe are lovely. You might get to see an elf or two – or even a troll! 😀
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I will certainly be on the lookout for any of the hidden people, Millie! The town where I’ll be staying two nights at an AirBnB, Hafnarfjordur, is called the Town of the Elves or the Town of the Hidden People. Isn’t that enticing? 🙂
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As you know, I did a post about the hidden folk (huldufólk). I believe it was how we ‘met’ on WordPress. It’s an interesting and amusing topic, the latter generally pertaining to non-Icelanders. It’s serious business in Iceland, though, and I’d be the last person to ridicule the culture and beliefs of any country. I just found it all fascinating. The town you’ll be staying at should give you lots of material for exciting blog posts once you get back I’m really looking forward to them!
There were a lot of American visitors when we were there – as well as people from many places in the world, including Japan, China and Australia. Iceland is rapidly becoming the ‘in’ place for holidays.
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I for one am quite serious about the Hidden People. I hope to encounter one or more of them during my stay. I hold a firm belief in the Faerie World as it manifests in different cultures and have had actual experience of faeries. So I certainly will not make light of Icelandic beliefs and folkways.
Yes, you are right: Iceland is quite fashionable as a travel destination now. When my best friend Josie lived and worked there on a farm in the 70’s while she was compiling data for her dissertation, which involved the sagas, there was no tourist industry there at all to speak of. How things have changed!
And yes, your post about and image of the hidden people provided the nexus for our meeting! It came up when I did a search on WordPress Reader for ‘Iceland.’ I’m so glad that we met–I look forward to learning more about you and of course about your writing! 🙂
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