Dear Karen,
I am sorry to hear that Joya is so poorly at the moment please pass on my love and good wishes to her. And I hope that she will take the time she needs to rest and recover
love sharon

Dearest Karen, and Joya if you are well enough to come to the Forum, please know we are rooting for you and lighting candles for your recovery.
 
This is the last line of an email I just received and I thought, "this is a message for Joya."
 
"When you take care of yourself first and not let negative emotions, like fear, take over, you truly are taking care of business.

Take care,
Kim Allen"
 
With Love,
Jude
 

Love is the only way

I am afraid,
dear Joya,
that I must echo the hardline of Jude's response on the previous page . . .
only she has been more brave by actually saying it . . .

Please tell Joya that if she doesn't rest up and look after herself....then we all know what I don't want to put into words, but if she doesn't it really will happen, and money and work will mean absolutely nothing. I think it's time to get really tough with her and tell her the truth. After all, things can't get much worse for her healthwise!
Sorry Karen, but she does need a strong hand by the looks of things. 
Bless you for trying. We all have too. I will keep candles lit for dear Joya and pray she really will put herself first.
I can't understand the health workers allowing her home really. She must accept help.
 
Oh dear, here I am being the parent! but it's because I care.

. . . including the last line
"...but it's because I care."
I do too.
You can return to health
and God will help you,
but you must still do the work
and cooperate . . .
please hear this dear Joya,
because without your health,
none of the rest matters.
My prayers too,
are with you . . .
and candles lit
with love . . .
sparrow

everything counts... ♥

Karen and Joya.  with prayers and candles for Joya that you will recover really soon and take as long as you need to get well again.  just be gentle with yourself.  you deserve to.
 
Karen be gentle with you to and know we are both here for you and Joya.  we stand beside you in prayer, and even though we are all over the world miles away, we are still here wqith you too.
 
love from eleanor.

Dear Karen,

Thank you for letting us know about Joya. I, too, care very much for her, and I pray fervently that she will recover and regain strength. She has survived a severe condition, and that´s something to be deeply grateful for. I pray that the love of her children will make her do what is really best at this time: rest, rest, rest...

Please give my warm love to her!

Juliana

"Speak Peace in a World of Conflict" (M.B.Rosenberg)

Continued prayers of healing for Joya. Prayers of thanks for the blessings of friendship.Amen
Namaste
Glenys

Thanks for all the replies and keeping the candles going. Remember if you are just joining this thread that the candle group is JOYA
 
I talked to Joya briefly and she and I will talk again soon. She is driving and stuff so I guess she is feeling a little bit better.
 
I gotta run now. I will try to post another update soon. I heard from her that she read a little on this thread but became sick (she throws up alot) and had to log off. I hope she reads and heeds the good advice you all have posted.
 
Karen

integrity is shown when no one is looking

I hope she reads and heeds the good advice you all have posted.

 
Me too! thank you Karen for keeping us informed. I'll light another candle for her now.
 
with Love,
Jude

Love is the only way

Thank you Karen for keeping us in touch with Joya.
I hope too that she will get well soon...
 
This is direct  link for her candle group :  Joya
The candle is burning for Joya's recovery...
~Buba,Goran's mom~                                                      

Thank you for the update,
dear Karen.
I am happy to hear
that Joya is continuing to improve.
Candles remain lit for her
with love . . .
sparrow

everything counts... ♥

its good to hear your update, and hear that Joya is feeling some better.  my prayers continue as will my candles.  heres praying that she can get back to full health asap.  both of you be gentle with yourselves and know we are with you standing in prayer.
 
wiuth love
 
dancing dolphin

Dear Karen,
 
I am joining everyone else in thanking you for keeping us informed. I am glad that Joya is better but wonder if she isn't doing too much too soon! I, too, hope she'll be reading all the good advice!
 
I am keeping Joya in my prayers  and am lighting candles for her!
 
Love,
Edda

Peace and joy!

Hey there. Joya called me yesterday. She is hanging in there, but did not give me alot of details. she wanted to tell you she has been reading here some and that she REALLY appreciates all the posts and candles showing your concern. It means SO MUCH to her.
 
if I hear more news I will surely post here again. I plan on calling her next week and hopefully we will have more time to talk.
 
Karen

integrity is shown when no one is looking

Keeping Joya in my thoughts and prayers,
 
Love
Jude

Love is the only way

Dear Karen . . .
I pray that Joya continues to improve,
while remembering to take care of herself
as well
with love . . .
sparrow

everything counts... ♥

Dearest All, I have such a great family on here ! I don't know what I would do without you! Each and everyone of you meant the world to me! Thanks so much for your love, thoughts and prayers, concerns and candles. They have meant more then you will ever know.
 
I am sorry that it has taken me awhile to post on here. Even though I have not posted, I have been reading your posts. It has been a real hard battle for us since April when we lost Kelsey. I would have been due to have Kelsey in 2 weeks now or possibly had the baby by now. Please just keep us in your thoughts and prayers. Me being sick has put alot on my family. I honestly at first just thought that I had a virus. it started at the end of August. I waited a couple of weeks thinking that it would go away. (Obviously it didn't) I ended up at one of 4 hospitals. They gave me fluids, antiobiotics and pain meds, told me that I had a bad UTI and it had went into my kidneys. They sent me home and I didn't get any better. I then went to 5 specialists and in so much pain all the time that I could not do anything. My family and I thought that it might be my appendix but  they just kept saying that it was my kidney and they did find 2 cysts on my ovary. So, back to more meds of every kind and fluid and sent me home. I kept going back and forth to my doctor as well and she had me on alot of meds too hoping not to have to put me in the hospital as she was so afraid that I would get other sicknesses with my immune system being so low. When my doc could see that I was just getting worse, she called another hospital and told them to admit me, as you know they didn't and they just did what the other doc had done with meds and sending me home. That is the hopital that sent me home with my potassium so dangerously low. So... by now I have lost 30 pounds and can't move hardly, pick the kids up... nothing just lay in one spot... Finally went to the lst of 4 hopitals... that is when they found out that I had e-coli, pancriaitis, and those 2 cysts on my ovaries had ruptured. I was in so much pain. I don't remember a whole lot about my last stay as I was so out of it by then. My blood pressure was so low. My hubby thought that he would not be able to ever bring me home again. I stayed 5 days then came home (probably too soon), as my kids were a mess! They could not go to school, they were crying alot and it was just not a good thing. I knew that things were just going to get worse at home and the kids would get farther behind in school, so I came home to try to get back to a so called "normal" life. the doctors did say that it would take me over 6 months to get over the e.coli and all that I had. They aren't 100% sure what caused the e.coli as they have their different opinions. I am still going to keep in touch with 2 specialists (internist and urologists) The docs say that my gallbladder might have to come out and that it will take me awhile to get my energy back as my sickness went on so long. I am gradually getting my strength back. I don't have alot of time to rest as you all know that I have 5 kids and I keep another little boy alot for a friend of ours. Also my grandfather is really bad off right now. He has been in and out of the hopsital with double pnuemomia and congestive heart failure so, Needless to say with dance lessons for my daughter, school,taking care of the kids and my grandfather and my farm, and working the weekends there is no time for rest. My grandfather is currently in a rehab place but there is just me and my father looking after him. We have almost lost him twice and everything is touch and go with him. I am on call all the time with him as I can get him to do things no one else can do. I do think that being so busy has it's benefits as I think that it keeps my mind off of how much pain I am in physically and emotionally right now.  I do try to get rest when I can.
 
Thanks again for all of your thoughts, prayers and concerns. Please just keep us close to your heart and prayers as we need this. I keep you all close to my heart even though I have not had the chance to post like I wanted. I do hope that I will get the time and feel like posting more as i so have missed each and every one of you. God bless you all!
 
Karen, thanks again for keeping every one posted on my health. You are a priceless friends. Love ALways, Joya

Dear Joya,
It's wonderful to see a post from you as I've been wondering how you are.
 
But what are you made of?????????????????? With a fraction of what you've been through I would not be looking after anyone....I'd still be in bed. You amaze me and you make me feel tired just reading of all you have to do.
 
Do look after yourself as you have a lot of recuperating to do yet. Delegate some of that work!
 
Sending you Blessings and Love,
Jude

Love is the only way

Dear Joya,

I am also so very glad to see a post from you!!! Only yesterday I was thinking (once more!) what you had become of you! I can only echo what Jude has said: you are a living miracle. But please, please, do take (at least some) care of yourself!!! Delegating some of your enormous load of work and responsibility is certainly necessary, and I do think you will find friends to help you out if you search for them. I have kept you in my heart, but I´m now going to light another candle for you and your family.

Much Love and Blessings!
Juliana

"Speak Peace in a World of Conflict" (M.B.Rosenberg)

Dearest Joya it's so nice to see you back again
 
 
but
 

I do think that being so busy has it's benefits as I think that it keeps my mind off of how much pain I am in physically and emotionally right now

Joya sorry but Jude & Juliana are right you really need to take care of you first and first and foremost.Without sounding horrid you may well end up back in hospital or worse.Let others care for you it's needed so badly.Your children cried when you were in hospital this is 'normal' as I use to cry for my 'Mother' when she was away , but they would be devastated if they were to lose their Mummy.
 
Joya you are ill and it's so important for your children to have you in their lives for many many years to come.
 
Please rest and let your husband and your Mother care for you and your children.Your life is too precious to so many people but most of all to you.
 
Candles always burn for you and your loved ones.
 
Take care Joya please xxxx 
  
   

The greatest thing you'll ever learn is just to love~and be loved in return♥♥  


 

Dear Joya,
 
Thank you for bringing us up to date on what has been happening to you. I can only second all the nice things that have been said to you, and all the good advice as well!
I hope you'll take it to heart! We have a German proverb, "The jug keeps going to the well until it breaks." You wouldn't want this to happen to you! Even someone in the best of health couldn't do what you are doing! Please, look after yourself!
 
I'll light a candle for you!
 
Much love and warm hugs,
Edda
 

Peace and joy!