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| I spent 23 hours in hospital last week, in
Accident and Emergency. As a Methodist Minister I am no stranger to
hospitals but this was not as a chaplain but as a patient. I suffered
massive chest pains that would not go away. With my family history of
high blood pressure and strokes the ambulance team called by my doctor
took no chances, ECG test, blood pressure etc. Despite not showing signs
in the tests of a heart attack, they still took me to hospital to be
sure. They too went through all the tests, taking x-rays, blood samples
(sure I leaked after them all for a day!) but they too could find
nothing wrong.
Not dying. That was a relief. Well, not dying...not yet. It was a sharp reminder of my mortality. My wife is 50 in a few days time, I had a friend who called birthdays, 'deathdays', not always the most popular person at a birthday party!!!! But she is right, birthdays mark off how much we have had and that should be a time for saying 'Thank you' for life and especially our life, but it also should be a time for taking stock. What is life for? What is our life for? Is there anything after this? Do I want to change anything? Is God important.........to me? |
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