Chris's Musings

I usually don't do this... I became a follower of Jesus Christ at a Baptist Church as a teenager, and before that wasn't really all that "religious" at all.  So, participating in what many (for good reason) consider a Catholic tradition (because it is) seems a little weird, but for some reason on Wednesday I felt God nudge me to give something up this year. I hope my Baptist friends don't hurt me ;-).  But I did give up something for Lent this year.  There are a lot of things about Catholic theology that I firmly disagree with, but this tradition is seriously something that I admire.  And honestly... we Baptists, while we are very solid on theology and doctrine are largely deficient in the arenas of self-denial and sacrifice.  This is something that I'd like God to work on me on; to deny myself for the sake of knowing Him more and allowing Him to mold me, so this is why I'm taking this leap. And I hope my friends that work at The Coca-Cola Company don&

A month ago, almost to this day, I had my thyroid removed.  My doctor found an unusual cyst in my thyroid during a physical and in a two month investigation process specialists advised me to have it taken out - since a biopsy could not determine whether the cells were cancerous or not (they were not!  Praise God!)  People that have rubbed shoulders with me know my story, and while I appreciate the advice to tell people a "I got mugged in a dark alley" story, it would just get debunked soon, so I'll continue telling the truth. The first five days after I had the surgery were pretty bad.  I slept all the time, I was moody, and I had some really bad heartburn.  And then things normalized somewhat... I'm out and about, I'm back at work and doing the same things I did before the surgery, and I'm getting started training for the Country Music 1/2 Marathon in April.  However, the initial dose of levoxil (the thyorid hormone replacement drug I use) is not adequate..