I’ll Be Back!

I thought it was about time I gave something of an update on me, and what’s happening with this blog. In the words of the Terminator (and the title of this post), ‘I’ll be back!’ But I hope that news is more welcome to my readers than it would’ve been to those who first heard it from Schwarzenegger in the film.

First, though, an update on me. At long last I am starting to feel a little better, it’s taken a while and been very frustrating. It seems that some of the new stuff going on with my health was undiagnosed diabetes, which was having quite an effect on my kidneys. My sugar levels, which were very high to start off with, are now, after a couple of false starts with medication, coming down to more manageable levels. The associated kidney problems seem to be righting themselves. My normal angina problems did flare up, and I had to go into hospital for a short stay, but that, too, seems to be settling down a bit. I’ve still got something odd going on with my liver, which is still be investigated — I don’t know if that’s going to be put down to the diabetes or not; just have to wait and see with that I guess. Now I just need to get some energy back.

If all goes according to plan, I’m going to Walsingham for five days on Monday. The week will, I hope, do me a lot of good, and help to clarify some thinking. It was booked up quite a while ago, but may be a week or two too early. But we’ll see; I don’t have to make the final decision until Sunday or even Monday.

As for the blog, my current thinking is that I’ll pick things up again from Advent Sunday — the beginning of the liturgical year seems an appropriate time. I’m aiming to start then with my reflections on the Collects, which were always intended to be the main focus on here. I don’t think I’ll be trying to do all that I was doing before, at least not for a while, but probably try to make them more occasional items.

See you soon!