{"id":1342,"date":"2019-12-02T08:25:41","date_gmt":"2019-12-02T14:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/journey.jayctheriot.com\/?p=1342"},"modified":"2019-12-02T08:25:41","modified_gmt":"2019-12-02T14:25:41","slug":"severing-ties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/?p=1342","title":{"rendered":"Severing Ties"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think my shell is hardening.\u00a0 I am in a peace right now.<\/p>\n<p>I have my first visit with an endocrinologist this Wednesday.\u00a0 We will be looking for pheochromocytomas.\u00a0 Basically, they are tumors that grow inside of adrenal glands.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve tried to research them, but the information is way above my head.\u00a0 All I can understand, is that they screw a lot of things up.<\/p>\n<p>My spine is growing spondylosis &#8212; bone spurs.\u00a0 Some are causing stenosis.\u00a0 We can only assume the cause to be the constant pulling of the muscles on the vertebrae. I can tell you my pain levels have increased and are near constant.<\/p>\n<p>My car is paid for, and silent.\u00a0 I no longer have driving privileges.\u00a0 But, this is more of a blessing.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t have to do a self-assessment before I get into an auto.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t have to worry about what to do if I start having spasms. The result is that I am definitely stranded in my own home.\u00a0 My wife is making is as lovely as possible.\u00a0 The woman is an angel.\u00a0 I think she&#8217;s earning her wings long before the end.<\/p>\n<p>The relationship with my blood relatives has be severed. I am not an innocent and do not claim to be. Their slings and arrows will no longer touch me.\u00a0 I am taking steps to finish severing ties with them electronically.\u00a0 I wish I could protect my kids.\u00a0 One of them is convinced that they are being stalked by them and the efforts are making her very uncomfortable.<\/p>\n<p>It is interesting in that their public personae is that of community organizers.\u00a0 One has won Parish-level &#8220;Inspirational&#8221; awards. The rest are artists and have other roles in the community.\u00a0 But, the filth that are in their souls persist.\u00a0 I pray for them.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of trying to understand this disability, they shun it and condemn it.<\/p>\n<p>It is part of me.\u00a0 I have accepted it as what I have to deal with.<\/p>\n<p>God help them in their paths.<\/p>\n<p>Jay C. Theriot<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think my shell is hardening.\u00a0 I am in a peace right now. I have my first visit with an endocrinologist this Wednesday.\u00a0 We will be looking for pheochromocytomas.\u00a0 Basically, they are tumors that grow inside of adrenal glands.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve tried to research them, but the information is way above my head.\u00a0 All I can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-acceptance"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1342\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jayscafe.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}