Saturday, August 30, 2008

Posted on behalf of Oberon by Julie Epona

OZ is doing really well. The surgery yesterday went very well.

The surgeon was able to go in with the laproscropic tool between the abdominal muscles, instead of through the muscle tissue, which will facilitate healing and greatly lessen OZ's pain. They removed the growth and surrounding tissue, about 1-ft of intestine, which has all been sent to the lab for pathology testing (results Mon or Tues). The intestine was then stitched together; additionally, they repaired OZ's hernia. OZ does NOT have a colostomy bag, the catheters are now out and he is up and walking about.

He's still experiencing yesterday's drugs, but when I talked with him this afternoon, he said he was pretty sure he would start using the morphine drip soon for the pain around the incision. He is pleasantly surprised with how little pain he is feeling.

As of tonight, all is well. He is beginning to feel uncomfortable, so he is availing himself of the morphine drip. All-in-All OZ is still feeling very positive & upbeat.

OZ wants me to let all of you know that he FEELS the Energy flowing towards him. As he went into surgery, he felt a psychic-euphoria envelope him. The Healing, Support & Love you have sent is making a huge difference for him - he is deeply grateful.

Thursday, August 28, 2008

Posted on behalf of Oberon by Julie Epona

Oberon is scheduled for surgery on Friday, August 29, 2008 at 2:30 pm PDT.

Below is a Healing Spell for Oberon written by Lady Pythia, based on an ancient Druidic healing spell that Ellen Evert Hopman provided. Used with permission.

OUT OF THE MARROW, OUT OF THE BLOOD,
OUT OF THE BLOOD AND OUT OF THE FLESH,
OUT OF THE FLESH AND OUT OF THE SKIN,
OUT OF THE SKIN AND OUT OF THE HAIR
OUT OF THE HAIR IT GOES INTO THE EARTH

TURN NOW TO GOOD OH CAULDRON OF BIRTH!
STRENGTH TO OBERON, STRONG BE HIS HEART
BANE CANNOT WITHSTAND OUR SACRED ART
UNTRAMMELED CHANGE, NOW STILL, SOON GONE
AS WE ALL WILL, OUR WORK BE DONE!

BY AIR, FIRE, SEA AND SOIL OF BIRTH
HEAL THIS LOVER OF MOTHER EARTH
GAIA'S CHILD, THIS MAGE OBERON
AS WE WILL OUR WORK BE DONE!

BY THE POWER OF THREE TIMES THREE
BY THE SUN MOON LAND AND SEA
BY THE GODDESS AND HER LOVE
ALL BELOW IS NOW ABOVE

BY THE CHANT OF ONE THIS SPELL'S BEGUN,
BY THE POW'R OF TWO THIS SPELL COMES TRUE
BY THE SPELL OF THREE, SO MOTE IT BE
AN' IT HARM NONE, NOR RETURN UNTO ME

AS WE DO WILL, SO MOTE IT BE!
AS WE DO WILL, SO MOTE IT BE!
AS SHE DOES WILL, SO MOTE IT BE!

Visualize that tumor going to the place of transformation, into the Cauldron of Cerridwen, the Forge of Bridghe; being pulled deep into the magma center of Gaia where its baneful energy is consumed then used to create more Earth! And it is an easy jumping off point to see that viscous center as a Microcosmic Gate of Galactic Center in a Magickal Macroscope.

This is where I and ours would send a Baneful thing--'An it be turned to Good!

Humbly submitted, in Her Service and sending my Brother a remembered kiss for Healing from his Insides out!! Blessed Be dear one!

Lady Pythia

Wednesday, August 27, 2008

To all my dear Friends,

After a bit of concern regarding my surgeon's vacation plans, and the possibility that he wouldn't be able to do this surgery until Sept. 15 when he returns, we got it all worked out today. I've been on a liquid diet all day, and tonight I'll be drinking Citrate of Magnesium. Tomorrow morning (Thurs., 8/28), at 10:00 am, I'll be checking into the Petaluma Valley Hospital in Petaluma, CA, where they'll hook me up to an IV and begin the prep work.

The actual surgery is scheduled for 2:30 pm on Friday, 8/29.

My surgeon is Dr. Cesar Veluz, assisted by Dr. Leone. Dr. Niendorf will do the urology stinting (these are stiff rods inserted up the uretors so that the surgeon will be able to find them easily to avoid cutting them during the surgery).

I mention all these names because Eric Silverbear suggested sending energy to my doctors as well as to me. Eric says:

"When the time comes, I think it would be good if we sent energy to the Surgeons. We can ask for them to have clarity, wisdom, skill. We can ask Asclepius for His Divine Guidance. Morning Glory said that we should give the surgeon clarity to visualize, like a map, the anatomy and the cancer, as the procedure with be laproscopic."

Dr. Veluz will be performing a hand-assisted laproscopic resection, taking about a foot out of my lower descending colon to get all of the tumor (which is the size of a ping-pong ball) and surrounding tissue. The laproscope will allow a minimal incision to minimize the possibility of infection.

According to all the pre-op tests, I am incredibly healthy in every way other than this tumor, so we aren't expecting any complications. My heart is in excellent shape, and so are my lungs. My blood pressure and pulse rate are like those of teenager. No other carcinomas appeared in the CAT scan or the ultrasound. And I feel really strong from all the energy I feel being continually poured into me from so very many dear friends all around the world!

Thank you all!

If you will, please have a red or green healing candle burning for me starting at 2:30 pm PDT on Friday, and think of me fondly as being robust and healthy.

The moon will be dark, so you can use that energy to visualize the complete banishment and obliteration of all carcinous cells. Prayers to Aesculapius, Hygeia, Brigit, Isis, and Kwan Yin would be especially appreciated, and add to our own. But I also welcome prayers to any other deities of your own devotions for my healing; I have no quarrel with any pantheons!

Many lovely spells have been written and put forth for my healing; I thank you all, and deeply appreciate all of them! MG and I have printed these out and done them at our own altar. I've posted one that my dear Lady Pythia put together, based on an ancient Druidic healing spell that Ellen Evert Hopman provided. I like this a lot, and would like to offer it as a single unified spell that all who wish may do on Friday. But anyone who has written or prefers other spells is certainly welcome to use them!

Bright Blessings,
Oberon 

Sunday, August 17, 2008

The past few nights I have had amazing magickal dreams of healing, which I know have come from the full moon and rolling thunder rites that many of you have been doing for me. Thank you!

And I have been profoundly moved by the outpouring of love and support that has been flowing to me from countless postings on this and other lists I’m on. In particular, of course, the amazing poetry and spells (such as this one) have just blown me away! I print them all out and MG and I have been using them in our own healing rites here.

I have been asked what symptoms I may have exhibited of this affliction…

No symptoms, really. I feel fine, as always. But I went in for a routine annual physical check-up in July (it having been 10 years since my last one), and my doctor found a trace of blood in my rectal exam. He asked if I'd ever had a colonoscopy, and I said no, I never had. So he set me up for one, which was last Tuesday. And that's when they discovered this golfball-sized tumor/lesion. They did a biopsy, and it came back positive for cancer.

I must say, I'm having a hard time assimilating this emotionally. I have always taken my robust good health and physical strength for granted. So many others around me whom I love have had serious health problems (such as Morning Glory's multiple myeloma), that I have taken the position of always being the "tower of strength" that they could rely on, as I have been blessed with consistently excellent health. No one has ever had to worry about me, so I was able to worry about them, and be there for them. How can I expect others who are trying to cope with their own problems to now have to be concerned about mine? I don't want that, and I don’t know how to deal with it.

However, the doctor seems to think that this tumor will be easily removable by taking a foot out of my descending colon, and then I’ll be back to normal. He says it’s less than a year old, and the actual carcinoma tissue is very small. I have an appointment with a good surgeon next Thursday to schedule surgery ASAP. As soon as I have a date for this, I'll let everyone know. The only concern seems to be over the possibility that some of the cancer cells may have escaped the tumor and metastasized into my lymph glands. That’s what the blood work and CAT scan (Computer Axial Tomography) were to determine. Should that be the case, then we'd be looking at radiation and chemotherapy...

So I am calling for all the prayers and healing energies that my many friends can muster to shrink and contain the tumor as much as possible, so that none of the cancer gets out into surrounding tissue or lymph nodes between now and the surgery. And, of course, that the surgery be completely successful, and that I never have a recurrence.

And if you haven’t had a colonoscopy in recent years, I heartily recommend you arrange for one ASAP! I could have gone without this one as I have all my life, and a year from now I could have been dead.

Again, thank you for your love, concern, and prayers!

Bright Blessings,
Oberon

Thursday, August 14, 2008

Dear Friends and Loved Ones,

Yesterday I had a meeting yesterday with my doctor, Stephen Denigris, to discuss the results of the biopsy they did on the golfball-sized tumor (lesion) they discovered during my recent colonoscopy, just two days ago. He says it is indeed cancerous, and colon cancer is aggressive and nasty. However, it is far enough up that it can be surgically removed along with about a foot of my descending colon (left side). He said that it appears to be less than a year old, so the chances of a complete removal of all cancerous tissue are excellent.

The only concern is that some of the cancer cells may have migrated into my lymph nodes, which would be a really serious problem, requiring radiation and chemotherapy. To help determine whether or not this may be the case, they took a few vials of my blood for testing, and tomorrow at 2:45 PM PDT, I am scheduled for a CAT scan. The results of the bloodwork and the CAT scan will be available next Thursday (8/21), when I have an appointment with an abdominal surgeon to discuss upcoming surgery—which we’ll schedule as soon as possible.

The best things about all this so far are that we caught this early enough that it should be completely operable; and at the same time, they’ll be able to repair an abdominal hernia which has been plaguing me for many years.

However, Dr. Denigris also emphasized the importance of prayers and healing energy. Right now, to shrink and contain the tumor as much as possible, so that none of the cancer gets out into surrounding tissue or lymph nodes between now and the surgery. After I get the results of the CAT scan and bloodwork, I’ll let everyone know the status going into surgery. Then I’ll need all the healing energy I can get on the actual day of the surgery to ensure that everything goes perfectly.

Love,
OZ