[Oe List ...] recent surgery reflections

[Charles or Doris Hahn]

Hi Sarah

Thanks for the message. I am stronger every day. Hope
that things continue well for you.

Charles
--- Sarah Buss <sbuss at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Charles,
> A very healing witness. Thank you.
> 
> I trust your healing continues at a more rapid pace
> than it probably feels
> like.
> 
> Sarah
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Charles or Doris Hahn" <cdhahn at flash.net>
> To: "OE" <OE at wedgeblade.net>
> Sent: Friday, February 18, 2005 4:03 PM
> Subject: [Oe List ...] recent surgery reflections
> 
> 
> > Dear Friend,
> >
> > I prepared the following as an earthrise witness,
> but
> > I want to send it to all who have in  any way
> > responded to my recent surgery. I just hope I
> don't
> > miss anyone, but if I do miss someone, know that
> it
> > was not by intention.  All of you are very dear to
> me.
> > Charles Hahn
> >
> >
> > Because of Doris' skill using the internet, more
> of
> > you than I dreamed possible know of my recent
> > open-heart surgery. Today I want to share my
> learnings
> > from this EVENT .
> >
> > A DANCE WITH CONTINGENCY!  I should have known!  I
> > didn't really pay attention to the pains in my
> > shoulder and arm. Things my doctor said were major
> > clues. "With this report {cholesterol) I have to
> put
> > you on a statin (a class of cholesterol control
> > medication)." "I want you to wear a heart monitor
> for
> > a month, and record any events." "I received the
> > report from the monitor, and I think you need to
> have
> > a heart catheritization. Also I want you to see a
> > cardiologist. I will set up the appointment for
> > tomorrow." Cardiologist: "I have received your
> records
> > from Texas. I think you need to have the heart
> cath
> > (angiogram). That way we can really see what's
> > happening." But, the holidays were coming. I had
> had
> > so many negative or inconclusive tests before. So,
> I
> > put it off---about six weeks.  I awakened from the
> > heart cath on January 7 to discover I had a real
> > problem---90% blockage on the right side of my
> heart,
> > and 50% on the left side. I knew then that I was a
> > walking time-bomb-a  heart attack wanting to
> happen.
> > Fortunately, I had no attack and I suffered no
> heart
> > damage. I was awake now.  When I awoke from the
> actual
> > surgery three days later, I was really awake.
> > Something radical and debilitating (at least for
> the
> > moment) had happened to me. I was aware that
> life-my
> > life, that is-was  contingent. Or, one day Charles
> > Hahn will not show up for roll call among the
> > inhabitants of the earth.
> >
> > Since then my body has slowly strengthened.  I am
> now
> > in a rehab program at the hospital three days a
> week.
> > Each day I feel stronger and more engaged.
> >
> > UNIVERSALLY RELATED!  A day or two after surgery,
> > Doris began to bring in email messages from many
> of
> > you. They kept coming. Stacks of them! Then came
> cards
> > and notes through the mail and more email. Then,
> after
> > I arrived home 5 days later, the phone calls
> > came---from London and Geneva, from across the USA
> and
> > Canada, and yes, many from Texas. The emails and
> cards
> > and notes continued. These communications were
> from
> > people I have seen quite recently and from people
> I
> > had not seen in two or three decades.  They came
> from
> > old colleagues of OE/EI/ICA, from clergy
> colleagues
> > and associates in Texas, from former parishioners,
> > from friends and acquaintances along the way. A
> small
> > ingeniously designed flower arrangement came from
> a
> > neighbor I hardly know, and a gorgeous plant from
> a
> > group of closest colleagues and friends. A very
> > challenging and inspiring book came from one, and
> > suggestions for reading from others. Locals
> visited me
> > in the hospital and at home. I guess there have
> been
> > between 150 and 200 communications. I had never
> > experienced such an outpouring of concern, support
> and
> > prayer in all my 74 years. I have reflected on
> this
> > inundation of love at least as much as I have
> > reflected on my contingency. My reflection tells
> me
> > that we humans are aware of real crisis in another
> > human's life, and we focus our spirit and concern
> on
> > that crisis. Another way of putting it might be:
> the
> > universe strives to heal itself. All of us know
> that
> > we are a part of the whole. We all know that "as
> > Charles is healed, we all are made whole." Faith
> > language would say: "God loves the world."
> >
> > Grace and Peace to all,   Charles Hahn.
> >
> >
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