Prayers for John. May the Lord quickly restore him to health and to administrating this Forum as he has done so faithfully and wonderfully these last many (becoming very many!) years. I've been so busy I have completely missed this news until now.

Yes, Neil, what in the way of an update?

Alexis

I exchange PMs w/ John every couple of days, but usually wait until there's something worth saying. Timing is everything in the asking, Joe and Alexis, and you timed your queries well

I had a PM from John today. He saw his specialist a few days ago and started tonight on a medication that will ease some of the burden on his system (essentially it will assist the pancreas - making up for its own reduced natural efficiency while it's otherwise busy healing itself).

More watching and waiting until he sees how well this approach works. He also has some additional testing to be done, but that isn't scheduled yet.

John is extremely grateful for the prayers and concern that all of you have offered here, as well as those that have been offered on other sites where some of our members also post. Your continued prayers are very much welcomed.

My unworthy prayers continue for our beloved friend and Administrator, John...his name will be commemorated again tonight to the Holy Mother of God.

Thanks for the update. Will pray for John.

Please dear brothers and sisters in Christ--do not forget to keep John V. in your holy thoughts and prayers, as recovery is taking a very long time and more tests are to come...

May St. Nektarios intercede for his recovery to full health. AMEN.

In Christ,
Alice

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Unworthy
Kolya

Prayers for our admin., John, for his return to health and well being,
CS

Lord Jesus Christ, during your life you were surrounded by suffering and you eliminated it whenever you could. Look down on Your suffering servant, John Vernoski, our forum administrator, and ease his suffering. Help John and all the sick in body, especially those terminally ill, and the sick at heart who are weary of life. Come to John's aid with the touch of Your Divine Healing Hand. Encourage John and all those who suffer today in soul, mind, or body. Free John and all those who are suffering that they might rise to praise Your Holy and All-Venerable Name all the days of their earthly pilgrimage. Through the prayers of the Holy Mother of God, of St. Nektarios, and of the Holy Unmercenary Physicians, Cosmas and Damien, Lord hear and answer our prayers. Amen.

Will continue to keep John in my prayers, for his health and recovery.

John didn't do very well with the first few days on the medication that was intended to take over some of the pancreatic function and allow it time to heal. However, his physician suspects that the discomfort might have been the result of a flare-up, rather than an adverse effect of the medication - so, the med may still be a viable option. He's seeing another specialist mid-week. Hopefully, he'll get some good news from that visit. Bottom line, he's improving but slowly; it's going to take time yet to regain his energy level and recover from the weight loss. He remains very grateful for your prayers.

John is having a special ultrasound test today.

Please pray that they uncover that which is the cause of all this, for the benefit of his recovery.

St. Nektarios, great healer of those who are ill, please come to John's aid today in hospital and make way the path for a proper diagnosis and recovery.

*The offspring of Selyvria and the guardian of Aegina,
the true friend of virtue who appeared in the last days,
we faithful honour thee as a Godly servant of Christ,
for thou pourest forth healings of all kinds for those who piously cry out:

Glory to God who glorified thee
Glory to HIM who made thee wonderous
Glory to Him who worketh healings for all through thee. AMEN.


Kyrie Eleison.

John will be continually in our prayers, even beyond his recovery for which we now pray!

O holy Father, Physician of souls and bodies, You sent Your only-begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, to heal every infirmity and to deliver us from death. Heal Your servant of every spiritual and bodily ill which afflicts our faithful forum administrator. Restore Your servant John by the grace of Your Christ through the prayers of our most holy Lady, the Theotokos and ever-Virgin Mary, and of all Your Saints, especially St. Michael the Archangel, St. Luke, St. Jude and Sts. Cosmas and Damian. For You, our God, are the Fountain of healing, and we glorify You together with Your only-begotten Son +, and Your Consubstantial Spirit, now and ever and forever. Amen.

Thank you Curious Joe--I am hoping by 'bumping' this, more posters will see it and pray for his test *today*...

Many thanks to all for the powerful prayers!

Special thanks to Alice for sending me some St. Nektarios oil.

I am doing a bit better, but the docs are still trying to figure out the cause of the pancreatitis, and why it keeps reoccuring.

Thanks be to God, Who is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love!