About MaryO
Cushing's and kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma) patient, founder, owner and webmaster of Cushing's Help and Support, web designer, piano teacher and mom.
I am a Cushing's patient who has dealt with Cushing's symptoms since 1983 (or earlier) and the aftereffects of pituitary surgery since 1987.
Because I had very little support for my symptoms, diagnosis and surgery, I decided to try to make things a little better for other patients and started a support site called Cushing's Help and Support in 2000. The site has grown to astronomical numbers. This disease isn't as rare as doctors have told us!
In 2006, I was also diagnosed with kidney cancer (renal cell carcinoma). My left kidney and adrenal gland were removed. Having an adrenal gland removed complicates my post-Cushing's symptoms.
I am not planning to have any more rare and unusual diseases.
My entire bio to date can be found here: http://www.cushings-help.com/maryos_story.htm
But, enough of that - it's not always about Cushing's, or even Cancer. This one is about Life!
Everyone is invited to join us for fellowship during the Lenten season as the Susanna Circle offers “Suppers for the Soul.” Lenten meals will be on Thursday evenings at 6pm in the Fellowship Hall.
A donation of $10 per family is requested.
This evening, February 26th, we will be enjoying a tacos supper at 6 pm and a special time together focused on the meaning of Lent.
Upcoming supper menu:
March 5 Spaghetti
March 12 Baked Potatoes
March 19 Soup for the Soul
March 26 Pancake and Breakfast for Dinner
For details on the suppers or the Susanna Circle, please email Claire Sax by clicking on
this link.
Tags: Lent, Lenten Suppers for the Soul, pancake, potatoes, Potluck, soup, spaghetti, Supper for the Soul, Susanna Circle, tacos
Experts from the age of five to ten, as well as The Rev. MaryJane Pierce Norton from the General Board of Discipleship, talk about the traditions of the Easter egg — from hunting eggs, to coloring them, to the egg as a symbol of new life. The egg became associated with Easter somewhere near the 400s and was often a food that was given up at Lent.
According to Rev. Norton, “In some of the early church traditions, people brought their eggs to the church to be blessed before they ate them, as the first joyful food of Easter.”
Please also enjoy “Outtakes” and other cute stuff we couldn’t fit into the video.
Tags: Easter Egg Hunt, Lent, quiz
Our guest speaker for the evening will be Pastor Kenny who will be sharing some of the wonderful stories and blessings that happened during his recent trip to Israel.
Other items on the agenda include breaking bread together, devotional time, mission trips, and mulch sale.
Everyone is welcome so please come and join us for this special time of fellowship.
Tags: blessings, breaking bread, devotional, dinner, fellowship, Israel, missions trips, mulch, Pender UMM, Pender United Methodist Men, personal stories
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