KAREN MAUTHE'S MEMORIAL SERVICE

A Memorial Service for Karen Mauthe was held last Thursday, October 14th, 2010 at OddFellows Hall in Santa Fe, NM.  More than 115 family and friends were in attendance to celebrate Karen's life..  The service included a mixture of family and friends telling stories about Karen and her life. Both funny and heartfelt, these stories, and the people who told them,  captured Karen's spirit for all of us. The "Your Song Threshold Choir" gave both a beautiful and moving performance of music that Karen would have been thrilled to hear.  Indeed, it felt as if Karen's spirit was with us all last Thursday in OddFellows Hall.

Karen's mother Fran Sanders and the rest of Karen's family, would especially like to thank all of Karen's friends that helped make this glorious Memorial Service for Karen a reality.

PEACE

KAREN MAUTHE PASSED AWAY

Karen passed away at 4:20 a.m. on Friday, October 8, 2010 at Christus St. Vincent Hospital in Santa Fe, New Mexico.  She died from complications due to a systemic infection caused by Severe Aplastic Anemia. She approached the study and treatment of her disease with the same intensity she applied to her yoga practice and teaching. She gave it her all.

There will be a memorial service on Thursday, October 14 at 5:00 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall, 1125 Cerrillos Road, where Karen’s Yoga Different classes were held.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Coming Home Connection, the organization that cared for Karen in the last few months of her life.

            Coming Home Connection

            418 Cerrillos Road, Suite 27

            Santa Fe, NM  87501

For further information, contact her mother, Fran Sanders, at 505 473-5117.

the chamber

it was marginally successful today.  being a good student, I read all the literature before I sh0wed up for my first hyperbolic chamber session.  no aspirin; no vitamin c; no creams of any kind.   it just so happened that the new fissure on my butthole is raw and excruciating.   so there i was in the plastic tube, yawning and blowfishing, my way through the pressure increasing and my butthole is dancing the dance of "there is no comfort."   then all of a sudden, the caustophobis sets in.    long story short:  i stayed at low pressure for about 1/2 the time i was supposed to be in the chamber.    all i could think about was a hot bath (relief for the piles).  but boy was that bath good.

so i'll try again tomorrow.

take my hand

just when you think that there are so many insurmountable obstacles that you're not sure you can go on, a small beacon of light shows up and hope springs eternal one more time

i went to the wound center this morning for my weekly check up.   My doctor and the"powers that be" in the hospital decided that they would let me have a session (30 days!) in the hyperbolic chamber....free of charge.   I cried.  My insurance company was never gonna approve it.  

I must admit that I'm hoping for miracles.   My own tube of pressurized oxygen 5 days a week for 6 weeks.   It is said to cure all sorts of issues including infections, lupis, ms, etc. etc.   There is some (not much) evidence that it can stimulate stem cell production (this is what I need).   If it does nothing but clear up my infections, I will be eternally grateful.  

What this means is I'm gonna need rides to and from the hospital Monday-Friday.   I must arrive there by 12pm and leave around 2:30pm.   Maybe you all could sign up on the calendar if you can help?   I should know more once we get going next week.

Blessings.
K