Ronald and Beryl Just
Hazelmere Village
U31/14 Ibis Boulevard
Eli Waters, Qld, 4655
Australia
Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year
Another year is almost at an end, and we wonder how quickly the year has flown by. It has been a busy year, and 2026 looks as if it will be the same.
We are grateful that in spite of health issues we have been able to maintain our independence. Ron has found another clinical immunologist at the beginning of 2025, because the previous immunologist, based in Brisbane, was no longer taking patients due to health issues. Ron was a patient with this immunologist since July 2008, and he was the clinical immunologist who started Ron on immunotherapy and had been a tremendous help over the years. The new clinical immunologist is also in Brisbane but has been able to have consults with him through telehealth.
Toward the end of this year Ron and Beryl made positive steps to be assessed by My Aged Care, to be able to receive a home care package. We are presently having a cleaner come every Friday. This is a real help as we were having difficulty vacuuming and mopping. We also are registered to receive meals. While we can have the meals delivered, the place that provides the meals is just a little way from our home, so we can drop in and access whatever meals we want. Ron can now access transport to doctors, specialists and the private hospital where Ron has his infusions. We do not drive on the highway, and if we need to go to another town, we use public transport if possible.
We still travel every 21 days across to Maryborough, 35kms away, to see our GP, and Ron has his IM penicillin injection. We have been patients with our GP for 26 years. He has been so helpful over the years, and understands our health issues, especially Ron's immunodeficiency. He makes sure we are current with injections and vaccines.
Beryl had a nasty fall in October and suffered quite significant soft tissue damage as well as damage to a couple of teeth. The Hervey Bay hospital emergency department was very helpful, although she was not admitted to a ward. The damage to her teeth was repaired through oral health and we are grateful for the help that was available to her, and at no cost.
We are still active in our local church. Ron is an elder in the church and also is very involved in preaching and other leadership roles. Beryl is the church treasurer and is busy in this role.
We are looking forward to spending a few days over Christmas with family who reside in the Gold Coast area. It is great to catch up with family, and we appreciate the opportunity to do so.
Christmas has become very commercial and seems to be all about Santa Claus and red-nosed reindeer. We are grateful for the many Christmas carols and special events convened by churches, city councils and some organisations. We need to be reminded that the true meaning of Christmas is about the greatest gift this world has ever known: the coming of Jesus Christ, born in a manger, and eventually dying for the sins of humankind and rising again from the dead.
The apostle Paul wrote in his letter to the Philippian Christians ". . . Christ Jesus, who though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men. And being found in human form, he humbled himself by becoming obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross" Philippians 2:5-7.
We wish you a wonderful Christmas and a blessed New Year. Best wishes to our family and friends.
Ron and Beryl Just
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