For almost five months now I've been in severe pain...way worse than even my back!
I just stood up one day and ZAP! The worst pain I've ever felt in my life...including natural childbirth with NO drugs TWICE...shot down my arm! I sat back down and tried the heating pad. It actually seemed to work along with Advil PM - for about a week. It got worse and worse as the days passed! I even tried TWO Advil PM - and slept with a heating pad wrapped around my arm. I tried every rub on analgesic I could find, hot baths, heat and cold packs, and all the different pills they gave me. I'd awaken every hour - or at most - a few hours, crying because the pain was SO bad. I researched everything I could find online and was scared to death with all sorts of awful diseases...NOT GONNA DO THAT AGAIN!!
Not really thinking it was, I went to the doctor to make sure it wasn't my heart. After confirming that it wasn't, he gave me some pain meds, some muscle relaxers, and some meds for nerve damage. He assumed it was the nerve damage in my back acting up.
That was Monday. By Saturday, I could stand it no more - I headed for the emergency room! Pretty sure it was a pinched nerve and unable to do an MRI because of all the hardware, he decided he would at least get me out of pain (My blood pressure had risen to 170/99 - not good) He gave me a shot of Dauladid, Valium, and something for nausea and sent me home to sleep...NOT!! That didn't even phase the pain!
I took the meds my doctor gave me and TWO Advil PM and suffered for three more months, until I had another scheduled appointment. When my doctor asked for a number from one to ten to describe my pain. I squeezed my arm and said, "worse than ten". He gave me a BIG bottle of pain pills and said it was time to see my orthopaedic surgeon. I balked because I've already had four MAJOR back surgeries - UNTIL he said I could lose the use of my RIGHT hand and arm. Then, I gave in and let him make the call.
After another week of sleeping all the time and still being in pain, problems with the doctor and hospital over payment (didn't take my insurance because it's a different state), and having an allergy to the pain meds, I got extremely frustrated and depressed. I did what I should've done on day one...Though BELIEVE ME I'd prayed constantly, I let go and layed it at Jesus' feet!
"God, I can't deal with this pain anymore! I can't take the pain meds and they don't work anyway! The doctors, hospital, and even the pharmacy, is giving me the run around. And, I can't afford to do anything else - like chiropractor or physical therapy. I NEED for You to reach Your hand from Heaven and unkink the nerve that is being crushed."
I lie to you not! Almost immediately the pain was gone!! It has now been two days and NO PAIN!!
God is SO good!!
PRAISE THE NAME OF JEHOVAH RAPHA - GOD MY HEALER!!
I love You, Jesus!!
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