Good morning! For whoever is reading this, I’m asking you to join me in prayer. I’ve had this weird on and off pain/tightness in my chest & throat since I had my port placed last Monday. I kept trying to figure out in my simple medical brain what it was. In a post-op call with my surgeon during chemo, I told her about my symptoms & she sent me for stat chest X-ray after chemo to rule out a pneumothorax (collapses lung) My sweet supportive hubby brought my from the Leonard Cancer Center to Saddleback (where my surgery was) for the X-ray. My doc & the radiologist both looked at it & deemed it clear. Good news. PTL! But I was still having this weird, on&off, worse at times pain...? A mystery. I just keep pushing through it (as those of you who know me that’s my MO) telling myself “I’m fine. It’s not that bad. I’m breathing & functioning. It should pass.” ..but last night the pain was so bad with each breath I almost went in. I got through our Home Fellowship Group zoom meeting and games with the family. I kept my husband “don’t make me laugh!” as that spiked the pain...but as those of you who know him, that his MO & he couldn’t stop😊. Heading to bed about midnight I just couldn’t get settled. I couldn’t lean back or forward. I had to do something & I didn’t want to go into the ER (which is what my surgeon told me to do if it got worse when I talked to her again earlier in the evening)....so I called (she told me to call me anytime with anything) my amazing faithful medically-brilliant & experiences trauma nurse friend, Amy Langdale🥰 . Of course she answered & was ready to jump out of bed at midnight & take me to her home turf, the ER (ATAPAT!!). That was my last resort so she prayed for me & said goodnight. Dave helped me set up pillows so I could try & rest sitting straight up. As we do every night, we held hands, prayed together, kissed goodnight & went to bed. I did have an immediate sense of peace & was able settle enough to get some rest. Thank You, Great Physician!
The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:5-7
“I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure....You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Psalm 16:7-9, 11
The Lord is at hand; do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:5-7
“I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure....You make known to me the path of life; in your presence there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.”
Psalm 16:7-9, 11
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