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I would appreciate prayers for this. Backstory - over the last eight years I have been dealing with an incisional hernia, had two outpatient mesh repairs that didn’t hold in 2010 and 2013. This October I had a reconstruction of my abdominal wall. It was much more involved, I was in the hospital 4 nights, and although I’m pleased with the results, it was a lot to go through. So I hope and pray that it holds. The doctor said it would take 18 months for complete healing.
The challenging thing now, since I’m feeling pretty good and becoming more active, is not to overdo, and there are a couple of specific things along those lines that I really need prayers for. First, this condition doesn’t come with an indicator light to tell you if you’re doing too much - you just have to rely on common sense and there’s a certain amount of guesswork. Second, it’s a condition invisible to other people, and even with my friends who know about it I’m running into situations where I might be asked to help with stuff or do activities beyond what I should. And I have to have the discernment to know, and the courage and tact to kindly but firmly decline. That’s really hard for me to balance and do from a calm place. I get anxious about it really easily.
Hope this hasn’t been too long but I just wanted to say what the situation is so that people know what to pray for. And thanks for the prayers.
The challenging thing now, since I’m feeling pretty good and becoming more active, is not to overdo, and there are a couple of specific things along those lines that I really need prayers for. First, this condition doesn’t come with an indicator light to tell you if you’re doing too much - you just have to rely on common sense and there’s a certain amount of guesswork. Second, it’s a condition invisible to other people, and even with my friends who know about it I’m running into situations where I might be asked to help with stuff or do activities beyond what I should. And I have to have the discernment to know, and the courage and tact to kindly but firmly decline. That’s really hard for me to balance and do from a calm place. I get anxious about it really easily.
Hope this hasn’t been too long but I just wanted to say what the situation is so that people know what to pray for. And thanks for the prayers.
