Please pray for me

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Hi dret , count on my prayers too and first of all may you have a very Happy Thanksgiving together with your family .
May Lord grant you a fast recovery and healing from all injuries and illness caused by that unfortunate accident . I’m impressed that you prayed a Rosary for that hit-and-run driver …
God bless for your kind soul and be with you always !
 
A.M., thank you! It means so much to me that people like you are remembering me in their prayers, it really does. When we have done all we can of our own little worth, we must throw ourselves on God’s love and mercy, and as part of that the humility of asking for other’s charity on our behalf, in the form of prayer, is a wonderful spiritual comfort even if we remain in physcial pain.

For my part, there was never any question I would forgive the driver that hit me. I just had hoped I would be better by now. Obviously not God’s Will for me, at least not yet. A friend suggsted I offer my suffering for the souls of deceased relatives in Purgatory, and I rather liked that notion instead of offering it as a penance for my own sins, so that is what I am trying to do.

Thank you so much for both the prayers and the good wishes - I hope you have a happy Thanksgiving also with your loved ones, and please be assured that I am remembering you and all who are remembering me, in my own prayers. God bless you, A.M.!!!
 
Prayers comin’ your way…Hail Mary, full of grace…

Peace,

Gail
 
Thank you all so much. I really do appreciate your remembering me in your prayers, at mass or at home. Please know that on this Thanksgiving Day I am thanking God for your charity toward me and asking Him to bless you and your own needs. It means very much to know that others can pray for you even when you are having difficulty praying for yourself. God bless you all!
 
continued prayers for you. hope you will have a speedy recovery…

kate
 
Thank you so much Kate. I am doing my best to rest, pray, and just hold on. Hopefully I will see the doctor on Tuesday and he will p(name removed by moderator)oint what this is. God bless you and please know you and all of those praying for me are in my prayers also.
 
Hello all -

Going to the doctor tomorrow morning, so just trying my best to get through the rest of today. Thank you so much for your continued prayers and I will definitely update this posting once we’ve had a diagnosis tomorrow.

God bless and please know I am remembering all of you reading these postings and praying for me, as I make my own prayers. Your charity and kindness is sincerely appreciated, and gives me strength to continue!
 
Dear Dret

Praying for you, that God will bless you with patience, perseverance, and healing.

God bless you
TL
 
Basically the diagnosis is that I have aggravated my cervical strain and have to start all over again.

I had two doctors examine me, actually, my treating orthopaedic doctor and one of his partners. They pushed and pulled me in a bunch of directions, asking me to push and pull as well. All of those tests were good. They felt all along my spine, neck, and shoulders, and then took several x-rays of my neck and back and looked at those.

Apparently there is no skeletal damage, and they detected no neurological damage either. They think that from carrying heavy stuff, sitting in the same position while traveling, too much hunched over typing at work, carrying court bags/luggage on my shoulders, etc., that I exacerbated the underlying strain along the trapezius. This is why I have been so dizzy and all crumpled up in pain the past week. They were surprised I managed to last as long as I did without treatment. They found the remnants of the lump that my family doctor at home had injected with cortisone, and said it was going away very well, but that if it started coming back that I should go back and they would reinject it.

So they have put me in a cervical collar, which I have to wear for at least a week, preferably two, but not all the time. If I wear it at work, I have to take it off at home (and not sleep in it.) I will have to gradually use it less and less or I will become dependent on it. I can keep taking Aleve for the time being.

If I am not better in a few weeks, or if I start getting bad again, I should call them right away and come back. If everything goes okay, they want me to follow up in a month before I try going back to any kind of regular activities or exercise so I don’t injure myself again. I just have to finish off the muscle relaxers now, and if I need more they will give me more. They also prescribed physical therapy, so I will have to see if my insurance will cover that.

It is a big relief to know I will be okay. I just need to try and take it easy and ask for help for the next couple of weeks, and I should go back to normal. This was just a big setback.

Thanks to all of you for your prayers and support, I am really grateful. I am glad that I was not crazy in thinking something was very wrong, but also glad that this is something that can be treated conservatively over time.
 
Cool! I had a badly broken neck once too, but it got better after Mass one day while I was waiting for the bus. Now if I could only get over my arrythmia…guess God wants me home soon…too bad.

Peace,

Gail
 
Gosh Gail, I will certainly continue to keep you in my prayers. Thank you!!!
 
Update:

Dear All -

Thank you again for your prayers. Things are going okay for me. I have a few good hours, then a bad one, sort of like life, really.

Tomorrow I’m calling to make my first appointment with the physical therapist for evaluation, so we shall see what they think is going on. God willing, they can help me to get back to normal.

In any case, thank you again for your continued prayers and please know that I am praying for those reading this thread also. Your charity is gratefully appreciated.

God bless!
 
Still praying for your swift recovery! Hope things have been going well for you. 🙂
 
Thank you both, Raqui and Ben. I have a few days of progress and then a day of regression at the moment. Prayer and not giving in to feelings of sadness, frustration, etc. are so important, and I am such a weak sinner. Your prayers mean a lot. Thank you and God bless!!
 
Dear Friends:

Thank you for your continued prayers for me, and please know that you are in mine.

I have good days and bad days, in my recovery. Monday I felt great. Today I feel awful. It’s hard to focus, to work, or to pray when like this. Sometimes all you can do is just say, “Lord, help me,” and offer up the suffering to Him.

I know I am so fortunate and blessed, to have friends and family who care, and to have faith to sustain me. But I am weak, and your prayers mean very much to me. God bless you and keep you all!
 
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