K
Karenanna
Guest
This testimony shows how St. Philomena sometimes works through a series of events to bring about a healing. About fifteen years ago, a Sister of Mercy (from the North Coast of NSW) wrote to me, asking for prayers to Saint Philomena for her health. Sister had been going from doctor to doctor for twenty six years. They had failed to diagnose the cause of her very serious illness, and because of this they were unable to relieve the terrible suffering that this disease had caused her. She described her symptoms to me in the letter. I suspected it to be Meniere’s disease* because my mother has suffered from what was probably the worst case of this disease in Australia, and had come very close to death due to it being undiagnosed, and even worse still mistreated by doctors whose mistakes caused my mother’s illness to become even more serious.
Mum was finally diagnosed by a specialist at Prince Alfred Hospital who had some simple techniques to deal with it and she recovered from the illness. (The specialist ordered an emergency transfer from another hospital to try and save her life.) I telephoned my mother after receiving the letter and read out the nun’s symptoms to her. She said that she believed it to be Meniere’s disease. She told me the strategies and the treatment used for this disease. I wrote them down and typed them up. The next day (a friend) a nurse from the Concord Repatriation Hospital named Philomena, telephoned me, (in regard to some Saint Philomena devotional matters.) I asked her opinion of the symptoms, and without any hesitation she said that it sounded like Meniere’s disease.
After that I telephoned the Tinnitus Association of NSW for information brochures on the disease. (I had heard a radio interview with them a week before - that is where I got the idea that they might be able to help in the matter.). They sent me information on the disease, and things which might be done about it. I posted all of the information to the nun. She took it to her doctor who was not at all impressed with the recommendations, but let her try anyway. She followed the advice and received a cure.
*My mother, (who passed away in June, 2010) suffered from some terrible medical conditions in her life including cancer. She said that Meniere’s disease was by far the worse disease that she has ever had.
Mary Ann
(Australia)
Mum was finally diagnosed by a specialist at Prince Alfred Hospital who had some simple techniques to deal with it and she recovered from the illness. (The specialist ordered an emergency transfer from another hospital to try and save her life.) I telephoned my mother after receiving the letter and read out the nun’s symptoms to her. She said that she believed it to be Meniere’s disease. She told me the strategies and the treatment used for this disease. I wrote them down and typed them up. The next day (a friend) a nurse from the Concord Repatriation Hospital named Philomena, telephoned me, (in regard to some Saint Philomena devotional matters.) I asked her opinion of the symptoms, and without any hesitation she said that it sounded like Meniere’s disease.
After that I telephoned the Tinnitus Association of NSW for information brochures on the disease. (I had heard a radio interview with them a week before - that is where I got the idea that they might be able to help in the matter.). They sent me information on the disease, and things which might be done about it. I posted all of the information to the nun. She took it to her doctor who was not at all impressed with the recommendations, but let her try anyway. She followed the advice and received a cure.
*My mother, (who passed away in June, 2010) suffered from some terrible medical conditions in her life including cancer. She said that Meniere’s disease was by far the worse disease that she has ever had.
Mary Ann
(Australia)