And that is why, dear Sistah, you are my hero and ..........
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Believe me, on my Clinic visit yesterday the 6 tubes of blood drawn and the IV infusion of iron monthly; and yesterday, the Hepatitis B vaccine and the tine test, were totally painless for me - well, with the exception of the Hepatitis shot having to go into a muscle, and that was not much worse than a mosquito bite.
The peritoneal dialysis nurses love to handle me, chatting away as they do their handiwork, and we laugh and joke.
The same was true of the 11 months of wound care, handling with aplomb the surgeon scraping clean with a currette all the places on the legs (2 to 7) each visit, for a time digging deep to extract gangrene from 3 of them. I dubbed the original bad one The Black Hole of Calcutta..:))
I have been on insulin injections since 1975 - for 9 years (1986-1995) pioneered the insulin infusion pump in North Carolina, without *any* improvement in control, conferring at any time I desired with my Endocrinologist across the street from the hospital where I worked 15 years - and as a rule every day since 1995 must give myself 4-5 or more shots, based on the results of each test of the blood glucose.
Every physician and dentist I've had throughout life has remarked on my unusual ability to be extremely compliant, and to handle pain/setbacks. I see them as God's provision for my particular walk.
It allows me to face the unknown without fear or "woe is me," standing firm on His promise that He will never forsake us...I indeed trust Him to always be acting for my own good, and for His, and know He will equip me with strength should my own falter...
He always has been there through decades of adversity and outright hardship, and I rest in that...
Prayers for you, Lady X. You are so brave... You are truly faithful on your walk with God. I don't think I could be so gracious, but that is not the point. It is His power than enables us in everything. Praise God!
And that is why, dear Sistah, you are my hero and ..........
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He always has been there through decades of adversity and outright hardship, and I rest in that...
Amen and hallelujah! Rejoice and look up, for your Salvation draweth nigh!