Praise the Lord that I am making good progress with my back. I have had a few times where I was experiencing pain (like last night at church), but that was probably because I overdid it that day or the day before. I plan on taking it easy the rest of the week, and by Thurs [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Progress
Posted in personal, tagged back on February 23, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Hitting the Ground Running
Posted in deputation, personal, tagged back on February 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
On the basis of the doctor’s advice and the progress that I have been making (due to God’s answering of people’s prayers), I decided to jump back into my deputation schedule. I knew that my first ‘assignment’ would be two missions conferences in southwestern PA. I knew that it would have been difficult for those churches [...]
It REALLY IS True!
Posted in personal, tagged back on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I couldn’t have asked for better results from my visit with the specialist. And it’s such a blessing that the Lord led me to this lady. She had been highly recommended by a family physician in my Greenville church and by my chiropractor. The latter said that she is one of the best in the [...]
Is It Really True?
Posted in personal, tagged back on February 13, 2009 | 3 Comments »
I had a terrible time getting down to Greenville. Because of the bad weather in Detroit on Wed night, we had to sit on the runway in Grand Rapids for one hour, causing me to miss my plane to Greenville. Thankfully, NWA put me up in a very nice hotel, but it was a short [...]
A Definite Answer
Posted in personal, tagged back on February 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
We prayed for definite direction from the Lord, and we got it. The neurosurgeon made it quite clear that my situation is urgent and dangerous. In fact, he said that if he would have seen me in ER, he would have checked me into the hospital to do surgery right away. The longer I wait, [...]
Doctor’s Appointment Tomorrow
Posted in personal, tagged back on February 10, 2009 | 2 Comments »
I’ve been doing some checking on my insurance situation. It turns out that my current insurance has no network providers in SC, NC, GA, or TN. So if I wanted to have the surgery done in the south, I would need to switch to BMM insurance. But the problem with that is that I would [...]
Surgery or No Surgery
Posted in personal, tagged back on February 5, 2009 | 1 Comment »
I had my appointment with the neurosurgeon this morning. As my family physician expected, the surgeon recommended surgery. He would insert a balloon where the fractured vertebrae is and then fill it with a bone-like substance. Then he would screw a plate into the vertebae above and below the fractured one to help give the support [...]
Answered Prayer on Pain Meds, Part 2
Posted in personal, tagged back on February 3, 2009 | 2 Comments »
It turns out that the Lord had another way to answer our prayers about my pain meds. Just after I posted the last blog, the doctor’s office called and said that MI law prohibits out-of-state doctors from filling prescriptions. So we had to figure out another plan. We didn’t want to go back to ER [...]
Answered Prayer on Pain Meds
Posted in personal, tagged back on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My pastor gave me the idea to call my physician down in Greenville to see if she could help me out with the refills. Although reluctant, she decided that she could help me get 10 more pills. That’s just enough to make it for my 10:30am appointment on Thursday. Praise the Lord! I just found [...]
Progress, But Not Without Setbacks
Posted in personal, tagged back on February 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I was very encouraged by yesterday’s progress. The morning started out slowly with a 2-hour phone ordeal to get an appointment set up with the specialist (the appt will be at 10:30 on Thurs), and the day progressed slowly as I stayed in bed for the entire day. But the fun began at suppertime when [...]
