On August 27, a few weeks before turning 65, I suffered a fall. I was backing up my basement stairs moving a piece of furniture. One side of the stairway has no railing. I fell through the opening, over a book case, and landed on my back, about four feet below the top of the bookcase. I don't think I hit my head. I lay on the floor for a while and then got up. Nothing seemed to be broken and no bleeding or swelling.
The next morning I had various pains in my right side. Over the next two weeks the pains became more severe. I did some research. I already knew from my training and experience in Emergency Care that I should seek medical care. Quickly in my new research I learned that right side pain and left side pain usually are not of the same causes. I had some symptoms of internal organ trauma. The same symptoms also could have been something quite minor. In all cases the action needed was to seek medical care right away.
I am a believer in Jesus the Healer. At the same time if something is broken or bleeding I have no problem in getting patched up or sewed up. And certainly I believe in dealing with infections and prevention of infections. To confess sickness no. I have declined the Part B Medicare, the part that covers doctors. Part A, the part that covers hospital expense is automatic, has no costs, is not declinable except to not use the service.
I had a talk with the Lord about the matter. As a result I did not feel a burden to seek any other care. Most of the symptoms went away at that time with no further time elapsed. One pain stayed until yesterday. It was one that could have been several things. I had some doubts about my faith over the past six weeks. Worst case I could have become unconscious and not recovered. I updated my instruction list for my wife. I told my longest running client that in case anything happened to me that Cheri would know who to call as a back-up. In their case I have some special programming skills in an obsolete language. There is someone in their area that can take over should the need arise. Yes we need to rewrite the system and that will be done at some point in the near future.
We need to build our faith in all areas. Healing is most important. We need to grow in grace and knowledge. We need to experience healing in small ways so that we can have the faith for the major things that can happen. It is quite possible that I did not experience a serious physical event. Since I did not seek medical attention I do not know. I did experience a serious spiritual event because my faith was not as strong as it should be. I have grown in that arena in the last two months.
I thank God for a healing.
David Sneed
The next morning I had various pains in my right side. Over the next two weeks the pains became more severe. I did some research. I already knew from my training and experience in Emergency Care that I should seek medical care. Quickly in my new research I learned that right side pain and left side pain usually are not of the same causes. I had some symptoms of internal organ trauma. The same symptoms also could have been something quite minor. In all cases the action needed was to seek medical care right away.
I am a believer in Jesus the Healer. At the same time if something is broken or bleeding I have no problem in getting patched up or sewed up. And certainly I believe in dealing with infections and prevention of infections. To confess sickness no. I have declined the Part B Medicare, the part that covers doctors. Part A, the part that covers hospital expense is automatic, has no costs, is not declinable except to not use the service.
I had a talk with the Lord about the matter. As a result I did not feel a burden to seek any other care. Most of the symptoms went away at that time with no further time elapsed. One pain stayed until yesterday. It was one that could have been several things. I had some doubts about my faith over the past six weeks. Worst case I could have become unconscious and not recovered. I updated my instruction list for my wife. I told my longest running client that in case anything happened to me that Cheri would know who to call as a back-up. In their case I have some special programming skills in an obsolete language. There is someone in their area that can take over should the need arise. Yes we need to rewrite the system and that will be done at some point in the near future.
We need to build our faith in all areas. Healing is most important. We need to grow in grace and knowledge. We need to experience healing in small ways so that we can have the faith for the major things that can happen. It is quite possible that I did not experience a serious physical event. Since I did not seek medical attention I do not know. I did experience a serious spiritual event because my faith was not as strong as it should be. I have grown in that arena in the last two months.
I thank God for a healing.
David Sneed
