Jewells of Thought

Heavenly Father, you are the God of the impossible. You have healed those with leprosy, blind men, and so many ailments throughout the centuries. Health is something that each person is responsible for there are ways to be proactive with prophylactic care to staunch an attack of almost anything if you watch your diet, exercise and eat with moderation.

Yet, Lord, some things are simply out of our control. I still could never have thought that working for a Nursing Home working in the maintenance department would force my right wrist bones against my hand bones creating a knob on my wrist. This happened in less than 3 weeks of this job. It took two weeks to realize this was not carpal tunnel pain I had already been through that type of pain this was mysteriously different.

Oh Lord the pain I felt today was bad, so bad apparently I can’t remember what actually happened to create the pain. I know that not using my arm will only make it stiff so I have continued to type and do cross-stitch, but I have felt an achiness I haven’t felt since my surgeries or from the freak accident that lead to my tiny fracture. I wore my sleeve most of the day and I think I will tonight as well.

This anomaly with my ulna bone was something out of the blue. Nothing could have prepared me for the two surgeries I would have or the fracture that was from the Clinic I was working in at the time. Although I had a difficult time trying to figure out why that happened. My arm simply hadn’t fully healed from the second surgery to take out all that hardware and then I rushed to find a job as quickly as I could.

Then if my trouble wasn’t enough today my Mom took my Uncle for another appointment today. It was supposed to be a check up on his glasses making a mark on his face. Well it ended up being maybe more than that. He may even have cancer and will have to biopsy the location. This would make my second Uncle to deal with a cancer diagnosis fortunately this one is not as metastatic as his older brother and hopefully will be contained to this one area.

This is just a lot to deal with especially after losing an Aunt last year this is just a little too much cancer to be dealing with all of a sudden. However, it’s not just the cancer there is the care-taking aspect. His glasses were searing into his skin which means he can’t use his glasses. He has to have his glasses to see and to drive and to do everything. He has already had an MRI that cleared him of any major heart attack or stroke yet he clearly is having trouble remembering.

Please Lord, give us some guidance and mercy in dealing and coping with these diagnoses. I love my Uncles, but with this short-term memory loss Uncle Tony can get defensive and when certain things aren’t done right we get an ear full or the grumpy look. Taking care of family isn’t always easy I know this from experience, I ask for us, Mom and me especially, that you would give us the comfort and mercy to not take everything personally and that we remember that we are family first and foremost. Lord thank you for your continued mercies during this time of figuring out diagnoses and treatment courses. Also that this morning was just a bad day for me and that my bruised arm will heal and feel better tomorrow and the next day. In Jesus Name Amen.