our healing is a journey

March 20, 2004

hi everyone,

I am amazed at what we have to go through each and everyday as I

read all your postings. I feel the fear in many of you as you learn

that everything that we were taught as children about trusting

doctors just falls apart and we find ourselves feeling alone and

confused. Even if we have a day that we can think welll enough to

read, every author has a different approach to natural healing and

everyone of us is in a different place with different issues.

I believe that Patty is right when she stressed the importance of

faith and trusting God to help us. If we ask God everyday to give us

the strength to teach us what we need to learn by leading us to the

right books and doctors we will, in time, be healed. It is never in

our time but always in his! He is the almighty healer and is always

with us. He has a purpose for our lives and knows exactly what we are

going through. Our healing is a journey, not to be rushed but to be a

learning experience of patience and love.

Stress will add so much to our healing process. For those of us

who are lucky enough to have had our implants removed we need to be

thankful that we are not where we were before that. I know that we

need western medicine at times and I am looking foward to the day

that I do not need them for my pain meds. Little by little I lower my

doses and even have my antidepressant down to an eighth of a pill.

This has taken 2 years of eating right. I hope all goes well with

Sharon and we all need to pray for a successful sugery.

We can never look back and punish ourselves for what we have done.

God knows every day of our lives and He wants us to trust in him and

not be anxious about anything. If only we could all truly realize how

much He loves us and wants us to heal but the jouney is not just

physical. It is also emotional and spiritual. May your day find you

some peace and hope. Joanne

March 20, 2004

Thanks for the inspiration!!! It reminded of a story I read to my granddaughter

the other night.

It was about two frogs who fell into a milk vat and couldn't get out because the

walls were straight up. They swam and they swam around and around to no avail.

After swimming for a very long time the one frog said I can't take this any

longer and he gave up and drown. The other frog was totally freaked out but kept

on swimming. He finally got to the point where he couldn't swim anymore BUT he

remembered what happened to his friend and thought I can't give up. He kept on

swimming beyond his breaking point and after many hours of being beyond

exhausted he felt something beneath his feet. He looked down and saw the milk

had been churned into butter because of his swimming and he was able to jump out

of the vat. The moral of the story " Where there is life, there is hope, don't

give up!!!

It really made me think, God is on our side!!!

Love

Judi

March 21, 2004

joanne, i was readingyour e-mail for the second time thinking i know she is right and i know this is a journey and i know this is a learning exp. and i even told dr. feng's nurse that if i had the surg. and i did get better that i was darn well going to be the voice of ky. but darnit, sometimes i just get so confused and frustrated and not sure whether it's the implants that are making me sick. i was sitting next to a girl in sunday school today that got new boobs recently and i thought that's not fair-why are you fine and i'm not. maybe i'm just sick because i am. i guess it would be kinda crazy for me to be corresponding with a saline support group if i didn't think "they" were the problem, huh?additionally, my husband suddenly seems obssessed with my breasts and i'm thinking"what's up with that?" i guess i think it maybe even more suspicious about the implants when they can not really tell me what skin dis. i have nor can they ssem to find a med.

to help it. i pray that god will lead me to the answer-i keep listening and following and i know in his time he will . i am going to print your letter as a reminder when i get in these feeling sorry for myself ruts. thanks for sharing. blessings, lisajoanneinpain <joanneinpain@...> wrote:

hi everyone,I am amazed at what we have to go through each and everyday as I read all your postings. I feel the fear in many of you as you learn that everything that we were taught as children about trusting doctors just falls apart and we find ourselves feeling alone and confused. Even if we have a day that we can think welll enough to read, every author has a different approach to natural healing and everyone of us is in a different place with different issues. I believe that Patty is right when she stressed the importance of faith and trusting God to help us. If we ask God everyday to give us the strength to teach us what we need to learn by leading us to the right books and doctors we will, in time, be healed. It is never in our time but always in his! He is the almighty healer and is always with us. He has a purpose for our

lives and knows exactly what we are going through. Our healing is a journey, not to be rushed but to be a learning experience of patience and love. Stress will add so much to our healing process. For those of us who are lucky enough to have had our implants removed we need to be thankful that we are not where we were before that. I know that we need western medicine at times and I am looking foward to the day that I do not need them for my pain meds. Little by little I lower my doses and even have my antidepressant down to an eighth of a pill. This has taken 2 years of eating right. I hope all goes well with Sharon and we all need to pray for a successful sugery. We can never look back and punish ourselves for what we have done. God knows every day of our lives and He wants us to trust in him and not be anxious about anything. If only we could all truly realize how much He loves us and wants us to heal but the jouney is not

just physical. It is also emotional and spiritual. May your day find you some peace and hope. Joanne

March 22, 2004

Amen! I needed that. Thanks.

From: " joanneinpain " <joanneinpain@...>

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