At Wed, 30 Oct 2002, kann wrote:
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>Thanks, especially to Cindy for the extra sweet, encouraging email. I
>read the posts every evening. LOTS OF EMAILS!! It is worth it
>though--this is such a great group of people. Just wish it was a better
>subject like "brownie addicts" or something! We could just discuss
>recipes, how many we've eaten, nuts or no nuts.....you get the idea.
>Unfortunately we are tied (no pun intended) together because of a
>horrible condition. I gave up years ago on doctors helping my daughter.
>I had prayed for years, each time we went to a new one, "God give
>him/her wisdom to find out what is wrong"...........2 years ago I
>realized that we had built a "patient-nut case file" unknowingly. The
>more doctors we went to, the bigger her file became and the more the
>doctors labeled her a "depressed--hypocondriac". Every doctor would
>ignore what we were saying and tell her, "you need an antidepressant".
>It got to the point that you want to smack them--we lost it with a
>few.....Thank goodness for a doctor in Temple Texas at the "renowned"
>Scott & White facility. He looked over the top of his glasses at my
>daughter and said, "You need an antidepressant"...this was after
>spending less than 5 minutes with her---oh, but he had that "file". When
>we left, (2 1/2 hr. drive for that diagnosis), my daughter was so angry
>and said, "I give up, no one can help me." A PATIENT cannnot understand
>WHY a doctor (especially at THAT facility) won't get down to business
>and find out the problem!! That doctor changed my prayer life. From
>that day on, I began praying, "God give ME wisdom to find out what is
>wrong with her". It was the same year (2001) when I came across the
>endometriosis web site. She had had, (repeated) endoscopes, upper/lower
>gi's, colonscopies, sonograms, etc....but not one doctor had ever
>mentioned a lap!! The last doc thinks all her problems are endo related
>and does not believe she has Crohn's. (She has never had granulomas
>present in any biopsies. I just know ONE thing. I want my baby girl
>well. I want all of you out there well. I told my sister in an email
>yesterday that I just believe if I keep "kicking the mountain, at some
>point it has to fall over"......I DO believe that. Today I received an
>email from a friend I had not heard from in a long time--it was just one
>of those "forward" emails...she does not know Melissa has had surgery.
>The email was about God telling a man to Push a rock each day outside
>his home. The man faithfully did it each day, but the rock never
>budged. Satan began taunting the man and told him he'd never move the
>rock. The man, discouraged, told the Lord he was weary of it--he hadn't
>budged it, Satan was right. God told him, "I never said you would move
>it, I just told you to push it with all your might, and you have been
>faithful to do just that. Now, I will move the rock".......Isn't that
>tremendous?? How great is our God!! I am the energy for my daughter. She
>is too worn out to search for an answer. Sick people need cheerleaders.
>I hope I can be that to this group and as I kick for her and search for
>her, let me assure you, I am kicking and searching for you all also.
>There is hope. His name is Jesus. I am not perfect by any means. I
>screw up quite often. However, I believe God is the answer and he knows
>me inside out (better than I know myself). I believe with all my heart
>He will see us through this nightmare that never seems to end. Let's
>all push this mountain together.
>
>--
>Karen S.
>