I have been very sick for a while now. One bug after another has attacked for the last month! I finally went to a walk-in clinic a week ago. He took less than 30 seconds to check my throat and sinuses… prescribed an antibiotic, and sent me on my way.I asked him as he was scooting out of the room if the antibiotic would take care of my cough. His reply was that it would clear up my sinus’s which would clear up the cough.
I went to my own doctor yesterday and he listened to my chest. Apparently I had pnuemonia. I still had residue or something like that. I am still running a low fever and feel crappy. He gave me an inhaler. I didn’t even realize how shallow I had been breathing until I took a couple of puffs. Wow… huge difference!!!
So this is my oh so deep and spiritual ponderings…
LOL
How often do we misdiagnose ourselves… or others,
How often do I look at something I am doing (or not doing) and decide it is because of such and such. When… if I’d done a little more digging, a little more searching… or even better… let my real Physician do a proper diagnosis instead of listening to someone who doesn’t give a rip except that it’s time to go home in ten minutes…
what if… how often… do I try to deal with my struggles, faults, and fears from a totally wrong direction.
It hurts to let the Physician dig deep… sometimes it seems to make the condition worse. (you should have heard me trying to take big breathes between coughs that the deep breaths were causing. Poor doctor had to step back from trying to listen to my lungs and wait for the fit to pass and then the next deep breathe would start it up again.)
But in the long run… the debilitating struggles can’t be cured by wrong treatment Isn’t it worth the pain of the right treatment so I can get better instead of patching it up and dragging myself along … thinking that it will get better in time. But it won’t. And then I just get used to not being able to breathe deeply or feeling listless and sickly. And I no longer seek help… in spite of still being sick.
Scary and vicious circle. Only He can help us out of it. When we go to Him instead of everyone and everything else.
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You’ve made some great applications. Hope you feel much better soon.
“And then I just get used to not being able to breathe deeply or feeling listless and sickly.”
Wow! This is spot on for what happens to my spiritual condition at times. Thankfully, going to my Father before I need transfusions is becoming more of a habit.
I said a prayer for your healing.
HUGS!
Cat
Ow, you poor thing! Pnuemonia is no trifle, and to have had a doctor miss that is tragic. But praise God you know what is wrong now and are getting correct treatment.
I love the analogy you give too. So often when I have had troubles in my life I have run off on internal witch-hunts wondering if I was doing something wrong, etc, whereas I all needed to do was come to Jesus, trust Him and the Father, and let not my heart be troubled.
Cool perspective and those fat pics are gross.
Darn, put that last comment under the wrong post I think.
I hope you feel better soon.
Man I hate that you have been so sick lately. Of course, you always manage to think up a good spiritual analogy to go with your situation. I’s great that you can take the problems and turn them into good life lessons.