Health Updates
My family
is experiencing several health problems these past weeks.
another seemingly heart attack last week. We had some difficulty convincing him
to see a doctor. He had several attacks before and we had the same difficulty
of asking him to see a doctor. He eventually went to the hospital the day after
his attack. His examination indicates that he has atheromatous aorta. We don’t
know yet what it means because the doctor who’ll interpret the ECG and x-ray
was not around awhile ago. I tried to search the web and the things I learned
were not encouraging. It makes me really worried for my Dad. I had
another acute painful attack in my low back. My sneezing last Sunday due to
allergic rhinitis triggered and aggravated my slipped disc. I don’t want to
undergo surgery. I really need to see a doctor that would tell me what to do
with slipped disc since I deem that I would recover with a proper
rehabilitation therapy or exercise. My back pain is affecting a lot of my
activities. I wasn’t able to attend church services and discipleship cell. I
have to go on leave from work. I can’t do some of personal chores. My left eye
is also painful. I had a checkup with an ophthalmologist and had my eyes
refracted by an optometrist. I had some bad reports with these two but I had no
choice. Many of my relatives have become nearly blind because the
ophthalmologist didn’t tell them all his findings. I trusted
the Lord that I would somehow have a good diagnosis. He had checked me up seven
years ago. He didn’t tell me my eye problem. He said that the pressure in my
eyes is still in the normal range but he prescribed eye drops for glaucoma that
cost so much. His wife, the optometrist, said that I have the wrong set of
spectacles. She insisted that I replace it immediately and she recommends
something that would amount to Php5000 to Php7000 plus the frames. I had to
tell her that I can’t decide right away. She gave me my prescription and I have
to pay an additional Php112 to the PF because I took the prescription out. Mind
you, they are Christian doctors at that. I’m thankful to the Lord the drops
didn’t caused further problems. I had a
second opinion and my latest ophthalmologist said that I don’t need to replace
my eyeglasses and I just have a common migraine caused by several factors that
he graciously listed for me. He did a comprehensive eye examination. He gave me
a good list of do’s and don’t’s. He also gave me prescription for my glasses.
All of these for a discounted PF. He’s also a Christian. Praise God! The rest of
the family members have other health issues. Paul has asthma attack. Tanya and
VJ have several health issues. They would either feel severe headaches or have
upset stomachs. Mom is also experiencing some body pains. She has working so hard
to do odd things to meet some of our daily needs, since we had some major
medical expenses. It concerns me because she’s already old and she’s rarely
complains of pains in her body. I wonder if she has “silent” illnesses. I just pray
for God’s grace to heal us, to provide doctors that would help us diagnose our
health problems, to provide for our medical expenses and for His peace to guard
our hearts from worrying.
