It's always a choice. Do we accept the opinion of the
"experts" or do we look for a different answer? I'm the
kind of person who looks for another way around a problem
or challenge. It shows up in my handwriting as a
personality trait known as the "go to hell K" -- when I
write a word that has the letter "k" in the middle of it, I
always capitalize the letter. When I lived in Saskatoon, I
wrote it like this: "SasKatoon." If you tell me something
is impossible, I'll just have to prove you wrong! So, when
my physician husband told me I'd just have to "live with
it," the pain of Carpal Tunnel syndrome, my "go to hell K"
fired up big time!
Living With Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
I was six months pregnant with Sarah (child number 4), and
I was not enjoying being awakened three or four times each
night with pain in my hands and arms, burning and tingling
and numbness all mixed together in my fingers, especially
the middle and first fingers. I tried everything a pregnant
woman is allowed to try to improve circulation and decrease
the pain: propping my head and shoulders up with lots of
pillows, getting out of bed and walk around while shake my
arms. I even resorted to propping myself in a sitting
position on the sofa so that gravity would help the
circulation.
When I asked my husband, an obstetrician, what he thought
was going on, he explained to me that it was Carpal Tunnel,
a common issue for pregnant women that would go away three
to six months after having the baby. There was no medicine
that would fix this, nothing that would help with the pain
(that was safe for a pregnant woman), and it would correct
itself eventually. In his words, "You'll just have to live
with it."
Seeking Relief Through Divine Intervention
I was looking at a bleak six to nine months of unrelenting
pain. Furthermore, I had three other kids to take care of
and I was exhausted already! That's when my "go to hell K"
kicked into gear. If there was nothing the doctors could
do for me, then I knew there must be another solution
because I'm pretty stubborn.
Now, I wasn't a religious person, just a regular
church-goer. We had recently moved to a new city and were
attending a traditional church. However, I had heard that
one of the ministers had experienced a miraculous recovery
from two heart attacks. He certainly carried a heavy load
at the church and was involved with ministry from early
morning to late at night. I saw no sign of a weak heart in
him. So I made up my mind to talk with him about my hands.
The minister was more than happy to pray for my hands. But
nothing happened after he prayed. Not right away.
Asking For What I Wanted
When I got home, I sat down on the organ bench, determined
to sing and lift my spirits through music. While
unwrapping the bandages holding splints on my hands, this
thought came to me, "If God could heal the minister of his
heart attacks, these hands shouldn't be too difficult."
In that moment, all the pain left. All of it! It was
amazing. And the pain never came back. I really had
something to sing about!
Although I never again experienced the pain, I still had
"the condition." My fingers were still numb until long
after Sarah was born, but I never again lost sleep due to
pain from Carpal Tunnel syndrome.
Are you facing a challenge similar to mine? If this story
resonates with you...if it ignites a spark of hope for a
seemingly hopeless situation, consider joining me on an
upcoming 90 minute live TeleClass. I believe there is more
than one perspective on any given situation and if we are
willing to be open to the idea of a different outcome, we
may indeed experience a "miracle."
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Rebecca Hanson is the Founder of the Law of Attraction
Training Center. She is a natural teacher and mentor to
students from around the world. Learn how you can apply the
Law of Attraction to have a fuller more enriching life,
through the Certified Law of Attraction Practitioners'
Program, a 65-hour audio course at:
http://www.lawofattractiontrainingcenter.com/programs.html .
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