Coulton and I fasted a couple weeks ago to know what we
should do- continue with the multiple medications or go into surgery. We both
got a clear answer- surgery. So, I met with the doctor to let him know that
surgery is the route we wanted to take. He said that surgery was definitely an
option, but he insisted on doing more tests and trying different pills. He
offered it almost as a sales pitch, one where I couldn’t argue or get out of. I
left the office disappointed and upset- I didn’t want to do another year of
tests or medication, especially when I knew what we should do. I felt lost. I
felt frustrated. Tears streamed as I drove to work.
That afternoon, I called the nurse and said that I didn’t
want to do any more medication; I want to do the surgery. She said, “Okay,
let’s schedule it.” So, to make a long story short, I am getting surgery done
next week. I am beyond excited. Even though there are multiple things wrong and
I feel my body is broken, I am so grateful that this might give us some answers, grateful for technology and doctors,
and fasting.
President Thomas S. Monson said, “Our mortal life…was never
meant to be easy or consistently pleasant. Our Heavenly Father, who gives us so
much to delight in, also knows that we learn and grow and become refined
through hard challenges, heartbreaking sorrows and difficult choices.”
In the Church News for the week of September 28, 2014 under the “Church News Viewpoint” article Why is There Suffering? it states “empathizing with others meets its highest elevation when the comforter knows exactly what the sufferer is going through. In this way we also become like Christ.” I hope, that by some small mean, I can become more like Christ in being able to comfort a sufferer because of my suffering.
Here’s to the next 3 years; I believe in Christ, so come
what may.
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