Set Up for a Health Disaster, part 1 of 9

~when I became desperate enough~
(aka, "how it all began")

It all started (so I thought) two years ago when I developed what was diagnosed as Pnemonia not once, but twice within a one month period. Even that was the consequence of going on nearly 2 years without health insurance, and so I had been pushing myself in a way that would avoid going to a doctor.

Eventually ~ when I became desperate enough ~ a woman from my church who had in that time also become my mentor and discipler, and who was also a nurse herself, persuaded me to seek help from a local, faith-based clinic: Health Intervention Services (HIS).

Now dealing with what by this time had became a chronic bronchial issue, it would take me no fewer than sixteen different doctors to finally get a word of advice that would begin my healing process....


*future posts will (hopefully) address:

~how did job-stress bring me to the brink of disaster
~how does the current health care system set us up for disaster
~finding yourself in the midst of a chronic illness
~how does the Lord give grace to the humble(d)
~why can i not lose the weight!?
~a downward spiral, to the point of collapse
~experimental medicine? or growing in grace and the knowledge of the Lord's design for the body?
~and the consequences of applying wisdom and discipline