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 shaking
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.”
Click
here
to learn about the next TeleClass in “A
Year of Miracles,” with Rebecca Hanson.
Rebecca is the founder of the Law
of Attraction Training
Center
and author of numerous articles and the book,
Law of Attraction for Business.
