A JOYFUL NOISE

...are felt and feared NO MORE!    Disclaimer: this has been a long thought out process for about a while, and I have eluded to these thoughts from time to time in my previous points.  I hope these words encourage you.  God has really been teaching me a lot over the years through His Word, through prayers, through support of family, and through much support from many of my church family. ----------- On Thursday, (1/2/14), I had a small invasive procedure done at Augusta Health.  My new pain management doctor, Dr Lee decided to try to do an abdominal block.  This required an ultrasound machine and an injection of a mixture of medication to see if the medication can relax some of the muscles in the abdominal muscles.  I was nicely sedated, so I didn't really feel a thing, which was a totally different experience from when the UVA residents/fellows tried this.  Again, I do know that doctors start somewhere, but I also agree with Dr. Le...

For all of you who knows me well (that is knows me since I was a child), know that I have always had health issues since I was born and have had countless surgeries since I was a year old....I think my doctor looked it up and told me I probably had at least about 55+ surgeries in my life. For those of you who keeps up with me on my blog, email, or facebook, knows that for the past 4 years, I have battled with severe health issues (technically, these issues started when I was in high school, and slowly progressed to getting worse).  I'm not going to go into details because it is all on my blog.  You can read it yourself or re-read it yourself.  I haven't been able to work since 2010, yet the Lord provides as I continue to need to see doctors and medical procedures. As you can read, re-read, remember, or whatever.....or I can quickly refresh your memory, I've been through so many doctors, tests, procedures, etc.  It gets "old".  It gets "tiring."  It...