Hi Everyone,

These are dear Christian friends, who need prayers, please. They are 
walking close with Jesus, and I hate to see them go through what is 
happening with medications. Please read and pray. and please pass 
this on to other prayer lists

Thanks much.

Love,

Pat Ferguson

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>Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 10:28:49 -0400
>From: "Lee Storm (God Is The Healing Force)" <[log in to unmask]>
>Subject: Prayers For My Husband
>To: "Pat F." <[log in to unmask]>
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>Hi,
>
>Okay, I'll try to write this up, but it's a tough write.
>
>My husband, Art, is coming up on his 73rd B-Day at the end of this month.
>He's been a diabetic since he was 11 or so.  Over the past few years, he's
>been having problems with balance and has needed a cane to walk with; also,
>he's been having problems with arthritis in his hip.  He's been sleeping
>more and more, particularly over the last year, and within the last 6 or so
>months he's been having bouts of confusion and memory lapse.
>
>The doc he was seeing had said, when approached about the balance and
>sleeping, that Art was getting older and these things happened.
>
>Last week, things got really bad and I made an appointment with our new doc
>here in town.  The Lord spoke to me and nudged, no, urged me to look up
>Gabapentin, one of the meds Art's been taking since 1996 at a dose of 300 MG
>twice a day for a total of 600 MG a day.  What I read from ten different
>sources I did not like!  Every side effect and symptom was what Art was
>showing.  Furthermore, the documentation said that people with renal
>problems shouldn't take Gabapentin as it could be toxic.  Since Art's a
>diabetic, his kidneys aren't 100-percent, so this put up a red flag for me.
>
>We saw his Doc on Monday and I laid everything out.  He Listened!  Most
>attentively! And agreed that we had to get Art off this stuff especially
>since he hadn't had neuropathy symptoms in years!  Unfortunately, Gabapentin
>can't be just pulled; it needs to be carefully "dialed down," as the doc
>says.  So, the process will take a couple of months.  The Doc wants to see
>Art next week to go over the blood work he took and to start appointments
>for physiotherapy.  The "Dialing down" has started and we will reduce him by
>100 MG each week until he's off the stuff.  Doc wants to monitor him
>closely.
>
>I praise God for this Doc who really listened and understood and wants to
>help.  I pray that Art will not have been permanently damaged by the
>Gabapentin.  I ask you to pray for his healing and my stress and patience
>levels.  It's rough, very rough, and if it weren't for my faith in God's
>awesome power, I'd be going nuts.
>
>The confusion parts can be the worst with Art not sure how to check his
>blood sugar, something he's done for longer than I've been alive.  Also,
>things like not remembering if he's eaten and what he's eaten or if he's
>taken insulin...definitely rough to keep things together.
>
>So, we both need and appreciate your prayers!  I believe God will heal Art
>and guide the Doc to help in the healing.
>
>So, pray for the Doc, for me, and most of all for Art's healing.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Lee
>
>
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