Hi Carol,
I will be praying for you and that the Lord gives you a clear answer and 
solution.  Huggs and blessings,
Virgie and Hoshi
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From: "Carol Pearson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2006 9:07 PM
Subject: YOUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYER NEEDED, PLEASE


> Hi all,
>
> I have a few things I'd like to share primarily for your prayers but would 
> welcome any comments on what I share.
>
> First, as a part of the background to what I share later and so you know 
> how it is with me now, to those who don't know, I've been battling with a 
> real bad sleep problem for years and years but primarily in the last year. 
> My sleep was nothing for so long that I became quite mentally unwell, or 
> that's what it would seem, and I went through all sorts of peculiar neuro 
> problems, showing themselves in a sort of form of mini stroke and 
> sometimes I would clearly be on auto pilot, talking and having coffee and 
> knowing nothing about it.  Finally, with increased meds, I became more and 
> more sleepy but felt unwell, so we decided I'd come off them all!  I got 
> almost down and had a horrific reaction with awful nightmares etc and 
> depression/doom and gloom which I've not known before.  My GP is still 
> talking about being off the meds in the next month and maybe we'll try 
> Melatonin.  (Medication and I just don't seem to mix these days!)
>
> Anyway, amidst all this, I try to keep going and, I have to say that the 
> fact that I am still in my home and appear fine a lot of the time to some 
> at least of our callers is a testimony of God's goodness to me.  However, 
> I'm also battling with additional physical problems, including a very 
> painful arm and muscle damage over some months, a pretty wrecked shoulder, 
> a back that never goes away and legs now that are taking a lot of the pain 
> from my back.  In addition I've been having some arthritis in my wrists 
> and thumbs.
>
> Now your thoughts and prayers:  I've been asked to play the piano at a 
> wedding in three weeks' time.  I used to play a lot until 15 years ago and 
> have had little opportunity since that time.  (I only have a small 
> electronic piano which is fairly hard to play so don't find I even play 
> around on it too much.)  Anyway, I have been practising on and off but 
> keep ending up with very stiff wrists and pains and yesterday just 
> couldn't play through the items.  I am really wondering whether I'm to 
> pull out of this one.  I know others who are going who are far better 
> pianists than I am, but it's not because I won't play in front of them 
> that I'm thinking I should pull out.  I need my wrists and hands for 
> reading, writing etc. and these seem more important to me right now than 
> playing the piano when others could do it, even though the bride and 
> groom, for some unknown reason, are very keen that I should do it.
>
> My thoughts and feelings are all over the place in this one, sometimes 
> thinking I can and should and at others feeling it's just another thing I 
> can't do right now.
>
> With three weeks to go, I either have to pull out for good next weekend or 
> go ahead.  The current pains and stiffnesss in my wrists and thumbs have 
> really knocked me back over the past couple of days to the point where I 
> am getting very stressed about it all.
>
> Please stand with me in this, that I will do what He wants and, even more 
> important, that I will know just what that is.
>
>
> --
> Carol
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