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Al as I told you on the phone I have you on my prayer list. So I will definitely be praying for you.

Thank you for the update, I'm so sorry the news wasn't better. 

 That's really too bad Al. I'll pray for you too.
I hope you feel better soon, and I hope you sleep better too.

Just to let you know that I'm praying for you, Al..

Thank you all.  I'm praying that, howver our Father answers these prayers, still it will be a blessing to those who prayed and will glorify Him.

Well, I just got back from the orhopaedist.  After thorough examination, he said some PT on the muscles near the top of the thighbone may do the trick.  That was good news.  I had been thinking that I was back to square one, but he thinks that was not the case.  So that last injection may have done much of what was needed.  Please pray that the PT will indeed finnish the job.  Thanks again.

Thanks for letting us know, Al.  I'm so sorry you are going through all this pain.

Well, thle physical therapist seems to be really getting down to the hard-core problem.  It seems that my back is crooked!  (no comments now)  He could show it to me in the mirror, and I could indeed see it.  He placed me on one of their tables for 10-20 minutes with props, etc. and my legs in a certain position - all to "twist" me back to normal.  When I got up from that I could see the difference.  However, as he told me, it'll probably slip back into its bad habits again.  However, by doing this several times, and possibly by doing it at home as well, he thinks it'll "take."  Pray that it will.

Al I have had a crooked back since I was 12, Scoliosis, I feel your pain, I have had  to deal with the pain all my life and it is getting worse as I get older. I do pray that your "props" will help you get straightenend out. I am having to go to the chiropractor a lot more often to get the pressure off the nerves,.

I'm continuing to pray for you, Al.

Pain like you are experiencing is certainly no fun!

Prayin' for it to take, Al!

Well, now a somewhat new problem is interfering with the physical therapy - swelling in the lower legs.  I had lymph edema previously, but this seems different - possibly not limited to the lymph system.  May have to go back to compression stockings, though I admit that I don't really see them doing a lot of good. Please continue praying.  I'll be seeing my regular doc on Friday morning about the edema.

Thank you for the update, Al.  I'm sorry you are going through this.  Compression stockings helped Jack when he needed the help.

I'll be praying for you.

I'll pray for you, too Al.

Thank you, dear bro. & sister, for your love in this.  And I pray He'll bless you as you see his answers.

By way of update - the physical therapist just doesn't seem to really understand the problem.  He thinks a special pair of shoes will do the trick.  But what he doesn't seem able to understand is that the pain isn't so much when I'm walking, but it's when I'm lying on that side.  Additionally, his untwisting work seems to fall right back out again minutes after the therapy.  I've come to the end of the scheduled sessions, and we've apparently not made much progress.  I'll be going back to the Ortho shortly.  Please keep praying.

I'll keep praying, Al.  How frustrating.

I know how frustrating this can be, Al.  I'm still praying that someone -- something -- will be able to help you past this painful problem soon.

Amen to that prayer, Jane!  And thanks, both of you, for your prayers.

Any luck? 

It isn't working well for me, but I'm going back in for another try...I got a spinal injection for my back.  They don't just do it in backs though.  While I was there someone was getting it in their shoulder.  You might look into a pain specialist/therapist.  The only reason I knew about them is that my PC doctor is studying to go into that.  He is about the best doctor ever and is going into it because he truly loves to stop people's pain.  I wanted it to work so I could be a fantastic success story.  It worked for my mom years ago, and a couple other people at our church, but apparently I can't get my back to cooperate.

So far, no go.  I went (by referral from the ortho.) to a new physical therapist.  His instructions were very, very difficult to follow.  Come to find out, though, that he wasn't really going to do any "therapy" at all, but he was going to try to change my life-long habits, with the thought that that would do the trick.  The fact is, though, that I had those habits for over 70 years, and they worked ok.  I didn't have any problem 'til I was 74.  That, to me, makes it doubtful lthat it was those habits that caused the problem.  Anyway, I'm going back to the previous pt man, who has been able to possibly get some special shoes for me.  Please keep praying - I  wait upon the Lord alone for true healing.

I'm continuing to pray, Al.  I'm so sorry you are suffering so.

Still praying, Al ....

The latest.  The vascular surgeon to whom I was referred has concluded that there is nothing he can do about my edema.  I'm not sure where to turn next  for this - maybe just to the Lord alone.

Meanwhile, on a very slightly different front, I'm wearing this specially built up shoe now, and my hip is not used to it yet at all.  My prayer is that when it does (hopefully very soon) it'll make the difference.

Praying for you Al.

Thank you dear Melody, and may our Father greatly bless you through your prayer for me.

Praying for a miraculous healing from the Great Physician for you, Al!  Also praying if that isn't His will for you that you will only grow more and more Christ-like as you bear this painful trial.

Your sis in Christ,
Kathleen

Al I'm here for you, brother ... Truly there is NOTHING impossible with our Lord.  I'm continuing in prayer for you and your medical situation.

Any further update Al?  I am continuing to pray

By way of still further update.  It turns out that certain chiropractic schools teach a technique of deep massage that actually stretches the affected ligament in the area of problem.  I went to one, and it DID!  However, after about 2 weeks, the pain moved slightly and is more or less back.  I can lie down on my bed now on the left side without too much problem.  However, I can't turn over to the right side, because the edema prevents it.  Need to get rid of this edema in both legs.  So I'm going back to our primary care man, with the hope he can refer me to someone who can deal with that.  It appears that there is venous insufficiency in the return flow from the lower legs.  I have to be careful not to put too much stock in my self diagnosis, but I'm thinking that a gastroenterologist might be able to help by finding and correcting any lower GI pressure on the venous returns.  I do have diverticulosis (kink in the colon), so that could be a problem.  Anyway, please pray that SOMEONE will know what to do with me!

In the mean time I'm also going to go back to a chiro. who uses the deep massage technique for another go at that.