I know, I know. You are so sick of reading about MS that you could barf. Hang in there; I’m almost done. I have a really cool story for you. We all know that I like to joke and tease, but this is serious for real. The orchestration of this series of fortunate events leaves no room for questioning the hand of the Lord in our lives.
So, I was starting my new ms therapy, but the company had yet to send me the injections or the special injecting tool (which is so cool, by the way). They are sent separately for some reason, so I had to wait for the arrival of both before I could schedule an injection training. I’ve injected myself with my other meds before, but it is a totally different type of injection. Anyway, upon speaking with someone from the specialty pharmacy, I learned that they sent the injecting tool to our old apartment, so they just sent me a new one. The following day, someone from the pharmacy called me, telling me that they had a woman (Aisha) on the phone and she had received the first tool they sent. It was a conference call, so I could hear both the pharmacy woman and the woman from the apartments. The pharmacy woman said, “Aisha, Hillary has already received a new one, so you can just throw that one away.” I felt bad; I didn’t want her to feel dumb for doing a good thing by calling the company. So, I said, “I’d actually like to come and pick that up, Aisha, if we could set up a time.” So, we set up a time for me to stop by and pick it up at her apartment. A weird thing was that the company put my phone number as the apartment number, so while all the apartment numbers (in that complex) are 3 digits, they put “1634” on the package. Then, the brilliant man at fed-ex delivered it to apartment # 264. Anyway, I wanted to give her a little treat for being so courteous, so I brought her some cookies. When Darby and I arrived at her apartment, I took one look at her and said, “Well, I brought you some cookies, but I can tell by looking at you that you don’t eat cookies.” She smiled and said, “No, I don’t eat sugar; I have MS.” I was like, “Shut up! That’s why I’m here; this is my autoject!” Anyway, we started talking and I asked her what therapies she’s been on and she said that she hasn’t been on any. She has only done natural things and that she has had NO disease progression (she was diagnosed the same summer I was). I was on meds for 10 of the 20 months that I’ve had MS and I have had mild to moderate progression (which is better than it could be, of course). So, I asked her what she is doing to remain so well and she wrote down books for me to read and homeopathic doctors for me to see and it was so awesome! So, I went home and researched a little about what she does and learned that the diet she follows (not for weight loss, just for health benefits) has been studied for over 30 years and that those who followed the diet showed no significant deterioration in all that time. Is that amazing, or what?
I know that Heavenly Father is aware of us. More and more I recognize those “tender mercies” we hear so much about. I usually feel so insignificant in the grand scheme of things and then I am shown the hand of God in my life and I am so amazed and thankful that He knows I am here and that I am made aware that I matter to Him. I know we all do.
So, I was starting my new ms therapy, but the company had yet to send me the injections or the special injecting tool (which is so cool, by the way). They are sent separately for some reason, so I had to wait for the arrival of both before I could schedule an injection training. I’ve injected myself with my other meds before, but it is a totally different type of injection. Anyway, upon speaking with someone from the specialty pharmacy, I learned that they sent the injecting tool to our old apartment, so they just sent me a new one. The following day, someone from the pharmacy called me, telling me that they had a woman (Aisha) on the phone and she had received the first tool they sent. It was a conference call, so I could hear both the pharmacy woman and the woman from the apartments. The pharmacy woman said, “Aisha, Hillary has already received a new one, so you can just throw that one away.” I felt bad; I didn’t want her to feel dumb for doing a good thing by calling the company. So, I said, “I’d actually like to come and pick that up, Aisha, if we could set up a time.” So, we set up a time for me to stop by and pick it up at her apartment. A weird thing was that the company put my phone number as the apartment number, so while all the apartment numbers (in that complex) are 3 digits, they put “1634” on the package. Then, the brilliant man at fed-ex delivered it to apartment # 264. Anyway, I wanted to give her a little treat for being so courteous, so I brought her some cookies. When Darby and I arrived at her apartment, I took one look at her and said, “Well, I brought you some cookies, but I can tell by looking at you that you don’t eat cookies.” She smiled and said, “No, I don’t eat sugar; I have MS.” I was like, “Shut up! That’s why I’m here; this is my autoject!” Anyway, we started talking and I asked her what therapies she’s been on and she said that she hasn’t been on any. She has only done natural things and that she has had NO disease progression (she was diagnosed the same summer I was). I was on meds for 10 of the 20 months that I’ve had MS and I have had mild to moderate progression (which is better than it could be, of course). So, I asked her what she is doing to remain so well and she wrote down books for me to read and homeopathic doctors for me to see and it was so awesome! So, I went home and researched a little about what she does and learned that the diet she follows (not for weight loss, just for health benefits) has been studied for over 30 years and that those who followed the diet showed no significant deterioration in all that time. Is that amazing, or what?
I know that Heavenly Father is aware of us. More and more I recognize those “tender mercies” we hear so much about. I usually feel so insignificant in the grand scheme of things and then I am shown the hand of God in my life and I am so amazed and thankful that He knows I am here and that I am made aware that I matter to Him. I know we all do.
The best part is . . . you can share your knowledge! I know Valynne could sure use some encouraging news. That is a super neat story.
ReplyDeleteThat is amazing. I know that you are being watched very closely by Him. You still have quite a bit left to do on this earth. Item #1: Take care of Bing when she has meltdowns. I know you can't WAIT for the next one, right?
ReplyDeleteYou are so loved.
Wow! What a coincidence! Seriously, how lucky are you to have found someone so close that knows exactly what you are going through and has such useful information? I agree that Heavenly Father must know exactly what we are going through and sends us tender mercies like this to make our lives a little bit easier.
ReplyDeleteOMG! Kevin wanted me to tell you that what happened was really cool and pretty amazing. Upon reading this post I have to admit that I got teary eyed. What a blessing and a comfort to know that our Heavenly Father is mindful of us all.
ReplyDeleteCan I have the cookies that your new bff didn't eat?
ReplyDeleteHello darling. I wanted to wish you a *belated* happy, happy birthday! And I am really glad that you post about MS so that we may all learn along with you.
ReplyDeleteI love the niceties of life, such as the story you posted. So often I get caught up in the details of the day-to-day that I sometimes miss the little postcards from heaven that say, "Thinking of You."
Thanks for the reminder, Hilz. I've missed your guts.
from reading your blog and having haley tell me stories, you are amazing person. Thanks for being so open with us your readers.
ReplyDeleteO Hill, you always act so "normal" like there is no problem that I forget that you are suffering. You are an amazing woman! I miss you so much, it has been so many years, but our time together still seems like yesterday sometimes. I love you!
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