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Dave in Tenn:
Hanging in there with you.
octoberose:
According to my friends who have already had Covid, your symptoms are pretty common for it. I hope you have zinc, vitamin C and vitamin D. I purchased hydrochloroquine just in case. I'm sorry you have to deal with this but when its over you'll hopefully be able to release a little of that anxiety. I'm praying you'll be just fine.
Dennis Vogel:
--- Quote from: Porter on January 07, 2021, 04:14:48 PM --- They put me through a series of strong antibiotic shots in my behind, then they gave me oral antibiotics on top of that. My heart is still going crazy at times, and it causes me a lot of anxiety. Feel trapped sometimes. I've always been a timid person, so I'm hoping God will help me overcome that if anything else.
My family and I came down with the flu, but my wife thinks it covid as there have been multiple confirmed cases of it in my small community. Most of us have lost our sense of smell and taste, along with body aches and fevers. I had the worst headache of my life for nearly 2 days straight during this. Not even asking for healing, just courage or something to deal with all this. Maybe I'm more scared than I thought.
Thanks again everyone for the thoughts and prayers.
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You wife may be right - I think I had COVID a few months ago too. Constant mild headache, low grade fever, mild nausea, slight cough, weak and tired all the time.
Sounds like the flu but I cannot remember ever having the flu before and I never cough. It took about two weeks to begin to get better.
My prayers continue for you.
Porter:
I hate to keep going on about this, but I just wanted to give a final update.
First, thank you all for the kind words and prayers. It helps a lot as I know we are experiencing the same things, spiritually speaking.
I was again rushed to the emergency room, and this time they sent me out on an emergency flight to the hospital. My heart was experiencing arterial fibrillation, and was determined to be caused by Graves Disease. I stayed in the hospital for 4 days as they monitored me and gave me medications to alleviate my symptoms. I'm back home now.
It's been an interesting experience so far, knowing all is of God. I've quit smoking, and cut down on caffeine. I pray to God that lasts. I had been actually praying for years that God would somehow help me quit smoking, but never expected it to be quite this way. However, my physical problems pail in comparison to my spiritual problems. I truly hope this is God's way of dealing with me as a son. It's all good, and I'm very thankful.
I'm still afraid at times for what's to come, but I'm constantly reminded about all the Scriptures that tell me to hang in there when the going gets tough.
I was actually re-reading one of Ray's papers (before this last emergency) which spoke about how Jesus compelled His disciples into a boat during a storm. It was a kind of foreshadowing of judgement on His Elect. They were afraid to do what Jesus asked, understandable so. Who the heck wants to willingly go into a storm in a small boat? I've been in some nasty storms in a small boat before, and it was indeed frightening. I wasn't given faith back then, so of course I was afraid.
I'm now in another storm, and I'm not always sure I'll be ok, spiritually. I know the Scripture that says to count it all joy when experiencing trials and tribulations, as it is a manifestation of God's righteous judgment. It's just too easy to doubt sometimes.
I'm so glad to be part of this forum. I'm so happy you love Jesus. Forgive me if I've been a bit terse at times, I'm still learning.
Peace
arion:
You are right where you are supposed to be both spiritually and in the flesh at this point. If God is sovereign in his creation [He is of course], if he knew everything you would think or do before you were even born [He did] and if you don't have a free will to alter what God knows what must be. [You don't] then you are right where you are supposed to be and everything is running right on time.
That was a hard lesson for me to learn and I still have to relearn it or at least re-experience it quite often. Looking at the crazy things going on in the world today and life in general not a day goes by where I don't say to myself, 'if there was a better way for God to accomplish his plans both for me and this world in general then he would do it that way.'
It's tempting to play the game sometimes with hindsight [hearing that voice behind you] thinking about things you did in the past and how you might have done them differently if you had the option but when I hear that voice behind me I can turn, look and see that God was there all the time even though I wasn't aware of it. And in retrospect I would change nothing. Not that I've done everything right or even most things right but if everything that has happened to me was part of God's plan all along and if I am convinced of his love and provision for me why would I change anything?
It brings a lot of comfort to know that I can't mess up his plan for me and you can't mess up his plan for you even though we still see through that glass darkly.
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