Prayer Requests

[littleoc]

Here's to hoping you get answers and treatment, @Changing4Best :hug:

 

[Justmehere]

Oh no! I'll be praying!

 

[Lionheart]

According to my latest bloodwork, I have stage 3 kidney disease.

I am so sorry. I will be sending up prayers for your kidneys to heal quickly and well.

 

[VioletButterfly]

@Changing4Best - Praying for your health to improve! I hear you on the menu changes, but I've learned that what we eat really does influence how our bodies work and how we feel. Even knowing this for a long time, I'm not adhering to a healthy meal plan and need to get back on the healthy food wagon. Cheering you on with supportive hugs (if that's okay) and lots of prayer for healing. :)

@Justmehere - Praying for you during this holiday season. I looked at many Bible verses for you and there are quite a few that would be supportive and comforting, but I thought a heart-felt I'm standing with you might be more what you need. It is a difficult time of year for many of us with all of the gatherings and gifting, etc..., however, if we can just focus on the "reason for the season" and the hope that it brings, this time of year might prove to be more uplifting than oppressive and saddening. Praying that you will find warmth, love, and light from within and from above. VB

 

[Tinyflame]

I'm so sorry @Changing4Best :( , many prayers. :hug: :hug: :hug:

I am not Diabetic. My blood pressure and cholesterol are OK. So this is weird.

Actually it isn't, because Diabetes involves the pancreas, not kidneys, and the liver, heart and arteries most critical in terms of blood pressure and cholesterol. That's actually great news as having more than one condition doesn't make it easier, and those are things you can build off of.

PTSD and life-long elevated cortisol levels put stress on the kidneys. That is where the stress hormones are produced. So anything that reduces stress will benefit you too. :hug:

 

[Changing4Best]

Thanks for the info, @Junebug

 

[Lionheart]

I am requesting prayers to find my baby brother who is lost somewhere in the mental health care system. He is possibly in the state hospital or in an assisted living facility. I haven't seen my brother in 5 years or more and I would do anything just to know that he is alright.

I don't think he knows that our mom and sister have passed on and it will fall on me to break the news to him. Still, to be reunited with him would be a true blessing, and so I am asking for your prayers.

Thanks and God Bless,
Lionheart

 

[VioletButterfly]

Saying prayers for you @Lionheart777. I hope that you and your brother can find your way back to one another.

 

[Changing4Best]

Who knows, but that your brother could be looking for you! @Lionheart777

 

[Changing4Best]

One thing that I am finding to be very difficult about having Kidney Disease is that there are so MANY things that need to be adjusted to do with it. One of my meds is sodium based, so it will most likely have to be changed, since I am only allowed one teaspoon of salt per day.

The other problem is that I have to drink 3 quarts of water per day and if I am not careful, this washes too much of the sodium out of my system and I get to feeling faint! There is a fine line balancing between too much and too little sodium concerning this condition.

Then there is the fatigue. I have had it for a year or more, thinking that it was depression, yet I did not feel depressed, so I was baffled. Now I understand. None the less, it makes life very difficult. Often I feel like doing NOTHING. I'm very dragged out. Then too, I am feeling depressed now that I know how serious the problem is and if I don't handle it properly, Dialisis is not far off. Stage 3 is where I am at. Then, if I go in the wrong direction, stage 4 is only on step away from Dialisis.

I sure don't need this on top of everything else I am dealing with! It could be related to my Lyme Disease, it surely will mess with my Bipolar and then of course, it will mess with my PTSD too, because it is increasing my anxiety. I dare not go back to my anxiety medicine though. I am free of it, and I am not turning back! The more meds I take, the more badly they can affect my kidneys, sigh....

 

[Justmehere]

Praying for you this morning @Changing4Best

 

[VioletButterfly]

Praying for you @Changing4Best. Sending hugs as well. Please take care of yourself.