Elbow Pain to God-given Gain
One recent Tuesday I could not lower my arm all the way down
nor raise it all the way up. And I could
not get my hand closer than 6 inches from my face, the pain was so bad. I also had to leave my hand angled across my
body as that was the only comfortable place I could find.
I called my doctor for an appointment and they gave me one
for the next morning. That night was
excruciating. I went to my doctor’s
appointment and he checked some things, and said I needed to see the orthopedic
surgeon. They got me an appointment for
1 ½ hour later (wow, that was quick).
I met with the orthopedic surgeon who did some range of
motion tests with my arm and then told me I’d need x-rays of my arm and
shoulder. Some background on my shoulder
injury: I hurt it a month earlier while
skiing. This doctor had his own x-ray
tech, so the x-rays were done within 5 minutes.
On reviewing the x-rays with me, the doctor said the shoulder was
strained but was healing, so no further treatment of the shoulder was needed. But my elbow showed some possible
calcification build-up on the inner section.
The doctor said I would need an MRI of my elbow. The O’ Surgeon also gave me some
anti-inflammatory medicine and a prescription for antibiotics. That combination helped alleviate the pain
within a few hours. I was slowly able to
get my arm back down and up soon, and also able to get my hand to my face
within a few more days.
The MRI Company called me to schedule my test, setting it
for the following week. I was able to
get the MRI done, and had a follow-up with the O’ Surgeon the next day. We reviewed the MRI results and he said the
healing with the antibiotics was good progress and unless I had more problems I
would not need to return to see him.
The Lesson God taught me:
The calcification is a calcium build-up.
So what I got from that is even though calcium is a necessary part of
our body structure/makeup, if it isn’t processed properly it can be harmful to
us. Similarly, this can be applied to
other things, even reading the Bible; If our reading of Holy Scriptures isn’t
processed properly, that can become harmful to us. Sometimes Scripture passages are taken out of
context and the effect can be problematic.
