I am begging pleading with those who pray and know their God, to please uplift me (brother A.) in prayer daily, constantly. I am 48 years old male, and only feeling more and more weak, and have done all I know how to do, not the least of which is also pray, confess any known sins, have even more watchful care on diet, &c. I even had the church elders come and anoint with oil weeks ago.
I am in a lot of pain & suffering right now (that has been ongoing), please, asking for mercies from the LORD Jesus Christ. This issue has been going on for months, and I only partially know what the issues are, and am currently trying to see physicians in this month about figuring out what exactly is causing the still ongoing misery, even after surgery (months ago). The pains are intestinal bloating, gas, distension, fiery headache, tiredness, like head / ear pressure like drowning, ear (eustachian tube) clicking, and a high pitch almost nerve-whine in my head (not tinnitus, not in ear, but in head behind ears, like nerves are on fire or alarming all the time), extreme nausea (which is the worst part of it all, for hours and hours), aching, sometimes feel feverish, other times like hot / cold sweats, and the feeling of pressure on my lungs and heart (being pushed up by diaphragm due to intestinal bloating) so it is like I cannot catch my breath though airways are clear.
A long story short, two years ago (Jan. 2024), I nearly died of blood infection to the face / head, by Staph / MRSA, and was nearly septic, and in so much head pain it felt like a large truck sitting on my head, and was ER'ed by ambulance, and hospitalized in another country, and while there under 4-5 powerful antibiotics, and hydromorphones (which weren't doing much), I also contracted Hospital Pneumonia while there, and given additional antibiotics. In that same country, I also had extreme (both ends projectile) food poisoning twice (activated charcoal saved my life twice), among other infectious bites (some of which activated charcoal, turmeric, grated potato, and a few other things to help recover from those), and my legs still have the large dark scarring left over.
I came back to the states, and was suddenly gaining weight (for no apparent reason, I was eating even healthier than I had in the other country), breaking out on upper arms and upper thighs, and felt more tired than I ever had been, and was experiencing intestinal issues. Long story short, was ER'ed (Kaiser, with no insurance or money or anything) here in the states, and the first visit said it was 'IBS' and sent me home, but a few days later I was back in ER in worse condition, and they ultra-sounded my abdomen and said it was gall stones (which explains the weight gain, fat was not being processed rightly, and skin breakouts are explained by the body dumping toxins anywhere and everywhere), and did Emergency Gallbladder surgery (so I have 4 stab wounds, now healed after several months), and sent home, and felt ok for a few days (besides the stab wounds), but after 3 days was right back in ER, and more ultrasounds, CT and x-ray of abdomen, but nothing could be found (no blockages, no left over stones), and given anti-nausea, and pain meds, and sent home. This did not last long, and I ended up back at the same ER two more times (making 5 there), and in the last visit the male ER doctor gave me nothing for the misery, cut me off when trying to speak in such pain, and weeping, misery, and said I was mental, and it was 'IBS', rather than even suggest PCS (post-cholecystectomy syndrome), BAM (Bile Acid / Salts Malabsorption), BAD (Bile Acid / Salts Diarrhea), &c. I was turned over to the nurses standing by and wheeled, weeping in absolute pain, begging for help, to discharge and sent home with nothing. I filed letters with the ER, 2 disputes and one bad faith / practice. I only received letters that they received them, nothing else was done (still, months ago)
I eventually ended up in another ER, Sutter, and they at least provided some pain medication, and anti-nausea, but could not locate the cause of the problem either, and said I needed specialists, but I could not get those yet, as I had been waiting for my Medi-Cal to come through, which finally did (this had been 3-4 months of this already, not including the previous 2 years of slowing disintegrating). That lasted only a while, and I ended up at a closer ER (Mercy San Juan), which I was told it was not good to keep hopping ER's (which is all well and fine, but I had no one else to help me), and they did about the same as the previous ER (Sutter). That makes 7 ER visits (waiting for hours each time) in just a few months, since I had no Primary Care Physician (PCP).
I have finally gotten Medi-Cal (Anthem Blue Cross) and finally was able to get some referrals, and working through them now this month, but I have no solutions as yet.
I also have other serious issues, a right arm continual internal pain for last 8 years or more, that is daily on fire, at least 5-7 / 10 every day, all day, and the intestinal gas is increasing the pain felt by it. I also have a golf-ball sized issue in my lower manly extremities, (which also sometimes causes pain) which ultrasound said it was not cancer, but they did not tell me what it was, and I still do not know, and trying to get one's own medical information is like pulling teeth without numbing agents. I still cannot even get my medical records from the other country, and I know people at that hospital. And finally right side foot / knee and leg pains, as if my foot is crooked when walking which is causing issues up the entire right side. In short my whole right side of my body from right should, into shoulder blade, rib cage, on down to the foot is often in pain (and shoulder, and shoulder blade always).
These things have taken their toll on me in multiple ways, and including my aged parents whom I am under their care for now. There are also stress issues between them two as well, most of their life, which is not (and never has been) good (without going into details), but please also include them in prayer as they have their own ongoing medical issues in their older age (80's), like failing kidneys (father, whom has also worn an ileostomy bag for as long as I have been alive), extreme seasonal rhinitus allergies (mother), foot / toe cramps due to medications she is on.
I appreciate any and all love, concern, prayer, sympathies. I am not averse to discussing some things as needful, but on a base by base case. I am entirely plant-based in diet, do not drink alcohol, do not smoke, and do not use 'drugs', and have been that way for years, but ever since the attacks by the devil on my life, my own sins / mistakes in life, and ignorance on certain things, I am fighting a battle I have never fought before and need those who will pray and talk with God, as I also have, and so help one on the side of the road, robbed of health, robbed of wealth, left for dead, in pain. I do claim promises of scripture, but since I also teach scripture, I know that some promises may be fulfilled in the time to come when Jesus returns (see Elisha, see Lazarus).
It took everything for me to type all this, thank you for reading, and thank you more so for really and truly praying, and lifting up a stranger to yourself, but I do love Jesus Christ, and have given my life to Him years ago. The LORD bless all, who give of their time, means to pray on my behalf. When you see me online, no matter what I am typing (whether you agree or not), I am in pain at that very moment. Please have mercy upon me.