Hi, Allan, I'm sorry to hear about your foot and will definitely pray for swift healing!
When I cracked my foot a few years ago, I had acupuncture done to bring more qi (ch'i) into the area for healing. When I broke my left foot in Taiwan, I insisted that the doctor put a shoe device on the cast so I could walk without crutches. Your situation sounds much more severe so I don't know if that would work for you or not. (I've had enough medical situations in this life so I can be pretty assertive with doctors sometimes--of course in Taiwan, I even bargained for the x-ray price!) Can I assume that you are getting plenty of alternative care and advice where you are? Homeopathy, msm, and other means to help you heal? I can ask a friend for some recommendations if you'd like. Take care, and blessings to you. Kara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Allan Balliett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 27, 2002 3:40 PM Subject: Asking for Your Considerations > Folks - > > I've really been through the ringer since the July of this year. Just > take my word for it, if you will, but life has been hell. > > As an upshot of the jangled frazzled energy I was accumulating as I > was most literally being chased by the Devil this month, I took a > fall some distance and broke the arch of my left foot as all 230 > Saggitarious pounds came down on the one bare foot. The break moves > like a river on a map of northern texas down and across the upper > bone of my left foot, the bone that runs down to the 2nd toe. This > happened a week ago Monday. The foot is still swollen and still > pretty much purple. (It is in a cast but the Dr removed the cast > yesterday to check for tendon damage.) They want to leave the cast on > for another 6 weeks. > > It's killing me to be on crutches. It's REALLY screwing up > preparations for next season, also. Worse, I fear that people who are > being generous with me due to my abilities may soon lose patience > when presented with the counterproductivity of my inabilities. > > What I want to ask is for everyone to visualize my foot healed (size > 13!!) and useful again. Please do this whenever you think of it, or > when you pray alone or in groups or during your contemplations. Just > imagine my left foot painless, complete, and the ankle free to rotate > in all directions. I really do believe in the power of prayer and I'd > really like to take advantage of the good thoughts of all the good > souls who read this list. This will only work, of course, if you can > make some time to think me well. > > Do you mind? > > Gracias!! > > -Allan Balliett > Shepherdstown, WV >
