Update on the root canal - The weirdness of tolerance for pain
Well, this tooth has started to really bother me. It’s been really sore all day, and I expect it will remain that way. It’s really odd to me the things I find tolerable and the things I don’t when it comes to pain. For instance, when I get stuck for blood work at the doctor’s office, I am much more concerned about the tech doing it right than I am about the way it feels. It just doesn’t bother me. But, please don’t ask me to prick my finger for a blood sample. I hate that, because it feels so painful to me. Odd isn’t it. The actual procedure yesterday didn’t bother me, except for the smell (yuk). But the soreness I’ve felt today has turned me into a big baby. I just don’t get it.
Anyway, I am expecting more of it tomorrow, so I’m asking for prayer requests. Let me clarify, I am not asking you to pray for me. This will pass. I will be alright. I am asking you to help me give this suffering some purpose. Please comment with your prayer requests. I will offer up this suffering to God for your intentions.
Thanks and God bless!
February 24th, 2006 at 8:24 am
“Anyway, I am expecting more of it tomorrow, so I’m asking for prayer requests. Let me clarify, I am not asking you to pray for me. This will pass. I will be alright. I am asking you to help me give this suffering some purpose. Please comment with your prayer requests. I will offer up this suffering to God for your intentions.”
This is the power and beauty there is in being Catholic. Something my Protestant friend fully do not understand, even as I did not. I know do, or at least, am beginning to understand.
A dear, Protestant, brother in the Lord told me yesterday, over a very sad coffee, that he is loosing his marriage. His wife, who is bipolar disconnected from the marriage last year and has had more than one affair. Even so, my friend would receive her back, with boundaries but she is determined to part. They have kids and it is as ugly and sad as it ever is. This also affects my brothers ministry.
Thank you Marc.
February 24th, 2006 at 2:58 pm
Thank you for sharing Owen. I will keep this poor family in my prayers.