Open Your Mouth

I have a very dear friend who has been going through a lot of health issues for the past few years. She has had the same surgery Hubby had, just not as many times. She had a Pace Maker put in and was on more medications that anyone of her age should ever have to be on. Even with all of these procedures, surgeries, and medications, she was unable to work, she was fainting daily, and she couldn't be the mom that her three young children needed.

When Hubby was sick, I leaned on this friend a lot, because she knew how he was feeling, and she could talk to me about things in a different perspective. I tried to help her when ever and where ever I could, but after Hubby got better, we moved and I have only seen her a few times. We do keep up with eachother every few weeks, and I was able to have a conversation with her not too long ago, that may have been a turning point in her life!

I have mentioned in a previous post that a lot of my friends, even people that don't know me well, come to me to ask about medications they are on, the best choice for treatment plans, I even get people asking me to diagnose them just by telling me what is going on! Well, this phone call, was not asking me to give any advice, but I had a thought that I felt I needed to share.

I told her about the medication that has changed our lives, and suggested that she ask her doctor about it, and she did! This was about a month ago, and I just heard from her today, that she is currently off all of her other medications, and has not fainted since getting on the new medication. She has gone from being told that her blood pressure was so high that being on multiple medications was not enough to control it, to no longer being on any blood pressure medication. She is now doing things that we all take for granted, like dishes, laundry, and playing with her kids.

I have a strong belief that we go through certain trials so that down the road we can help someone else in a similar situation. Sometimes we are placed in people's lives to help them just as much as they help us, and sometimes all that we have to do to provide the help that will change someone's life is open our mouths!