Trust His Protection Upon Your Life - Part 2: My Recent Story

 

The second part of this title, I will share my recent experience with God where His protection was upon me.

Since early 2020, I have been having some physical discomfort in some areas of my body. It started with my stomach pain (GERD) after my brother’s pass which lasted for almost 6 months, then I got my eye problem since last year which I am still seeking for better treatment. In June 2020, my right eye got flare up really bad which I lost 50% of my vision so I went to my Ophthalmologist for treatment.  

Ophthalmologist ordered for a thorough blood check up to see if there is a condition that may trigger the eye problem. The result was organised to be sent directly to her and copied to my GP. On that week when the result was supposed to be out, my GP called me and asked me to come over. I was not sure if she wanted to see me to see how I went with the stomach treatment (I went to my GP for my GERD problem in May 2020) or for something else. Then I remembered this must be something to do with the blood result. I was a bit anxious of what happened with my blood result. But I made the appointment to see my GP after my appointment with my ophthalmologist because I wanted to hear what my ophthalmologist said first about the result. Cut long story short, ophthalmologist is happy with the blood result and there was no abnormality in my blood that can cause any problem in my eye and only suspected with allergy.

However my ophthalmologist did mention there were some areas that I need to discuss with my GP from the blood result because that was outside her area. So I met my GP the next day. When I saw my GP, she was panicking with my blood result and told me that I was anaemic. I realised that I have been very tired and lost energy lately but didn’t suspect anything. GP asked me to do ultrasound of my abdomen and internal checking right away so she could see what’s happening. I did it on that day and result came out on the next day. When I met my GP again, I was told that I got at least 7 fibroids in my uterus and a large cyst in the ovary. GP then sent me to gynaecologist for further examination.

At the specialist clinic, after looking at my scan, doctor suggested me to have hysterectomy due to the complication of my case. He did mention 3 options but only hysterectomy seemed a good thing to do for me. So we decided to have it done as soon as possible.

There are few underlines that I want to share with you from this journey:

1.   The blood test should be for my ophthalmologist interest only but that the result also went to my GP. And for some reason my blood count also detected in the result.

2.   I am thankful for my GP that even though she didn’t order for the blood test for me (she only got the copy because of the request from my ophthalmologist), when the blood result came, she read the result thoroughly and proactively called me in to discuss about it. I felt this is God’s hand and protection upon me.

3.   My blood count was not that bad. I see many people has far below than the normal count. Mine was only slightly below than normal, but my GP was so worried about this and wanted me to do the scan urgently. I took this overreaction of my GP as the sign from God’s protection upon my life. Perhaps other GP would be just suggested me with taking iron pills to recover from anaemic.

4.   When I need to make an appointment with my gynaecologist, I got the appointment within days. Normally for specialist appointment will take few weeks to few months. But when I called on the Wednesday, I got the appointment for the following Monday. 

I felt grateful that God has helped me to find out problems in me. I didn’t even feel any pain or something stuck in my abdomen. My cyst was quite large and was in right ovary. Some people might feel discomfort in their stomach if they have this large cyst but I couldn’t feel anything.

Through this I am learning that God loves me so much and I can feel His protection upon me. Though it was not a pleasant thing to do a surgery to remove my uterus at my age now, but somehow I can feel comforted knowing He is able to protect me with His mighty hand.

I had the surgery on 02 November 2020 and praise God all went smooth and easy. I will share some testimonies in my next blog regarding the surgery itself and how my God has been with me during the surgery and my stay in the hospital.

Therefore don’t be discouraged if you experience hardship in any areas of your life. When God is for you, He will never leave you alone. Stay faithful to Him and patiently wait for His rescue to you. 

The word of God from John 14 has been spoken to me many times in the past few weeks before my surgery.

Do not let your heart be troubled - John 14:1 (NIV)

It is a very simple word that Jesus instructed us to do because He knows how easily fearful we can be and how fragile we are in facing challenges in our lives. He wants us to really meditate on this simple word and apply it in our everyday life.

Thank you for reading my blog and see you in my next blog.