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A story of remission/healing

April 30th, 2007 | Guest writer, Prayer 

I was telling a friend about another’s diagnosis and how it is known to sometimes go into remission, even permanently. Here’s what she wrote in reply:

It really struck me what you said on the phone – when they said [ ] could go into remission and that you considered “remission” a “healing” — I never thought of that until recalling that about 30 years ago, I suddenly came down with some “spinal” thing – extreme pain constantly up to my neck. For three months I was nearly a total invalid. Couldn’t even lift a can of tomato soup, let alone open it. Even had to move in with my parents, as I could not even feed myself. The family doctor diagnosed it as ankylosing spondylitis, an incurable spinal disease, and sent me out to U of Michigan. The first day consisted of 5-1/2 hours of doctors all over me. They confirmed the diagnosis, said it was incurable
and that I would have to be fitted with a steel back brace for the rest of my life, whereby, I could never bend over, etc.

Out of the blue, a woman at work whom I barely knew, called me with her story….bottom line: see Dr. Luke Sheng in Brighton, Michigan. (I could write volumes about his family and that clinic.) He was an M.D. He and his wife (also an M.D.) were both born in China, as were their two sons. They were what we would call those super-devout Christians. When Mao took over in ‘49, he was arrested and jailed, escaped to Hong Kong, made it to Pennsylvania, then Brighton.

I had, for the first time, called [someone] who agreed to continue to pray/work with me while I was having acupuncture from Dr. Sheng. Was driven to Brighton for 14 treatments and a few more trips to U-M. It was obvious to me I was healed. I was well! When I told the U-M doctors, they scoffed, said it was impossible because this was incurable and I was only in a short “remission” and that it would return within weeks. That was 30 years ago. It has never returned.

Thank you Karin, that you even said you consider “remission” a “healing.” I had never even equated that.

And please feel free to show this to [ ] or post it on your blog. No secrets here … just a bunch of gratitude and awe.

Love,
Diane

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