Feelings

One of our worship team leaders ended up in hospital with what was at first suspected kidney stones, then perhaps pneumonia. How can such diversity tie up? Well, it comes down to the area of pain which is where diagnosis begins. Thank goodness for other medical tests! It was determined that he actually had a pulmonary embolism. He had originally thought that it was a 'stitch' (intercostal cramp) and had jumped up and down a bit to try and sort it out - which incidentally could have ended up killing him. When in hospital he was not allowed to move from his bed - not even to the loo - because walking could be life-threatening. Eventually the staff allowed him to get into a wheelchair and get to and from the loo that way.

The alarming thing was that he said he felt fine. When he breathed in deeply there was pain in his upper chest, but otherwise medication kept that under control. He just had to lie in bed while his blood was being thinned and the embolism dissolved - even though he 'felt fine'. Just goes to show how what we feel does not reflect reality.