Dear Family,
Today, I come to you with a plea and an offer. First off, my offer:
The problems I will tell you about have been plaguing us for years and it kills me to see my mother like this, not to mention actually, tangibly sapping my emotional, mental and to some degree (though she is mostly self-reliant and hates to bring me down, so this part is quite limited and makes me feel worse) financial energy as well. Also, I am seeking as complete and total a solution to all of this as possible, so this post will be very long. I apologize in advance. Also, since I will be sharing a lot of personal details, at least about my mother, I elected to make this an anonymous post. I have also taken some obfuscation and obscuring measures in regards to the tone of my text, but the content is 100% the same. If our dear Clergy nonetheless thinks I should make a non-anonymous post, I shall comply.
What I offer is not personal recompense, but rather, in the exact same spirit of the things we "offer" the Gods - I hope this does not disappoint. I offer, upon working, practical and successful advice (both/either physical and spiritual), a Donation made to our Hall of Osiris made in your honor. It will be in your honor, but if it's okay for you, I would still like it to be added to my Balance. If this seems to tip the scales too much in the way of shamelessness and self-centredness in your view, I assure you this is not the case as I simply need every bit and have things I would like to grab, but I also understand. So if this is too much, we will simply arrange for the Donation to be added to your Balance. No, I am not offering money outside of this - I wish for this undertaking to nourish two birds with one piece of bread. If I can engender a little more contribution to our Temple with this little act, all the better. Lastly, I am already a Donor, a fairly okay Tier by my standards, so I am not going to risk my standing over a "mere" few hundos, no matter how relatively bigger they are to my eyes right now. I will post proof of contribution either publicly or, preferably, to a member of Clergy upon request. I will also shamelessly try and tag a few members whom I believe can help - please don't lynch me!
Now, if these terms are acceptable to you, I will describe our situation:
My mother has, for years, been plagued by myriad, various health problems. Nowadays, her biggest issue is her stomach and her digestive system at large. But I will give a full account of her health history and include details of her life, so as to make a diagnosis and prescriptions far more accurate.
Her stomach both burns and aches, and this is often accompanied by nausea. This is basically all day every day with very little relief. She has a lot of gas and this time around I am seeing her, she has been burping a lot - to no relief. Passes gas too. A lot of heartburn too - some kind of sour taste in her mouth all the time. She sometimes wakes up at night to an intensely sour mouth, as she describes. In short, from her mouth to her guts, her digestive system is messed up. She doesn't stuff herself with food either, and in fact, eats rather little and watches her diet (we visited a doctor recently, who gave her a list of foods to avoid, to no help yet). She has had acid reflux, gastritis and ulcer. We think there are no ulcers right now, the reflux and gastritis persist. She has had drug treatment for her ulcer a few times.
She regularly suffers from constipation - she sometimes has bowel movements once every 2 or 3 days - daily bowel movements are very rare. This has been the case since she was a teenager, she says. Lastly, a doctor described the situation in her intestines as varus of the small intestines. I think it's called diverticulosis. Her bowel movements are also even more irregular when she is stressed. And she herself says that she started having constipation problems after she stopped feeling secure - her family had a big move to "the big city" when she was younger and her life changed majorly, and mostly not in a good way. I'll also get to that.
She has had her thyroid removed - completely. Because she had very numerous, rather large nodules all throughout her thyroid. And ever since her thyroid got removed, these problems got exacerbated quite a lot.
She is not overweight but has a lot of edema, especially built up in her legs/thighs. She has lipedema in her legs (mainly thighs) and in her upper arms (not past down her elbows though). This used to be very painful to the point that even pressing a little on her thighs would result in great pain, and all the affected areas were very stiff. Now, it's a lot softer and less painful but the edema and the condition remain. Her arms with the parts with the edema do hurt more in cold. All this also exacerbated a lot after her thyroid issues and subsequent removal.
Also, especially her stomach problems (especially the burning and aching) depend quite strongly upon her mental state. During periods where she is more stressful, they worsen.
Her family has also been making her work rather backbreaking jobs since she was young. They had a tobacco field back in their hometown and her along with her several sisters were made to work the fields, ever since she was a little girl, often in lieu of school - and she was chronically underfed, especially in terms of major nutrients; hardly any worthwhile animal protein, not a lot of meat. Lots of grueling work to boot. When they moved to the big city, they had a textiles workshop and again, it was her and her sisters that did most of the work, and then slept in rather harsh conditions - often in the cold workshop, with some unfitting piece of textile draped over as a "blanket". I'm not writing a sob story here, but I am aware of how it sounds. I'm still here just to seek solutions. The only reason I am sharing "the patient's" history so personally is that I want to convey that she has been working and living in the cold, like actual cold and not simply chilly weather, for most of her life and also, her physical body's foundation may be lacking from her upbringing. That and, I want to provide the most complete picture possible - I know we have a far more holistic view on health than materialistic modern medicine (though I recognize we need both in this day and age).
She has migraine too. Fairly aggressive.
She has fibromyalgia as well.
Those who know a thing or two about health, healing or medicine in our lives often say that her problems stem from her thyroid issues and now, total lack of a thyroid. I also agree - literally all of these problems got worse ever since she started having thyroid problems which culminated in its removal.
Here's also a list of what we already tried, hence why we are here:
We have tried, and been prescribed, basically all stomach protective medicine, syrups, medicines, antiacids, laxatives (for years, which she is now aware are harmful and has now moved to more natural solutions like herbal teas), she has also used antibiotics a lot over the years on account of having had allergic bronchitis since she was a child, as well as a lot of painkillers for her stomach - even painkiller injections sometimes for her migraine attacks.
As for what we need:
We are starting her on a Spiritual Moon Square today for her stomach problems - this will be her first Moon Square but not her first Square or spell by far. She is not a consistent meditator but I pushed her to complete the 40-day program back in the day, she still knows how to meditate and does things sometimes, and she can do spells consistently. It's just that meditating regularly is "too much drudgery" for her. We are completely open to any other spell or spiritual solution as well, and in fact, I'd be especially grateful for such "prescriptions" - on top of physical solutions too though, as her body definitely needs something physical to make things right and whole. She is not a Zevist, but she knows almost all of what we are all about and has known since our "previous" days, and is fully on board with whatsoever I, and by extension you people, recommend. Including God Rituals too - it's not like she is averse to our religion, she just hasn't actually gone ahead and done the dedication yet... Who knows, if we bring her proper healing and peace at this juncture, I could probably seal the deal. Not that it'd be hard even now, she trusts me almost implicitly, but you know what I mean. Oh and, lastly on this front, I already have the nascent form of an affirmation for the Square as well as repetitions (I think 8 would be good), but if someone would like to weigh in on that too, I am all ears.
We are also open to anything physical whatsoever. Cures, remedies, medicine (you won't be held accountable just for pointing us in the right direction), etc.
She is also somewhat physically active. Doesn't actively exercise but keeps herself active, goes on walks, and does do warmup-level physical activity regularly.
We are also open to sharing more information or answering follow-up questions. In short, literally any and all worthwhile responses are welcome.
Lastly, I'd like to note that I am not expecting even our Family to help make her completely reborn - at least not yet and not at the level of recompense I am offering. But if the most egregious problems she has can be relieved or fixed, I will still be eternally grateful and I would be even freer to pursue my own prosperity with renewed power and thus, our Temple's prosperity as well. So, if you can help only one thing, please focus on her digestive system and especially her stomach pains and burns. She is in pain literally all day every day and it is torturous to me to watch all of this and not be able to help. I don't think spiritual healing alone is what she needs, and considering how chronic the vast majority of these problems are, I think it would be a black hole of energy expenditure to even attempt such a thing. So here I am instead, seeking my family's wisdom.
I will now notify some people I believe can help. I apologize for the inconvenience, but this is important and a pretty painful topic. @Head Guardian Sophiles Phylax @Tyler Tekton [NG] @Academic Scholar (not sure if you know anything about health, Sister, but if I remember correctly, you like to stockpile information). I'd @ the Priesthood as well but I don't dare go that far - though I sure hope they see this. 👀
Thank you in advance for all your help, dear Brothers and Sisters. Whoever knows anything that could help, please feel free to chime in. I might also tag others if I remember any names that might be helpful - apologies in advance for the inconvenience, again. Have a wonderful day, everyone.
