My earliest encounter with the effects of medicines in my body was in my 20’s. When I went to a new dentist, he asked me if I was allergic to Novocain. I had no idea. He explained it was what the dentist used to deaden my mouth when I had all those fillings done. I had never had any deadening. So he tried it. My heart began to pound. I was tipped on my head and they began to wash my face. Apparently I couldn’t have Novocain.
A few years later I was hospitalized and scheduled for tests the next morning. Even though I told them I did not want a sleeping pill, they insisted. The next morning they took me to X-ray on a gurney. They could not wake me up. No more sleeping pills.
I’ve had several colonoscopies. The first time I really didn’t wake up until the third day. I walked and talked but had no idea what I was doing. My husband stayed home from work to watch me. Each scope after that I would explain that I needed less anesthesia. No one listened until about the tenth time. He agreed to start with the bare minimum. It worked just fine.
When I underwent my 2 ½ hour eye surgery this year, I was given the option of taking something. I said no. I had no idea what the reactions would be and I didn’t want the surgery postponed.
I could give many more instances where my body showed a great sensitivity to anything given to me by mouth or IV. That is one reason why I work so hard to stay healthy. I don’t want to take prescriptions.
So along comes the vaccine. I don’t do vaccines. My first flu vaccine many years ago caused many side effects. I’ve never had one since. A few years ago, my doctor stressed I needed a pneumonia vaccine. He knew my history. He said it would be ok. It was not. Even though that vaccine came with a 2nd shot, my doctor recommended I not get it.
By staying unvaccinated, I am not trying to be obstinate, nor is it a political statement. I rarely mention it, because I’ve been lectured and coerced to change my mind. At the present time, I do not have a doctor. He left town. Going to the ER does not seem like a good thing. I don’t want COVID. I’m doing my best to take care of me.
But the mandates are beginning. People are being called selfish if they don’t get a vaccine. I thought I had found a doctor, but she wouldn’t see me if I was unvaccinated. So, I’ve searched and found a health care person with a lot of letters after her name, but my first appointment isn’t until November.
I’ve prayed about this repeatedly. I have not felt a direct leading except the awful feeling in my gut when I thought about just giving in and getting the vaccine. Last night as I went to bed, I was talking to God and explaining I really needed some guidance.
Lately, several of the podcasts/sermons I’ve listened to have mentioned Psalm 91. This morning in my quiet time, I turned to it. (NLT) This is what I found.
91:3 He will …protect you from deadly disease
91:6 Do not dread the disease that stalks in the darkness
91:10 …no plague will come near your home
91:11 For He will order His angels to protect you wherever you go
91:14 The Lord says … I will protect those who trust in My name
Sounds pretty direct to me.
