For Better or Worse

[amazingadrian]

On May 3rd, I went in for Cochlear Implant surgery and had one installed in my right ear. Everyone I talked to felt it was the right course of action, except for me, right up until the end. However, the alternative, the healing ministry that I was considering going to...Well, I was lead to a place of enlightenment about that by reading the

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[aerozaine]

You know, you should really start giving credit where credit is due...

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[amazingadrian]

Yeah, I'm really glad you showed me the first of these articles. I think it ultimately boiled down to me flipping my lid over having to go through an irreversible, life-altering procedure that I didn't think I was ready for.

There was something specific in the book mentioned about pharmacists actually, that I thought was interesting, and correlated to one of the testimonials I happened to read that felt...really off.

In the book, the pastor mentions that the Hebrew word commonly translated as witchcraft is pharmakemia. Being no scholar of Hebrew (which is apparently far more complex than either Greek or English), I have to take his word for it that pharmacists are basically evil. He doesn't explain hows or whys, he simply points out this translation and leaves it up to the reader to correlate whatever. (Personally I took it to mean that taking drugs for recreational purposes or to treat symptoms of something with more tangible underlying causes was the evil insinuated here, although the Pastor claims that the cause of all disease is

[aerozaine]

I showed you the first two. :P

Adrian, I have a tough skin. I wouldn't have been insulted. <3 Glad you're healing up, too. It might be a while before everything falls into place. You said you feel it's been long already, and it hasn't even been a week! But seriously, time will pass regardless, and soon you'll find it's not a hindrance.

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[cuddlegrimm]

*hugs* I'm wishing you all the best hon. You're an amazing person and you just took a huge step in your life. I'm proud of you and proud for you! I sent you some IMs but I'll repeat it here - I'm wishing for the best for you including a speedy recovery and success.

*gives you all the hugs!*

[amazingadrian]

Thank you so much for the well-wishes! It is certainly a big step for me and it will take a lot of getting used to. I'm glad I have such great friends like you to pull for me; it gives me a sense that I have people to rally behind on those days when I feel like I need a hand.

[akktri]

Christian Science has never appealed to me that much. It reminds me of that movie where that lady is sitting in a boat shaped house waiting for help from above when there's a doctor right there.
What's equally bad are all those Christian tracts that tell you that all you need to do to conquer depression is pray and read the bible a lot, or that you need to do an exorcism to get rid of the depression. It's fine if you're sad because your puppy dog died or you're actually possessed, or both, but it's extremely unhelpful if you're someone who has a chemical imbalance.