Taking a Stand Part 4 – Janet Concludes Her Story of Medical Malpractice

Monday we heard Janet’s story as she discovered her doctors had lied about a medical mistake they had made 15 years earlier. Tuesday she shared about finding her x-rays has mysteriously disappeared. Yesterday she shared bout following God’s lead to go to court and today she shares how God led her to [...]

Christian Woman’s Story About Medical Malpractice on Sale

What would you do if after 15 years of suffering from 10 surgeries through your youth and young-adulthood, one of your surgeons admitted an error had been made during the first surgery? And all of the subsequent surgeries were an attempt to fix/hid the medical mistake?
That’s the situation Janet Lynn Mitchell faced and her story, [...]

If You’ve Ever Wondered About a Home Elevator

By Jared Gage
With the modern construction of two and three story homes one always faces the daily routine of going up and down stairs. As time goes on and people grow older, they often find it is more and more difficulty to make this climb. When this becomes a problem it is time to think [...]

Taking a Stand Part 2 – Janet Discovers Missing X-Rays & Medical Records

Yesterday we heard from Janet Lynn Mitchell as she discovered her surgeons had lied to her for 15 years about a medical error they had made which had then caused multiple surgeries.Today she shares about taking the next step–digging deeper to find out just what did happen during her first surgery and the years following.
Janet [...]

Taking a Stand – Janet Lynn Mitchell Discovers Her Doctors Lied for 15 Years

I have known Janet Lynn Mitchell since I met her about five years ago. We don’t see each other   often, but we recently had the chance to catch up at a women’s writers conference and I remembered just how amazing this woman’s story of medical malpractice is. But just as important is the story she [...]

Do Psalms Before Surgery Help?

During our 2009 Invisible Illness Week workshops we had a special guest, Curtis Dean Hall. He is a licensed clinical marriage and family therapist in Kansas. Over the years his practice has moved toward helping those who live with chronic pain, anxiety and trauma issues. And his sub-specialty has become surgery preparation. This was [...]

Joni Eareckson Tada Encouraging Even More Through Cancer Experience

As many of you may may know, Joni Earckson Tada recently was diagnosed with breast cancer and underwent surgery and now will be starting chemotherapy. Somehow in the midst of all this she has found not only peace, but also the ability to write on her blog and even do some videos so that we [...]

Caregivers Come in All Sizes

“For the Son of Man is going to come in His Father’s glory with his angels, and then he will reward each person according to what he has done.” Matt. 16:27
Being a HopeKeepers Facilitator I found out quickly that caregivers don’t receive enough praise and thanks for all they do and have to go [...]

Devotion – Being There For Others When You Are Ill And Also The Caregiver

“Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God,” (Psalm 20:7)
Here I am sitting in a hospital waiting room while a close relative has surgery. Even though we have our own illnesses to deal with, at times it is someone in our family.
This sort of [...]

Cancer: 7 Things You Need to Know to Help

By Georgia Shaffer
Sara sat looking totally overwhelmed. At the age of thirty-five, she had learned she had breast cancer. “I feel like I just got hit by a Mack truck,” Sara said.
As a licensed psychologist in Pennsylvania and a cancer survivor who, 18 years ago, was given a 2 percent chance to [...]

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