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January 14, 2011 by Lisa, RM Director 3 Comments

Devotion – Remember to Ask God To Provide Us His Strength

Devotion – Remember to Ask God To Provide Us His Strength

"I was pushed back and about to fall, but the Lord helped me." (Psalm 118:13) Have you been pushed so hard and fallen so hard that you wondered if you could ever get back up? That has been my case lately. I feel like … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Devotionals, What's New? Tagged With: Christian, Christian encouragement, Christianity, Chronic fatigue syndrome, Chronic pain, Crohn's disease, daily devotion for women, daily scripture readings and meditations, encouraging scriptures, finding bible scriptures, finding peace through trials scripture, free daily bread devotionals, free daily devotion, God, Health, illness ministry, inspirational bible scriptures, inspirational poems and scriptures, inspirational stories, invisible illness, Jesus, meditation, more daily devotionals via email, our daily bread devotion book, Psalms, Religion & Spirituality, Rest Ministries, short inspirational devotionals, suffering, Surgery, Trust

September 19, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director Leave a Comment

Crises: Tips for Before, During and After When You are Chronically Ill

Crises: Tips for Before, During and After When You are Chronically Ill

The theme for this week’s blog carnival over at chronicbabe.com is “crises.” Jenny asked, “How do you prepare for such a turn of events? How do you cope in the middle of it all? And how do you recover?” My Story. . . … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Articles, Coping Skills, Person w/ Illness, Support Group Leader, What's New? Tagged With: Christmas, Health, Hospital, Pain, Surgery

May 7, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director 2 Comments

Lisa’s Last Video Sharing About Her Overall Experience & Finger Splint – Video #5 of 5

Here is the 5th video about Lisa's joint replacement surgery she had on her left h&. She is now out of the main Outrigger splint & is wearing (what they have shared as "permanent") a finger splint to try to keep the ring … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Founder's Blog, Videos, What's New? Tagged With: Admin Forum, Admin Forum, Beyond Casseroles, Health, Medicine, Misunderstood, outrigger splint, Physical therapy, Rheumatoid arthritis, Statistics, Sunroom, Surgery, Volunteer Leadership, WPS Login

May 6, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director Leave a Comment

Lisa Shows the 3rd Splint Designed to Increase Range of Motion – Video #4 of 5

... & it didn't much work. But here is the fourth video about Lisa's h& joint replacement surgery. She discusses the 3rd splint that was designed for her. The purpose of it was to attempt to get a wider range in the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Archive Tagged With: Beyond Casseroles, Education, Health, Medicine, Misunderstood, outrigger splint, Physical therapy, Rheumatoid arthritis, Statistics, Sunroom, Surgery, United States

May 5, 2010 by Lisa, RM Director Leave a Comment

Lisa Discusses “Life” with an Outrigger Splint – Video #3 of 5

Here is the third video about Lisa's joint replacement surgery on her left h&. Lisa discusses "life" with her splint on. How do you plan for all of the things you cannot do (like driving or typing). She shares about … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Founder's Blog, Videos, What's New? Tagged With: Admin Forum, Beyond Casseroles, Health, lisa copen, Medicine, Misunderstood, outrigger splint, Physical therapy, Rheumatoid arthritis, Statistics, Sunroom, Surgery, United States, WPS Login

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