Testimony of Healing March 23, 2009 Issue

EFFECTS OF GLANDULAR DIFFICULTY REVERSED

Reprinted from El Heraldo de la Ciencia Cristiana

MARICARMEN STRATTON

I found Christian Science during a very difficult period in my life. According to the doctors, I'd been suffering from a disturbance in the thyroid gland for many years. As a result, I started to suffer from depression, and my appearance began to change. I have very large eyes, which began to bulge out because of this problem. I lost a lot of hair and a considerable amount of weight because I couldn't retain any food.

The doctors examined me several times, arriving at the conclusion that my eyes would never be normal again. They removed the damaged thyroid gland and prescribed a hormone that I would have to take for the rest of my life, in addition to other medication. They told me that if I stopped taking the medication, I would have very serious problems. I was alarmed.

For a long time I felt as if I'd been backed into a corner. My fear and depression were so great that I lost the desire to live and tried to commit suicide three times. Later, through Christian Science, I learned that all these things that were tormenting me were an illusory mental state. Now I understand that the spiritual light of God has always been with me, although fear had prevented me from seeing it.

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