Just to let my people know not only has my MS kept me from posting, but I have also started leading a home-school group along side my husband! It is going wonderful and we are reaching the intended population! It is amazing the folks you meet through ministry!
As far as MS goes, we are going to be doing some physical fundraising soon and I should be starting I.V.I.G. to hold off the symptoms , so hopefully that will be within a week or so!
The animal rescue is crazy but God is providing! And we have a new baby bunny to love and snuggle!
I have so much to share so look for my next post soon, Yall know how I love to chat!
God Bless you and Lets all Pray for each other to have a blessed Thanks giving and PLEASE pray for our home-school groups Thanks Giving party!!!!! We pray these children will have a great fellowship!
I love you all for the love and support you have given!
I am inserting a link to our new website that everyone is still working on but it is pretty cool
Love you all
Audra Lynn Jones
http://stemcellformomma.webs.com/
Monday, November 15, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
Standing Firm Ground
It has been a while since my last post. I had a very hard time feeling motivated to write as I had in the past! I have had some set backs in managing my MS. We have had emotional set backs as a family. We have also continued to go without income, which makes financial issues grow and grow!
I am now taking a new treatment for MS called LDN. The drug has been harsh on me but waiting on the benefits has been even harder! The Copaxone shots failed and caused serious side effects. We are still trying to raise funds to go have a stem cell treatment in Panama. I have grown weaker and weaker! My emotional state has grown weak along with my physical. I just keep wondering, WHEN will God save me from this all! I wonder WHEN will God make things better for my children! If I allow myself, I can get very down about this all!
However, I have made a promise to myself, my children and my God!...... I can not question when, where, why! I have to continue to focus on the here and now...I have to continue to steal away a few moments in the day with my children... Praying they do not forget the kind of mommy I was before this illness. Some days I try to convince myself that there is nothing wrong with me..... but the pain and weakness bring me back to reality!
God never promised that we would have health here on earth....He never said it would be easy! I have to remain strong and faithful ..... trusting that God will not give me more then I can handle!!!! After all, what else do we have, right! If you do not have God and allow Him to save you, allow Him to heal you, allow Him to comfort you..... then life isn't really worth living! I find great comfort in Knowing, that God can in an instant.... take all this pain, provide all our financial needs, give peace and emotional rest to my darling children!!!.....
I am so thankful to have all my friends, family and followers! You all support me, love me and encourage me..... you all have no idea what you do for me.... You allow me to bring my hearts concerns a emotions to you guys, instead of burdening my sweet family!
In conclusion..... I am trying my hardest to Stand Firm on the Ground that God has put me on! He knows my heart and my strength, He knows what I can handle and only wants me to trust in HIM!!
Thank you to all my friends...... I love you all! God Bless You All...........
I am now taking a new treatment for MS called LDN. The drug has been harsh on me but waiting on the benefits has been even harder! The Copaxone shots failed and caused serious side effects. We are still trying to raise funds to go have a stem cell treatment in Panama. I have grown weaker and weaker! My emotional state has grown weak along with my physical. I just keep wondering, WHEN will God save me from this all! I wonder WHEN will God make things better for my children! If I allow myself, I can get very down about this all!
However, I have made a promise to myself, my children and my God!...... I can not question when, where, why! I have to continue to focus on the here and now...I have to continue to steal away a few moments in the day with my children... Praying they do not forget the kind of mommy I was before this illness. Some days I try to convince myself that there is nothing wrong with me..... but the pain and weakness bring me back to reality!
God never promised that we would have health here on earth....He never said it would be easy! I have to remain strong and faithful ..... trusting that God will not give me more then I can handle!!!! After all, what else do we have, right! If you do not have God and allow Him to save you, allow Him to heal you, allow Him to comfort you..... then life isn't really worth living! I find great comfort in Knowing, that God can in an instant.... take all this pain, provide all our financial needs, give peace and emotional rest to my darling children!!!.....
I am so thankful to have all my friends, family and followers! You all support me, love me and encourage me..... you all have no idea what you do for me.... You allow me to bring my hearts concerns a emotions to you guys, instead of burdening my sweet family!
In conclusion..... I am trying my hardest to Stand Firm on the Ground that God has put me on! He knows my heart and my strength, He knows what I can handle and only wants me to trust in HIM!!
Thank you to all my friends...... I love you all! God Bless You All...........
Saturday, January 9, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
MS Richard Humphries before and after treatment for Multiple Sclerosis with stem cells
This is what I am fundraising for ! I know I can get better!
Saturday, December 5, 2009
Just Amazed!
I have been recovering from my Solu-medrol treatments. I have been weak in the tummy and tired and that always stinks but on the other hand! I have been spending a little more time with my FB friends. I realized after some of my friends started offering to send household things that they had laying around... things that I might need! That I had the best FB friends possible! God is amazing in how He places us all together! How He knows who needs each other and who will serve each other!
Well this is just a short blog.... I was just struck by the LOVE and Generosity of the people that God has placed in my life!!!! Only God knows, who we need as friends! Only God knows who will encourage, lift us up and love us! I guess my point is...... Just another lesson learned, that God really truly does know what is best for us, even at times when He seems to not be available! He really is listening!
Well this is just a short blog.... I was just struck by the LOVE and Generosity of the people that God has placed in my life!!!! Only God knows, who we need as friends! Only God knows who will encourage, lift us up and love us! I guess my point is...... Just another lesson learned, that God really truly does know what is best for us, even at times when He seems to not be available! He really is listening!
Sunday, November 29, 2009
This Time of Year....
Well.... it has been a while since I blogged! After the loss of one of our rescue dogs, I just got swamped with emotional handbags,lol! To start off, I will tell you about the loss of our Anakin. He was a sweet pure black, chow/lab mix. Apparently, he wandered onto the neighbors property, who intentionally set out rat poison, to kill any dogs that came by! Our Anakin and several other neighbors dogs died. It was a great loss to our children, very emotional! We held Anakin, while he drowned in his own blood, it was terrible!
I have been trying to pull it all together but I keep getting hit by one thing after another! I am still sick as ever and the Holidays are here! I just had so much faith that my illness would at least settle down for my children's sake! Well, it's just not happening!
After finding out that I was having very bad reactions to the daily injections, my hope fell flat! The next step was to go to more harsh injections. I am so scared of that, I don't want to get any worse! Oh, and then my MS specialist lets me know that I have Primary Progressive MS! That means I am not going to improve! Just slowly get worse! Great, thats what I needed right now!.......
On the upside, I am discovering...... new, cutting edge treatments! Only they aren't covered by insurance, and some aren't done here in the U.S. yet! So... we are trying to raise funds for the treatments!.... Let me tell you all about the treatments we are trying to raise funds for! First off is Low Dose Naltrexone, it is used in higher doses to treat drug addictions. Unconventional, but does seem to be helping!!! The next is a really great treatment, showing great improvement in MS patients! It is called I.V.I.G., it is made from blood products and is very expensive! I believe that this treatment could help get me up and playing with my children again! .... That is my dream! The last is adult stem cell treatment! This also financially out of reach, and out of the country!....
So, I don't usually, write about my life without sharing what I have learned through this, and I won't stop now! I have been an emotional wreck, and just trying to figure out,... NOT why God allowed me to get MS but why God hasn't healed me yet! I have been tearing myself up, wondering why I can't play with my children, why I can't make bread with my girls, why I can't just sit up in bed for the whole day and verbally participate in their, every day??????
God has been putting me through the fire! Why can't I surrender myself to not understanding why, for more than a couple months? Well, God, did answer that question! ...... I am HUMAN! Wow, that stinks! No matter how hard I try, I still eventually slip up! I can give it my all, but my all is never going to be good enough for My Lord! Yet, despite my failure,doubts and screw ups..... God has loved me through it all! When I thought He wasn't listening, He was holding me in His arms, I just refused to see Him! I refused to give Him the Glory for the comforting, soothing and peace, that He did give me! My lesson...... is to open the eyes of my heart!..... I must see the blessings that God has given me, in all this mess! How many women, have 6 beautiful children who try so hard to care for them? How many women in my positions Know The Lord and love Him and except his gift of Love?...... Really, how can I be anymore blessed? What more do I deserve? Nothing..... I have all that makes me happy,..... my children, husband, salvation and my God!
Happy holidays to my friends! I hope everyone see the blessings of the Lord this time of year! I hope you all have a glorious Christmas and enjoy giving thanks to Jesus for coming to save us! I love you all!
Audra Lynn
I have been trying to pull it all together but I keep getting hit by one thing after another! I am still sick as ever and the Holidays are here! I just had so much faith that my illness would at least settle down for my children's sake! Well, it's just not happening!
After finding out that I was having very bad reactions to the daily injections, my hope fell flat! The next step was to go to more harsh injections. I am so scared of that, I don't want to get any worse! Oh, and then my MS specialist lets me know that I have Primary Progressive MS! That means I am not going to improve! Just slowly get worse! Great, thats what I needed right now!.......
On the upside, I am discovering...... new, cutting edge treatments! Only they aren't covered by insurance, and some aren't done here in the U.S. yet! So... we are trying to raise funds for the treatments!.... Let me tell you all about the treatments we are trying to raise funds for! First off is Low Dose Naltrexone, it is used in higher doses to treat drug addictions. Unconventional, but does seem to be helping!!! The next is a really great treatment, showing great improvement in MS patients! It is called I.V.I.G., it is made from blood products and is very expensive! I believe that this treatment could help get me up and playing with my children again! .... That is my dream! The last is adult stem cell treatment! This also financially out of reach, and out of the country!....
So, I don't usually, write about my life without sharing what I have learned through this, and I won't stop now! I have been an emotional wreck, and just trying to figure out,... NOT why God allowed me to get MS but why God hasn't healed me yet! I have been tearing myself up, wondering why I can't play with my children, why I can't make bread with my girls, why I can't just sit up in bed for the whole day and verbally participate in their, every day??????
God has been putting me through the fire! Why can't I surrender myself to not understanding why, for more than a couple months? Well, God, did answer that question! ...... I am HUMAN! Wow, that stinks! No matter how hard I try, I still eventually slip up! I can give it my all, but my all is never going to be good enough for My Lord! Yet, despite my failure,doubts and screw ups..... God has loved me through it all! When I thought He wasn't listening, He was holding me in His arms, I just refused to see Him! I refused to give Him the Glory for the comforting, soothing and peace, that He did give me! My lesson...... is to open the eyes of my heart!..... I must see the blessings that God has given me, in all this mess! How many women, have 6 beautiful children who try so hard to care for them? How many women in my positions Know The Lord and love Him and except his gift of Love?...... Really, how can I be anymore blessed? What more do I deserve? Nothing..... I have all that makes me happy,..... my children, husband, salvation and my God!
Happy holidays to my friends! I hope everyone see the blessings of the Lord this time of year! I hope you all have a glorious Christmas and enjoy giving thanks to Jesus for coming to save us! I love you all!
Audra Lynn
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