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I just danced around the room in joy Deborah Lissom
I
just wanted to thank you so much for all your support and healing at the workshop
in Oakwood. Of course, there are never words that are adequate in thanking
someone for something as meaningful as healing.... I
wanted to send Barbara more info for the internet or for the newsletter, but
I cannot find her email address. Can you forward this to her for me? What
is her email address? I
wanted to be sure that she puts in the name of the disease since there are
so many people in pain out there that are struggling with this disease that
causes kidney failure. It is
finally being diagnosed correctly in the
last 10 years, and it is a very prevalent disease. Here
goes: I
attended Luke's workshop at Oakwood in fall of 1996. I was in pretty bad shape
then, in bed at least a weeks out of each month, on Darvaset for pain,
and hospital visits due to internal bleeding from
ruptured cysts from
polycystic kidney disease. I told my kidney specialist that I was going
to study Chinese medicine and find an answer for all this, and that for
60 days, then I got sick and was in bed for a month. I didn't lose my belief
in Chi-Lel, I just couldn't get past the pain and exhaustion to keep
disciplined. I
continues doing the Tai Chi I had recently learned, took herbs, did acupressure
on the meridian for my kidneys, and I improved a lot.
I learned
to manage the pain so that I could stop taking pain medication, my blood
pressure lowered, but the cysts just kept getting bigger and bigger. I
felt like I was 6 months pregnant; the cysts stuck out both sides and pushed
out the front. On the ultrasound, all you could see was one large sponge,
no other internal organs could be seen. They were huge. My kidney functioning
was at 50%. Then
when I attended Luke's workshop this fall at Oakwood, a miracle happened
for me. On Saturday and Sunday, I felt so nauseous, teary, and weak.
I knew something was happening. At night I would go to bed and there was
a buzzing, tingling sensation up and down my legs and all around my kidneys.
Then Monday night we had a healing circle. I went to bed feeling the
same, but I woke up at 4:30 in the morning to go to the bathroom, and I
felt so light, like a child. I felt my sides, and I could not even feel the
cysts sticking out. I just danced around the room in joy, feeling the beauty
that only healing can bring. The
next day I did the 30 minute gong of wall squats. I stopped counting at
120! I had never done more than 40 before, and that was holding on the the
door jamb! I alternately cried and laughed out loud during the squats; my
body had never experienced the chi flowing up and down like that. It was
a transforming experience to say the least. The
workshop was over November 10th, and everyday since then I face the wall
doing my 100 a day gong, and I thank Luke and Chil-Lel, and I apologize
to my kidneys for abusing them for so many years with all the anger
and stress I channeled in to my body. My husband stands behind me doing
Fa-Chi, and that too helps me so much. If
a Chi-Gong master is determined by the number of people that one has taught
to heal themselves, then Luke Chan is surely one of the greatest of masters. Thank
you for the rest of my life, Love,
Deborah Lissom
While most of us were celebrating the New Year with champagne and party favors, I was in Critical Care at Kennestone Hospital. My blood pressure was 270/180 and my kidneys had failed. I had always been a workout nut and marathoner yet within two months my weight had dropped from 195 to 157 pounds. I was hooked up to various machines unable to move or eat; staring at the ceiling, wondering if I would ever make it out of the hospital alive. After a few days of extensive tests, the doctors informed me that they were only able to elevate my kidney function to fifteen percent and that it was only a matter of time before permanent dialysis was the logical outcome of my illness. The doctors closed my file and suggested that I be extra nice to my relatives in the event one of them might be compatible for a kidney transplant. My father came to the hospital and wheeled me out. I had just made partner at my accounting firm. Yet, instead of enjoying the fruits of my labor in the prime of life, all my hopes and dreams and passions for life were crushed. I spent the next few weeks consuming high–blood–pressure medication and eating minuscule portions of tasteless food. My follow up blood work indicated no kidney improvement. One afternoon, I was desperately hungry and so decided to stop in at a local deli and have a sandwich. Usually I carry the Journal & Constitution with me to read, but somehow that day I forgot to bring the paper. So instead I picked up a free publication and read Luke Chan's article "World's Largest Medicineless Hospital." With basically nothing to lose, I phoned Luke and ordered 101 Miracles along with the accompanying videotape. Within a month my kidney function had improved to forty percent. My weight and appetite were slowly returning. I was no longer focusing my attention on last will and testaments, but on returning to the gym. The next month was difficult and deceiving because, even though I was increasing my practice time, my symptoms worsened, with chi seeming to have little or no effect. However, I continued to press on with my practice. Those who had recovered from their illnesses had, above all, never given up. After four months of practice, I am now classified as a medical "other." My kidney function has improved to sixty percent and the dosage of my blood pressure medication has been cut in half. Whenever I walk into the clinic to get a blood test, the nurses and staff personnel start whispering little comments about me. Thank you Master Luke for introducing me to ChiLel. I will continue to work hard until all kidney function is normal. | ||||||||||