Helping A Stranger And A Friend
"Finished, I opened my eyes and lifted my head. He was sitting straight in his chair, his face alive with confidence, his eyes, looking straight at me, were overflowing with gratitude. For just an instant we were totally connected. "
By Linda Brummett
A friend of mine was scheduled for an imaging procedure to determine if she had a cancerous tumor. She asked if I could drive her to the appointment as she was advised she shouldn’t drive afterwards due to a possible reaction to the dyes used.
We got there, she was checked in, and I took a chair in the waiting room. A few minutes passed when a Hispanic family came in. There was a man in a wheelchair surrounded by, I am guessing, his children and grandchildren. The man could not speak any English so a member of the family was trying to answer the nurse’s series of questions. This man was hunched over in the chair, his trembly body language was that of a doomed person. Understandable. In a facility like this where anxiety about the unknown and fear of death are common, emotions in a waiting room are not unusual.
Having been the one who coordinated all my Dad’s medical needs, for the last two years of his life, I could relate to this man’s situation. I closed my eyes and worked with The Unseen Therapist on his emotional and physical state, how would I feel in this man’s spot? I can’t remember exactly what I gave to The Unseen Therapist but it probably was something like this:
“What is wrong with me? Why am I here? I feel so intimidated and so alone. Do I have cancer? Do I need surgery? Am I going to die? If I die, what will happen to my family? Will I see my loved ones again? When will this pain go away? I feel powerless and helpless. I don’t understand when they talk to me. What if they give me the wrong things? I am terrified.”
When I finished giving all this to The Unseen Therapist to dispose of, I asked her to help the man to forgive himself completely for all this mess. I then asked her to use Love to fill all the voids caused by the removal of his negative emotions.
Finished, I opened my eyes and lifted my head. He was sitting straight in his chair, his face alive with confidence, his eyes, looking straight at me, were overflowing with gratitude. For just an instant we were totally connected.
Just then a nurse asked me to go back to where my friend was. They were having trouble inserting the die delivery devise in her left arm and it hurt so badly that she demanded they remove it. They brought me in to help calm her down.
Conversational EFT works well in this type of situation. I knew she was nervous about this procedure which probably was causing her to tense up. I had her tell me in detail what happened, at what point she felt pain, what was it about the procedure that upset her so much? Did she trust the staff? She did trust them and said she would agree for them to try again, this time in her right arm. I had The Unseen Therapist help my friend, and the staff, in getting the job done. It was flawless on the first try and there was no pain at all. Needless to say, everyone was very happy.
While the procedure was being conducted on my friend, I focused on sending love to her tumor to repair the cells to a normal state. A week later, when the test results were available, my friend’s tumor was found to be “encased” where the cancer cells were prevented from spreading to the rest of body. Later, it was an easy surgery and no chemo required. I cannot say this result was because of my effort as it may have been in that encased condition all along. Who knows? I am just thankful she is okay.
Linda Brummett
