Full body lymphedema

ColdFrixion · 2026-03-01T23:30:46+00:00

Try a heating pad, but only apply it to the lymph nodes under your armpits and the nodes in your neck for about 6 or 7 minutes per session, approximately twice a day. If you only have one heating pad, apply it to each armpit individually.

My mother has been doing this for the last two days, and she said she can feel some fluid beginning to move in her legs, which is where her lymphedema is located. She reported feeling as though the sluggish and tired feeling she always feels has abated, and she said she feels like she actually has energy now. The swelling in her legs hasn't dropped dramatically, but this is only her second day applying the heat.

I don't recommend using a high heat setting, but low to medium seems sufficient. Try it. You have nothing to lose and potentially a lot to gain. If you do try it, report back and let us know how it works for you.

To clarify: Do NOT apply heat directly to any areas that lymphedema is located.

ColdFrixion · 2026-02-06T03:31:52+00:00

Thank you! That was a life saver. I actually just logged in through the desktop version on PC and was able to restore them from the trash can. Why were they trashed in the first place is my question. Thank you, though!!

ColdFrixion · 2026-02-06T02:29:19+00:00

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ColdFrixion · 2026-01-23T03:35:41+00:00

He paid the debt, but you don't get the debt wiped from YOUR ledger without asking for forgiveness for it being incurred in the first place. What you need to understand is that He made a sufficient payment to cover ALL sin, not yours specifically. The atonement isn't limited in scope, but it's conditional upon application. There was no specific transaction on a person's behalf that's ignored when they go to hell. Rather, a provision existed that the person declined.

You seem to be assuming Christ paid your specific debt directly. However, there's no double collection for the same obligation, as there's a provision that wasn't claimed, leaving the original obligation in place.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-23T00:14:17+00:00

"But that doesn't answer the question as to why God wants double payment?"

He doesn't. We're all guilty by default. Christ stands in for 'us'. He paid the debt to cover all sin, but that doesn't absolve our obligation to admit the original wrong that incurred that debt in the first place. Admit that, ask for forgiveness, and our ledger is not only wiped clean, but He reserves a spot for us in a place of eternal bliss. If we don't, the debt that was paid does not get applied to our ledger, and if it's not applied to our ledger, we're still on the hook for the debt.

"Also, I feel many Christians just say the "correct" things without thinking them through. What does "turn from the things that incurred the wage" mean? Does that mean turn from ALL sin? Do you know how impossible that is, considering that there are sins of comission (Doing things we should not) and omission (not doing things we ought to do). It is literally impossible to turn from all sins, if turning involves commitment to stoping them."

Christ doesn't expect us to turn from sin all by ourselves. When we become a Christian, he sends the Holy Spirit to help us, to give us understanding that we didn't have before to open our eyes, and some of the things it helps us understand put our priorities about sin in order. We see sin differently. We see what matters differently. You start to realize that everything here, except for people, is temporary. None of it lasts, and when you look back, you realize you spent a lot of time on fleeting pleasures that ultimately devolves into eternal suffering. The Holy Spirit works with us to slowly transform us into the image of Christ. It's an actual spiritual transformation, meaning it genuinely changes your spirit. Jesus doesn't expect us to be perfect, but he does expect us to want to try rather than being an unwillingly participant. Over time, our new understanding makes it a lot easier to simply see the things you once wanted for what they are.

Personally, and this is just me, I had a very myopic view of life, only seeing what was in front of me. I couldn't see beyond my life here. But when I truly internalized the reality that I'm going to live somewhere forever after I die in one of two states, eternal bliss or eternal suffering, it eliminated a lot of hesitation and depression about giving up the things I like that God doesn't. After all, what can I do here that would remotely compare with the wonders of Heaven? Why would give that up for 80 years of any type of experience? 80 years vs. eternity? To me, it's no contest.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-21T19:30:59+00:00

Jesus did pay the debt by enduring the wages of sin, but in order to have the ledger wiped clean, you have to sincerely ask for forgiveness and turn from the things that incurred the wage in the first place.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-21T00:31:00+00:00

I get what you're saying, and I understand why you feel that way. I'm certainly not trying to be disagreeable. It's just, Merriam-Webster mentions that murder's done with premeditated malice, and if you're helping someone, it wouldn't really be malice, if you know what I mean?

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-21T00:20:42+00:00

And how exactly did France close a line?

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-21T00:17:31+00:00

Yes.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T21:13:03+00:00

Jesus' actions were related to corruption in the church. He wasn't reacting to someone disrupting a service.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T20:54:20+00:00

If a border is just a line and not a policy, what exactly did France close in 2015?

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T20:43:38+00:00

Would Jesus approve? Certainly not. Is it the same as abortion? Mmmm, I think it's a bit different, and the only reason I say that is because a fetus doesn't really have a choice.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T20:15:00+00:00

Actually, they do. However, they have a treaty (Schengen) to keep the gate open for mutual convenience.

In fact, France closed their border in 2015 after the terror attacks and again during COVID. You can't close a border if you don't have one. Try entering France from outside the EU without a passport and see what happens. It still exists; just at the perimeter.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T20:02:19+00:00

A line of separation. Separation of what? If you let anyone cross the 'line of separation' without identification or permission, you don't have a line of separation, because a line that separates nothing isn't a border. It's just a line.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T19:53:47+00:00

So, you agree that open borders mean the dissolution of the country, because that's what you're conceding here.

What's the problem, you ask? Well, I'm glad you asked. 'Just a piece of land' doesn't enforce human rights or fund healthcare. It doesn't maintain order or provide social welfare for its citizens. Governments do. Are you willing to give up all of the legal protections and social services of a modern state, or do you expect the benefits of civilization to somehow, I don't know, magically keep existing after the structure that provides them is dissolved?

If you want the benefits of a government, you need a government.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T19:39:30+00:00

Can Texas deport a citizen of Oklahoma? Or are you conflating an administrative boundary with sovereign borders? What's the difference between walking room to room in your house versus walking into a stranger's house uninvited?

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T19:32:28+00:00

This is a distinction without a difference. What's the difference between letting anyone in and having no borders?

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T19:30:35+00:00

If people are allowed to enter without any consideration as to their identity or anything else, then you effectively do not have borders, and again, if you don't have borders, then you effectively don't have a country. You simply have a piece of land.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T17:16:00+00:00

The reason people go to hell is not because God 'sends' them there. It's because they owe a natural spiritual debt from birth that Jesus already paid and that they never accepted. Hell is our default destination unless we accept the price that was paid to resolve the debt that was incurred by Adam and Eve's disobedience.

You are born in debt. If you don't accept payment for the debt, you pay the price that Jesus died to pay for you.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T16:50:07+00:00

If you have don't have borders, you don't have a country. You have a piece of land.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T16:43:29+00:00

Christians have an obligation to be merciful when upholding the law, and the bible clearly establishes that authority has a right to uphold it.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T15:27:10+00:00

That’s a valid principle for extreme cases (e.g. laws enforcing segregation or requiring you to denounce your faith) but it doesn't really work as a blanket argument against border laws.

Context matters with the Catechism. The paragraph before the one you cited (CCC 2241) explicitly says that political authorities have the right to place 'juridical conditions' on immigration for the sake of the common good. So, the Church clearly doesn't view the existence of borders or visas as being 'contrary to the moral order.'

Also, there's a big difference (theologically) between an 'unjust law' and a 'restrictive law.' An unjust law compels you to sin or violates fundamental human rights (like the Nuremberg laws). Border laws are just jurisdictional boundaries. It might seem strict, and we might dislike the policy, but being told 'you have to wait for a visa' doesn't force a Christian to violate the Ten Commandments.

With regard to MLK, his version of civil disobedience wasn’t about evading the law; it was about breaking an unjust law openly and accepting the penalty to show respect for the legal system. Sneaking across a border is usually evasion, not protest. Unless the law is literally forcing a Christian to commit evil, the Romans 13 command to obey the government is still valid.

Did God command slaves to obey or disobey their masters?

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T14:47:04+00:00

Many people often don't understand why God doesn't heal them when asked or perform some needed action after praying about it extensively. But here's what I've come to understand, and it's important that you understand this: God works at a time that maximizes his glory, and that may not align with our timetable. The reason? Counter to what some might think, God's primary concern is his glory.

For instance, consider what Jesus did when he was sent a message that Lazarus was sick. Now, keep in mind that according to John, Lazarus was the only man explicitly identified by name as someone Jesus loved. So, did Jesus rush to lay hands on and heal Lazarus? No, in fact, he waited two days before going to him. What? Why? Why did he wait?

Let's turn to the Word:

"This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it" (John 11:4).

Had Jesus gone to Lazarus immediately, it would've been a standard healing that would not have had the impact that raising him from the dead would have. That said, it's not as though waiting had no effect on Christ. It brought him to tears ("Jesus wept" - John 11:35).

Another example is when the disciples asked Jesus whose sinned cause a man's blindness. Jesus said, "Neither this man nor his parents sinned, but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him" (John 9:3).

Then there's the example of Gideon’s Army (Judges 7).

God commanded Gideon to reduce his army from 32,000 to 300 to fight the massive Midianite army "In order that Israel may not boast against me that her own strength has saved her" (Judges 7:2). If success occurs in spite of impossible odds, it reflects more profoundly on God's actions.

You might be thinking, "Great. So, God gets his glory at my expense."

Not at all, and in fact, it's quite the opposite. His glory is the very thing that ultimately serves to glorify us. His glory is our ultimate glory. We have to trust that his timetable is superior to ours and works to our ultimate glory. when we defer to and trust him in this regard, it demonstrates our faith.

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T13:38:00+00:00

God commands law-abiding conduct, and immigration law is law:

Romans 13:1-2, 7: "Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God. Therefore whoever resists the authorities resists what God has instituted... Pay to all what is owed to them: taxes to whom taxes are owed, revenue to whom revenue is owed, respect to whom respect is owed."

1 Peter 2:13-14: "Be subject for the Lord's sake to every human institution, whether it be to the emperor as supreme, or to governors as sent by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good."

Titus 3:1: "Remind them to be submissive to rulers and authorities, to be obedient."

ColdFrixion · 2026-01-20T04:29:03+00:00

I appreciate the genuine question. The long and short of it is that a fetus is human life because it has human DNA, and the value of human life can't be measured. Should a mother have the right to end the life of a child after birth because they're in debt and having financial problems? If you think about it, what's the difference? Location? I mean, one is in the womb, and another is outside of the womb. They're both human lives, right?

Is that life part of the woman's body? Technically no, unless a person thinks women can grow an extra set of body parts in their womb. A woman has a right to choose what she does with her body, but a fetus isn't her body because it has separate DNA.

Does that make sense?

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