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Sjögren’s and Communing with God with Myra Delikat
What happens when your body unravels right as your calling takes shape? Myra joins us to share a raw, thoughtful journey through Sjögren’s syndrome—years of nausea, fatigue, and brain fog; “normal” test results; a job she couldn’t keep; and the long search for a clinician who would truly listen. The turning point came through a rigorous, personalized routine: consistent sleep and meals, hydration, targeted nutrition, and medical massage, plus simple, whole-food cooking and careful sourcing. It wasn’t a miracle fix. It was a slow, stubborn climb back to stability, one boundary at a time.
We talk about the faith side without pretending it’s tidy. Myra grieved a theater career that once felt like a mission field, wrestled with anger toward God, and learned to separate identity from productivity. Her prayer life looks like a daily walk—naming joys, doubts, and fears to a God who already knows. Beauty becomes a practice: plants that ask for water, art on the walls, short walks, and small rituals that remind her life is still good. She explains why organic choices mattered to her sensitive system and how freezing leftovers curbed flares. And she gets practical about church: believe invisible symptoms, listen to understand, offer specific help, and don’t take cancellations personally.
If you live with chronic illness—or love someone who does—you’ll find language for the lonely parts and tools for the day-to-day: routines that reduce the noise, boundaries that protect energy, and habits that restore dignity. Stay to the end for Myra’s original poem from the darkest stretch of her illness, a quiet testament to despair, rest, and fragile hope. If this conversation resonates, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who need
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By L. A. SpragueWhat happens when your body unravels right as your calling takes shape? Myra joins us to share a raw, thoughtful journey through Sjögren’s syndrome—years of nausea, fatigue, and brain fog; “normal” test results; a job she couldn’t keep; and the long search for a clinician who would truly listen. The turning point came through a rigorous, personalized routine: consistent sleep and meals, hydration, targeted nutrition, and medical massage, plus simple, whole-food cooking and careful sourcing. It wasn’t a miracle fix. It was a slow, stubborn climb back to stability, one boundary at a time.
We talk about the faith side without pretending it’s tidy. Myra grieved a theater career that once felt like a mission field, wrestled with anger toward God, and learned to separate identity from productivity. Her prayer life looks like a daily walk—naming joys, doubts, and fears to a God who already knows. Beauty becomes a practice: plants that ask for water, art on the walls, short walks, and small rituals that remind her life is still good. She explains why organic choices mattered to her sensitive system and how freezing leftovers curbed flares. And she gets practical about church: believe invisible symptoms, listen to understand, offer specific help, and don’t take cancellations personally.
If you live with chronic illness—or love someone who does—you’ll find language for the lonely parts and tools for the day-to-day: routines that reduce the noise, boundaries that protect energy, and habits that restore dignity. Stay to the end for Myra’s original poem from the darkest stretch of her illness, a quiet testament to despair, rest, and fragile hope. If this conversation resonates, subscribe, leave a review, and share it with someone who need
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Support the show
- Share your story: [email protected]
- Contribute towards the production of Christians With Chronic Illnesses and the encouragement of ill believers:
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