I've been browsing the forum for a couple months, and with the 50% sale, I was finally ready to buy my first spirit. I had a long talk with my mom about it, and much too my surprise she was very open-minded, supportive, and actually very interested in the paranormal. She used to be (or at least act) very religious (of the close-minded breed), but actually she told me in her home country, there were a lot of very open Spiritualists, and she'd always been a believer, just not a supporter. She told me she wasn't getting the answers she wanted/needed from her old mindset and lifestyle, and so now her and I are on this journey together.
Well, this morning, my mom was complaining about her body aches, and it hit my that I could probably help her with all of her daily struggle with her body (or rather look for metaphysical means to)! And my dad! 
:facepalm:: My parents both have a lot of physical issues that seriously affect their lives, and for some reason it never occurred to me before, so the idea that there are all new possibilities just makes me so dang happy. So here's some of my mother's problems: among the strictly physical issues is arthritis, fibromyalgia, rheumatism, horrible knees from years of playing soccer, uneven hips, a bone in her shoulder that's about an inch longer than it's supposed to be, extremely swollen nerves (not sure if this is a result of everything else or a problem on its own, but she has to take prescription anti-inflammatory pills everyday). then there are they slightly mental issues, and i'm not sure if these might be treated in a more spiritual sense or something like that, but I'm going to list them anyway just in case: ADHD (very severe, i might be wrong but i think she has extreme hypertension), depression (she wasn't medicated for this aside from postpartum until after her mother died, but it is clinical, not just a result of environment). Those are the things I can think of, there might be more (she works a lot, so I haven't had the time to sit down and ask her to list everything). Now my father is disabled, and even though he does get a disability check, my mother has to work full time, and rarely can take extra days off. For personal reasons, my mom wasn't able to renew her teaching degree when she moved to the states, so she has to work as a waitress. Her hands are one of the most painful areas, second to her knees I believe, and waitressing involves heavy trays and lots of walking, so you can imagine the kind of pain my mom is in. And we live in a very humid state to top it off. My mom's nerve doctor tells her it's an act of God that she even gets out of bed everyday. I love her so much, and I know she's only pushing her body to make sure I can live as comfortably as possible, and I will do anything in my power (how ever little that may be) to help her.
:bleh:: My dad doesn't have as many issues as mom, but the ones he does have are doozies. He has degenerative disk disease (the disks in his back are slowly degenerating, leading to collapse and rupture). He was diagnosed with leukemia about 11 years ago, it was caught early on, so treatment only lasted about a year. But in that year, the hours upon hours of doing nothing but lying in a hospital bed caused a disk to rupture. I am almost positive he only has one disk that's ruptured, and I think he might have a few other with damage. There is also a pinched nerve in his back. His job was very physical, so he's retired on disability now, which means he doesn't move around much, which means he doesn't exercise often and keep his back muscles strong, WHICH MEANS it's getting worse. He can do yard work and be sore for a few days afterwards, but not in crippling pain. But then he can do something like reach for a bag of cotton balls on a shelf, and throw his back out to the point of being bedridden for a week. It can get so bad that he will call me from another room just to hand him the remote because he doesn't want to risk moving. Realistically speaking, there's a good chance he could end up in a wheelchair later in life if we don't do something. There is the option of surgery, but it's expensive, and it has to be done from the front to get to the place they need to work, which means moving around his vital organs. It also involves a lot of spine work. And it might not even make much of a difference. He used to be very laid back and relaxed (my mom tells me he was like me, and if that's true, it was near impossible to get him angry, but i was too young to remember him like this). But now he has anger management issues and can be very cold and mean. I mean if he was like my mom says, his attitude has gone from one end of the scale to the other. He's told me it's not because he's angry at us, he's just angry because the constant pain in his back is holding him back so much. All he does anymore is watch TV. Maybe relief of the pain will help, but is it possible that he needs more spiritual healing than physical? I know he needs both, but I don't know which one is priority. Kind of a dumb question, I doubt any of you can answer that from a text post. *sigh* He's been in remission for about 10 years, so the leukemia is not anything to worry about (or at least I really hope not). He also has a lot of skin issues, he's been to the dermatologists, and they can't figure out what it is. He breaks out in rashes. He has very sensitive skin, so for instance, even though he wears 100% cotton shirts, the polyester thread on the seam of the sleeves and collar will break him out. But he still breaks out in places where we can't seem to think of any way it's an allergic reaction. He can't even wear his seaman's cross that he wore everyday for almost 17 years, and sometimes he has to take off his wedding ring for weeks at a time, because his skin is just too irritated.
My mom is open to anything, she has all sorts of medication she takes everyday, but she still is in pain. She's had a few surgeries that have helped, but surgery is expensive, and we can't afford for her to take the time off to recover (i know that sounds beyond horrible, but PTO for waitresses is hardly anything and most of her money comes from tips, and recovery from the kind of surgeries she'd need would take no less than a month. please believe we don't use my mom as a workhorse on purpose.
), so honestly even the most experimental remedies would be appreciated. But money is an issue. But don't hesitate to suggest, if it's something that would really, really help, we can find a way. I've already suggested an Amphisbaena, and I think we're going to try that. My dad on the other hand, I'm almost positive does not believe in the paranormal. I haven't spoken to him about it, but I'm afraid if he knows that me and my mother are spending money on something he thinks is a scam, he'd get really upset and make us stop. So how could I help him indirectly? I was thinking that we could get a higher class Amphisbaena, so that his/her healing could affect everyone around (including my dad). I think Class V would suffice, am I right? I am hoping that the Amphisbaena will help a great deal, but the poor thing has a lot to tackle. I have no skill in metaphysics, so I can't cast spells or use reiki or anything. I want to try and work on that to try and help, but I'd really like some help now. I've always felt like my home was kind of poisonous, and the emotional environment has made it hard to, well, to do anything. I think a lot of it stems from the defeated attitude of my parents because they're in so much pain everyday, and that makes it very hard to live happily. When a friend introduced me to this community I knew there was an answer for me here, but I was asking the wrong question (how I could help myself, rather than helping my mom and dad, which i guess indirectly is helping myself). I've inherited a lot of my parents problems, but mine were treated earlier on, and I'm young, so for right now, I can deal. But my parents are getting older, and their conditions are getting worse. Something needs to change, and I am desperately hoping I can find some sort of solution here. I feel like I'm finally starting to find a way out of this plateau my family has been stuck in. Lol sorry for gushing, I'm just really happy. Also sorry for asking so much, I've found it very hard to research physical healing because it seems like there are x10 more people selling and giving information about the physical aspect of the paranormal, and I am not experienced enough to know what is real and what is a big sack of bologna. My last apology is for the obnoxiously long and detailed post, I am a woman of (too) many words. :shifty:
