When I am weak, then He is strong..

Kerissa • October 20, 2012

It’s been a super tough week.  I usually only get nausea and dizziness when I lie down, but on Wednesday, I had bad dizziness during the day, and yesterday, I was super nauseated.  Haven’t eaten hardly anything.  I should go weigh myself.

Ever since the spinal tap, I’ve been having nausea, so something must have happened in my spinal cord when the doctor drew out cerebrospinal fluid…  That was over 4 weeks ago!  All this on top of everything else (headaches, drooping eyelid, leg weakness, CRPS pain, EDS problems, etc.) makes me miserable.

I have an appointment with the new neurologist that my pain dr. referred me to on November 1st.  That seems so long from now, but I am grateful she had a cancellation because if she didn’t, I wouldn’t have been able to see her till December!!  Please pray, tho,’ that she’ll have an even sooner cancellation before the 1st.

The “head” of my right humerus bone has been popping out, and it hurts a lot now.  My therapist tried pushing it back in, but when he lets go, it pops back out. haha  I now have to try to strengthen the muscles around that area to possibly pull the bone back in.

One of my dear friends shared this quote with me.  “This is the blessed life–not anxious to see far in front, nor careful about the next step, nor eager to choose the path, nor weighted with the heavy responsibilities of the future, but quietly following behind the Shepherd, one step at a time .  It is tomorrow that fills men with dread.  God is there already .  All the tomorrows of our life have to pass Him before they can get to us .” (Streams in the Desert, Jan. 14)

Today’s a new day.  It’s sunny out, too!  And God never gives more than I can bear.  This is the story of my life:

October prayer request

By Kerissa Lee • October 19, 2025
Dear friends, At the beginning of October, I started taking a new medication for the autoimmune disease. I thought I was tolerating it just fine, but after several days passed, I began experiencing nausea, loss of appetite, weakness all over, and increased pain. 🙁 It’s like I’m experiencing another “mito crash.” I found out that this specific lupus medication affects mitochondria. That is, it causes an overproduction of reactive oxygen species (ROS). This, in turn, causes cell damage and oxidative stress. I sure wish the rheumatologists would have known about this before prescribing. But I have to remember that Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome is rare, and they’re not “mito experts.” Anyways, the last time I felt like this was back in May.. I’m so grateful to God that I haven’t needed to be hospitalized from this, but at the same time, I’m also sad that this happened at all, especially because I had such a nice stretch of stable health. I’d really appreciate your prayers, that this muscle weakness can resolve soon, and that this increased pain all over will get back to my baseline. Every time I have a “mito crash,” it feels like I’m fighting the flu which always sucks. The pain has been hard to bear. And whenever I’m in the thick of it, it’s difficult to remember that this too will eventually pass. 😢 Pray that I will endure and follow Jesus’ example like this passage from Hebrews 12:1-2– “Let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking to Jesus, the founder and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross...” Thank you all so much for praying for me. ❤️

Thank you! (+ a prayer request)

By Kerissa Lee • October 4, 2025
"Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness." James 1:2-3

Praises & Prayer Requests

By Kerissa Lee • September 3, 2025
"The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." Lamentations 3:22-23