The following healing proved to me that the Christ, Truth, alone heals.
When I was seven years old, a painful and alarming condition manifested itself in my ankle. A Christian Science practitioner, at my mother's request, began prayerful treatment, and the problem appeared to be healed. However, for many years the pain alternately reappeared and disappeared, creating difficult times for my family because of my sleepless nights. I sought relief in hot baths, heating pads, and so forth.
By the time I reached the age of twenty, the pain had grown so intense and the periods of comfort so infrequent that life seemed unbearable. The future greatly concerned me because I felt there was nothing I could look forward to. In a state of desperation, I decided to seek a diagnosis from a bone physician, mistakenly thinking that if I just knew the name of the malady, a practitioner could do more definite work. X rays revealed a low-grade chronic infection of the ankle bone. After consultation with me and prescribing a pill to see what effect that might produce, the doctor arranged for another appointment
