It has taken me over eighteen years to write my first testimony, and for this delay I am truly ashamed, as no one has more cause for gratitude for Christian Science than I.
Three doctors said I could not possibly live two weeks without an immediate blood transfusion and an operation. Although I could not raise my hands without the greatest effort and could only whisper, I dismissed all doctors and requested a Christian Science practitioner to call. The peace which enveloped me truly passed all understanding, for I knew that God would heal me. The continuous hemorrhages which had confined me to my bed most of the time for nine weeks ceased two hours after my first Christian Science treatment. That night I told my nurse to throw out all my medicine, including pills for heart trouble, which it was considered necessary to have close at hand.
The practitioner spent long hours at my bedside for many days, gently leading me out of the mire of confusion and fear. While my healing was not immediate, I progressed daily. The inspiring scientific truths I was learning made me unspeakably happy, and my pathway from sense to Soul was truly glorious. When I was able once more to get outdoors, many of my best friends did not recognize me, so great was the change in my appearance.
