1/16/42 She wrote: "The reading came in this morning, and
armed with it, at noon, I went down to a doctor here and had
one of the adjustments. He read it carefully, but made no
comment, except to ask nature of pains experienced. He says
there are still a rib or so dislocated in that left side -
something popped when he went to work on it. And he also
says that according to his ideas a lesion has formed, but
that it can be broken up because it is recent. Anyhow, I
feel much better knowing that I didn't wait too long. I'm
going back up to see him (Dr. Meredith White, 1st Nat'l Bank
bldg. here) Tuesday of next week, and then possibly a
recheck several weeks later, if it is needed.
"A peculiar thing happened - I may be putting meaning into
coincidences, but during the time set on the 13th I was
sitting apart thinking over things, and this little boy came
back, a total stranger to me and asked me to come play with
him. He had the blackest eyes that just sparkled. When he
was ready to go, he kissed me and wanted to know when he
could come back.
"Starches - hmmm - 'spect they do have lots to do with my
weight, though I try to keep them down. Will do better from
now on.
"I'm marrying [H...] Sunday afternoon [
1/18/42]."
8/04/42 She wrote about trying to keep busy while her husband
was away in the Service, and then about being treated by Dr.
Sellers, eye, ear, nose and throat specialist: "Dr. Sellers,
whom I had paint my throat the other day because it was sore
seems to think I'm a miracle or some sort for I still gain
weight even though I have a new set of tonsils that will have
to come out as soon as they get big enough to see. He is
hoping that my system will absorb them. He asked if I had
ever taken iodine and when I told him about Atomidine - he
put me back on it. He seems to be of the opinion that
there's a vitamin deficiency too. All work gratis, or rather
professional courtesy. I go by his office once a week and
let him check over my diet the past week and advise me. He's
only doing it to distract my mind from worry - regardless of
what he says to the contrary. For right after [H...] left, I
sent a patient to him for ocular treatment, and he called and
asked me to drop by and discuss the case. When I walked in
to the office, he wanted to know who had stolen my pet
balloon. Evidently I looked plenty dejected. He seems to be
of the opinion that if he can get me interested in imaginary
or real complaints, I won't worry. I try not to worry, but
it is mostly involuntary. Dr. is a good egg, and his plan
may even succeed - it's fun at any rate and surely does no
harm, for he makes me watch my diet - had me keep a list of
everything I ate for a week or so to see what foods to cut
out and which to add. He keeps after me worse than an old
hen with one chick. He isn't supposed to handle such cases,
since he is a specialist (eye, ear, nose and throat) but when
I told him I had no "family doctor" here in ... he took the
job himself. And I do eat, when I probably wouldn't, if I
didn't have to make a report to him. Even so, I still weigh
140. The golf will probably take another ten pounds off
before the summer is over and that will be better. I went
back by Dr. White's to let him make a third check on my back
and he says things are straight - except for a rib that won't
stay put. He pops it back one day and two days later it
jumps. Maybe we should make a place for it where it usually
stays."
9/08/42 She wrote: "I still am of the opinion that Dr.
Sellers is treating me primarily to keep me thinking about
myself and not let me think of other things too much. He
fixed up some stuff known as cotton extract and is dosing me
on that along with Hydrochloric acid and Iodide. One thing
sure, no more gas pains, though I think it is due to my
stretching exercise as much as anything else. Oh, well,
we'll see what comes up this time. The tonsils are trying
their darnedest to grow back...my throat stays red and
rawish, and if I drink anything too quick and it slides the
wrong way, it burns like the devil.
"But I'll live."
10/06/42 She wrote: "Welch's Grape Juice has triumphed again!
The rdg. in Jan. put me on it and since then I've lost
fifteen lbs. It was gradual enough so that it was hardly
noticeable but when I stepped on the scales at Dr. Sellers'
yesterday we just couldn't believe it. Dr. made me get off
and he checked the scales for balance to be sure it was
right. He's very pleased with my throat's progress, though
I've had just enough of a cold to keep it irritated. He's
watching closely to avoid any contagion. Conditions here
aren't of the best as to sanitation and there's quite a few
cases of strep throat."
1/19/43 She wrote: "Dr. David Sellers has been painting my
throat for me very time the weather changes. He put me back
on Atomidine. When I told him I had taken it before, he
wanted to know why I quit... He is anxious to read your book
THERE IS A RIVER...seems that he had heard of your work
elsewhere and is anxious to find out more. He will, if I
have anything to do with it."
3/06/43 She wrote: "Am just up again from the flu. I was
dosed up on sulfathiazole and kept on liquids. I'm still a
bit weakish on my legs but I've been up three days now and
think I'll make it."
4/06/43 She wrote: "I'm feeling much better. So much better,
that I think I'll live and do well. Just between you and me
I think most of my ailments are from the neck up just because
I have so much idle time to think. Since, I've been busy
with the house and things, I haven't had so much spare time;
consequently, I have no aches and pains. Well, at least not
the kind I once thought I had. In one of the readings about
fourteen years ago, the statement was made, "More physical
exercise is indicated. Of that nature which tends to tire
the muscles and relax the mind." And that still holds good
for me. You know - if I'll just go back and go by those old
readings, they fit precisely into the present situation -
maybe not in the tonics and all given, but the diet
suggested, and the exercises given, and the general routine -
I know that's what I need - So I guess I'd better do it."
8/19/43 She wrote: "In Jan. a year ago I was too heavy.
Well, all of a sudden I started shedding lbs., along with
buckets of pure sweat, and now the folks are saying I'm too
thin. I do need to gain about ten lbs., for I've lost 25
lbs. since May, for no apparent reason. Blood pressure is
low which keeps me feeling fagged out, but double doses of
vitamins and a qt. of milk a day and I should have that
licked soon. Now if I can only manage to strike a happy
medium on the scales, all will be well."
9/23/43 She wrote: "I weigh 125 lbs. now. As long as I eat
regularly and feel pretty good, I'll let the scales worry
about themselves... I ran into Dr. Sellers on the street the
other day and he wanted to know when I was going to quit
sending him patients and come in myself. He's overworked,
too, but still had time to wonder how my throat was doing.
So far so good - only a little phlegm every morning. He is
of the opinion that I've grown a second set of adenoids. Dr.
C. D. Feulner back home said it looked more like a growth
over the tonsil roots, but they both agree there is a growth.
As long as it isn't malignant, I don't worry about me. Don't
have time to worry about me, anyway - too many other things
on my mind."
2/11/44 She wrote: "I'm doing fine! Found out that I have
too many 'telegraph wires' for nerves. Every time something
happens that upsets me mentally, or emotionally, I just as
well go to bed for a couple of days for my tummy refuses to
digest anything under such circumstances. The M.D. here is a
very understanding person. I stopped by his office last
night just to check up on my weight and chat with him a few
minutes. He told me the thing that I've known all the time,
that my biggest trouble is mental - worrying over things -
and not having anyone to talk to... You know that you have
always been the one I turned to whenever I came up against
something I didn't know how to handle - but to go back to an
old folk song, 'You're 'way up thar', I'm way down hyar - so
I guess I'll have to stay in the mountains.' Sometimes those
mountains are pretty high."
2/12/44 She wrote: "Well, I finally made it over to see Dr.
Joe. I'm not any worse, but I'm not any better. The C. E.
plan is out until all rasping disappears - also trips, unless
I plan to spend all the time I'm away in bed - nice man, Dr.
Joe, except when he growls and he really showed his teeth
today - I'm holding my own on the weight situation - between
138 and 140 - but the B.P. has slipped down low again, and he
wants me to start in checking temperature every evening for a
while - and emphasis on the bedrest! Oh well - as long as I
don't lose ground - I still want to go places - had the
sweetest letter from up that way - don't think for one minute
that I wouldn't go if I felt that I could - but there's two
counts against me, and the third one would be out - and
frankly, I'm scared to take the chance."
3/05/44 Mother [
2457]'s ltr.: "[
259] has been and is quite
sick...
"She had hemorrhages from her throat Sun. and Mon. She had
x-rays that did not show up so good - also the sputum test,
which showed up negative. We both know [
259] can go just so
long without a rest, complete relaxation, and that is what is
mainly (so it seems to me) the trouble now... The doctor
said she had to stay in bed a month and then he would make
more tests...the doctor said 'feed her heavy'...
"If [
3657] - her dad doesn't come and work in her place as an
optometrist, [
259] will surely have a nervous upset about her
job."
3/10/44 EC wrote the mother: "If you will keep her quiet
and get hold of a charred oak brandy keg (using apple brandy
to inhale), it will do [
259] more good than anything else...
the brandy keg will not only be antiseptic for the throat, it
will keep the trouble out of the lungs and keep the body from
absorbing so much. You know how that is fixed, don't you? I
don't have any doubt but that you know how to give the rubs,
because you are a good doctor. Don't over-stimulate the
liver and kidneys, but keep them normal. You know I will get
a rdg. for her as soon as possible (I am sitting up and have
been trying to catch up with my personal letters at least,
but I'm not doing much good)."
3/23/44 Mother wrote: "[
259] is still in bed but has not
bled any lately, so that is something. Feed her 3 times a
day and drinks between. She looks some better."
3/30/44 EC wrote that he was sending the charred oak keg for
apple brandy inhaling.
4/09/44 Miss [
259] wrote: "My doctor was so pleased with the
progress that I had made, he told Mother he was leaving my
case in her hands, she was doing o.k. with it. He still
calls to make sure I haven't done anything rash."
6/03/44 She replied in ans. to EC's invitation to come to the
A.R.E. Congress with her mother: "Dr. Joe believes
that I had best put off all trips of any kind for a little
while. I've gained weight, but that's about all the progress
that can be called progress. I've wanted a rdg. since I had
the first attack, but the first three weeks I was too sick to
write you - then when Mother came down and told me how
overworked you are, I didn't see any need to bother you with
my petty troubles. I've always managed to hang on through
curiosity of what could happen next - and that is just as
good a reason as any, I guess... Uncle [...] is to have the
brandy keg in operating condition for me by tomorrow."
6/10/44 She wrote: "My keg is quite the berries. I've had
it in working order for over a week now, and while the fumes
burn like all fifty, I do believe they are helping a whole
lot. Dr. Joe looks at me with a raised eyebrow when I
mention it, but he says whatever will help me the most is
what he wants me to do. Of course, the ideal treatment would
be to go to bed and stay there for several months - but the
effect would be the same as taking a fire horse out of
harness, hobbling him, and then clanging the alarm in front
of him. As long as I hold my present weight of 140, and
don't cough any more than I do now (usually one coughing
spell every twenty-four hours - not that frequently when I
take the medicine before hand) I can keep on doing just what
I'm doing, but NO MORE. I do know when we have any
especially busy day here at the office, I can hardly make it
up the steps at the apartment at night - yet on days that
aren't so busy, I feel fairly well when I go home."
7/23/44 She wrote: "My doctor laughed when I told him about
the keg, but now he's scratching his head and admitting
'something' is doing me a world of good. I'm holding my
weight right at 140 - and while there's some phlegm every
morning, there's very little or no coughing."
3/24/45 Mother [
2457]'s ltr. to GD: "[
259] was so sick this
time last year - I was with her six weeks, but I am glad to
say she is fine this year."
1/23/46 Mother wrote: "[
259] has been in bed since the
middle of Dec...
"The doctor won't let her up for another month and I am here
to stay until then. She can't even get out of bed for
bathroom 'exposures'. Her husband came back after 39 months
abroad, mostly in England. He has his old job back with the
... Shipbuilding Co., but it was hard for him to keep on the
job and see after [
259]."
10/21/46 Mother wrote: "The doctor said [
259] could go to
work the first of the year. The last x-rays were CLEAR.
That was the best news I have heard in FOUR years when she
was taken sick. Don't remember whether she had a Physical
Rdg. [for the T.B.] or whether some directions were given in
a letter [EC's letter advising the charred oak keg brandy
fumes], but the all clear sign is out at least."
5/26/47 Mother wrote: "April 6th [
259] had quite a spell, so
I went by bus to ... She has varicose veins of the THROAT,
and one burst. She was ill for two days. The doctor said
she could come back home with me, so we caught the train May
13th and here we are. [
259] is in bed most of the time, but
is strong enough to sit up a few minutes each day now... She
will be here until about the middle of July."
12/01/47 Mother wrote: "[
259] and husband [H.] were here for
Thanksgiving. She has gone back to work AT LAST and is
enjoying it."
1/14/48 Mother's ltr.: "[
259] and [H.] are expecting a baby
the latter part of June...they will have been married six
yrs. on Jan. 18th and this is their first."
7/04/48 A baby boy was born to them.
2/14/58 Mother wrote [
259] had a 2nd son 5 yrs. old who was
an invalid from spinal meningitis when 8 days old.
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