I want to thank you all for your wisdom. I've learned a lot from dealing with this situation. This past Saturday I went to her home, and she told me that the doctor was going to admit her on an emergency basis into the hospital this past Monday. He wanted to have her checked out to see if she had a herniated disk. She was so distraught at the meeting that when he suggested she see specialists, she told him she couldn't wait for 3 weeks for an appointment. He gave her some Percoset, which has been the only thing she's had that was able to dull the pain.
Regarding the Reiki, she told me she didn't feel it was doing anything, and then admitted she felt that if anything she was feeling worse (the headache). I explained the process to her in every conceivable way I could to help her understand what the realm of possibilities were. She is really just in a very bad place in her head. Despite the fact that I have offered to treat her at no charge, she declined the offer, claiming that nothing can help her.
When I worked on her throat and heart I tried to engage her in conversation about the relationship she had with her parents and sister. I'm not a therapist, but I felt guided to do this. I did realize that the most important thing that was severly ill was her emotional and mental state, which in a way I felt far outweighed the MS. Of course it is all so intertangled because intense pain will cause emotional and psychological problems. I admit to feeling utterly overwhelmed, not as a practitioner, but perhaps in empathy for her. I could see that she felt trapped and couldn't find a way out.
I think the suggestion to do distance healing offers the best course of action, both for me and for her. She'll have benefit of the healing without having to deal with the angst of will it or won't it work, and I will not be in a position to get sucked into her despair.
I'll let you know if there is more to this story in the future. I haven't given up, just took a step back.
Blessings,
Starlight
