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I began 2024 on a 40-day fast. I made it to January 10th.
The next day, I knew something was off. I didn't feel right. I drove myself to the emergency room. Their diagnosis was that there was nothing wrong with you. Go home. That was January 11th. The next day, I was worse. A friend drove me to the emergency room because I could not drive. Again, their diagnosis was, "You are fine. Go home." This was January 12th.
On the third day, I was not able to walk or talk. I did not know what was going on. A friend drove me to a hospital in the next county. They said, there is nothing wrong with you. We got back to the house in the middle of the night. Everything went black. I had a stroke.
I have never had a stroke. They do not run in my family. Days before I was like a racehorse.
Now the side of my face was drooping. The whole right side of my body was paralyzed. There was numbness on one side of the body, including mental confusion, and trouble speaking. My speech was incomprehensible. I had a stutter accompanied by slurring. I had difficulty comprehending others. I had vision changes, including blurred and double vision. I had trouble walking, with a loss of balance and coordination, dizziness, and vertigo. I could not eat or drink without great difficulty. The nerve muscles in my throat were paralyzed. I couldn't turn my neck it was frozen. I could not tie my shoes, confusion would set in. I did not drive for four and a half months. There is so much more I went through time and space do not permit it.
So what did Prophet Tom do?
The morning the stroke happened I knew I was an invalid lying in bed. I knew I couldn't walk, but I could crawl. I used to live in this house. Now I am a guest and have a stroke after being here only a couple weeks. My old prayer room is upstairs. I thought if I could just get there Jesus would be able to find me. That was our meeting place for two years. If I can only get there. I fell out of bed and crawled through the house. To the base of the stairs. Looking up I felt faint. The top landing seemed so far away and I was already out of strength. There had to be more than twenty steps. My three little dogs thought Daddy was playing a game. They surrounded me, kissed me, and scampered up the steps. All I could do was watch them disappear. I crawled slowly up each step. Digging my fingers into the carpet so I wouldn't tumble backward. By the time I was at the top, I was exhausted. My three dogs stared at me as if saying, "What took you so long?"
I crawled over to my prayer rug and lay there, looking at the ceiling. I assumed the position. I folded my arms across my chest, closed my eyes, and prayed with all the faith I had left. " God, Here I am. In our meeting place. The doctors said there was nothing wrong with me. There are no more doctors or hospitals to go to. I have nowhere to go. I have no place to turn except to you. I look and feel like a sack of dirty rags dropped at your feet. Then I prayed, "God heal or kill me." I didn't want to hurt or be like this. I wanted a miracle. I had seen too many over the years. Why not me?
I waited in silence for Him to come to my rescue. I waited for His voice. I waited for my miracle or death to come. He did not answer me. I lay there crying myself to sleep.
I cannot describe fully all I have been through in 2024 and 2025. There is so much to this story, this testimony.
Did God do an instant miracle? He did not.
But I can say He has walked with me through all my progress. He has been my constant friend and companion. He has put my body back together. He has rebuilt my mind and so many things are different. They are new. I am not the same person as before the stroke. Maybe others wouldn't notice, but I can. My personality has changed amongst other things. I am still a work in progress.
To the amazement of my doctor and my minister friends, I used no medicine.
I had physical therapy twice a week for three months and I changed my diet on November 15, 2024 In one day in one decision I completely cut out all sugars, all processed food, and carbs.
I faithfully took vitamins and minerals. Which I have been taking for more than 30 years, and slept a lot. I have found out that sleep does a body good.
Everyone who watched me this whole time was astounded that I stood only on God's covenanted promises to me, prayer and diet were the answer to my problems not drugs or medicine. I told my doctor, that drugs should be the last choice, not the first option.
February 12,2025 my neurologist gave me a clean bill of health after extensive testing. And on February 13, 2025 my doctor gave me a clean bill of health. She said, Tom, "If all my patients worked as hard as you did to be healthy I wouldn't have any patients."
* Here is some music that blessed me during that time.