A woman who had suffered for 12 years with doctor's consultations, spent all she depended on but actually became worse,

Until she was on the edge, the point where something very different or noticeable happens, reached the outside limit of her issue, has advantage over others.

When she got to the hem of her situation, she decided to touch the hem of Jesus clothes.

We must realise that we are on the edge, hem, border, fringe, margin of our lives.