prayer and praise

For some time I've been having trouble with headaches, dizziness, and nausea.  On and off I was getting so dizzy I would have to catch myself from falling over.  So starting a couple weeks ago, we began a series of doctor's appointments to try and find out why this was happening.  After several tests, MRI's and CT's, it was confirmed that I have a type of tumor at the base of my skull known as fibrous dysplasia.

Needless to say this is a little scary to find out BUT we are praising God that it is not something much worse and are thankful that we did not receive the worst report we could have.  When I got the phone call yesterday that the doctor did not want to tell the result of my tests over the phone, I immediately went to the worst possible outcome.  What was going on in my head was "I know that if a doctor wants to make an appointment to share info it's never a good case scenario" I was ashamedly fearful of what we were going to hear.  I drove through tears to pick up Eric from work as we raced to the doctor's office to hear the report.  My wonderful husband was holding my hand tightly, said an incredible prayer of faith, and we were almost there.  I kept repeating to Eric on the way there that I didn't want whatever news we were about to hear to change our lives.  We raced into the doctor's office and were immediately taken back to a room to wait for the doctor.  As we got the report we were SO thankful to hear that it's NOT cancer praise God!  The doctor was honest in the fact that he, as a family doctor, knows very very little about this type of tumor and because of that offered little information.  

He has referred me to a Neurologist who will take over the plan of action from here.  I honestly have no idea what that plan will be whether it means surgery or treatment or even what the Neurologist is going to say when we meet with him.  There is very little information out there about fibrous dysplasia of the sphenoid bone and because of that it's been very hard to find out anything about it.  Our prayer right now is that God would continue to heal me, knowing that He is capable in completely removing this tumor without any help from a doctor.  I am grateful to already have so many people praying for me and over me, and to have a husband that is leading me in faith as we trust God and hold onto the many promises He gives us.

I'll keep posting updates as things progress.  Specific prayers right now would be over our insurance and finding a Neurologist that accepts the type we have.  We have unfortunately ran into the first referrals who do not accept our form of insurance so please keep that in your prayers.  I am confident that God will place me in the hands of the best doctor to treat this!  Thank you so much for your prayers!!

Kandis