Saturday Evening Post

I have not had a chance to read any of the blogs before today and yesterday. I couldn't stop reading the blogs or the comments. I was unaware of some of the stuff that happened to me even though it happened to me! I am grateful for each and everyone that responded. I wanted to write down some of my thoughts for you on how this whole journey started. As most of you know I like to play golf. About 2 years ago I started experiencing some difficulty with some basic golf skills. I chalked it up to old age. Last summer I couldn't walk a full nine holes without falling at least once a round. My scores were going up and I couldn't make my body do some of the things my brain was telling it to do. Sometimes your hobbies can be a precurser. As the year went on I was getting worse. I decided to go to my old neurologist, he did an MRI and found out I had another tumor and I would need another brain surgery. After consulting with Dr. Pencek we agreed I needed to see another Dr. to do the surgery. I immediately started to pray for guidance. I joined a website called epidermoidbraintumor.org. I found a lot of great things on that website. They talked a lot about different techniques and Drs. I researched for over a month. In the meantime Dr Pencek made me an appointment with a Dr. in Springfield. The Dr. in Springfield turned out to not be the right Dr. either. All the time I had my eyes on Loyola Hospital. I couldn't get away from that feeling. Meantime the Dr. in Springfield referred me to Northwestern Hospital in Chicago, a Dr Bajher. I looked him up on the internet and found out he was a good Dr. I waited about a week and no call. I decided to call Loyola. Dr Anderson had a very good track record. I had prayed constantly for God's will. I prayed for guidance, I was annointed with oil and I knew God would take care of me one way or the other. I called Loyola on Friday and they made me an appointment on Wed. I thought that was a sign. I met with Dr Anderson on Wed. and he was very professional and told me everything he was going to do, what to expect and all the precautions his team would take. I had been through this before and I knew I had found my Dr. He scheduled my operation and I knew God had put me in this man's hands. It was a couple of weeks later when I heard from Northwestern Hospital. I said I already had a Dr and I had already scheduled my surgery. The rest of the story is in the blog. I throughly think God took over and watched over me. Thank you God!

John