The Long Awaited Surgery

So for the past several months I’ve been slowly becoming more aware of the fact that I am going to finally have to have a long awaited surgery done on my cervical spine. Although there are definitely more complicated surgeries out there, it’s definitely not a small one. I’ll let you know exactly what it ends up being when I know, but recovery will most likely be a couple months and I’m already trying to mentally and physically prepare for this time! It’s a surgery I’ve been putting off ever since my initial accident nearly 10 years ago! So, praise God I’ve been given 10 years of not too many complications, but the time has come to do something more. Ugh, everything in me wants to fight it, wish it away, but that’s a bit childish, I know. So the update as of today is I’m working on finding the right surgeon with the right opinion. Believe it or not, but I just have one of those conditions where you can line up about 10 different surgeons and they’re all probably going to suggest to me something slightly different. It’s rather frustrating for simple-minded me to then wisely decipher who to trust to cut me open, but I’m not in this alone. I’ve had some wonderful friends here in Indy that have been a tremendous help in making these decisions and of course my family is never short on giving advice either!

So at this point, I’ve been in contact and have an appointment set up with a surgeon in Charlottesville, Virginia that I had seen as a teenager when he was working in Seattle. And my other option is one here in Indy that I’m hoping to see soon. This latest one will be my fourth opinion and hopefully my last. So depending on which surgeon I go with, I’m hoping to make the surgery date somewhere between October 1^st and November 1^st. But logistics aside, I guess my main concern is that I am able to make a wise decision on the right surgery with the right surgeon. And although I do gratefully have health insurance, I will still have to foot a percentage of this whole ordeal. So there are many things I am forced to remain dependent on God for at this point. But I’m also writing all this because I think that one primary way He provides is through His Church, through you all. Your support thus far in my life has been invaluable in my life and I would thank you each so much for your continued prayer as I continue this path God has allowed for me.