*~*Good News!!*~*

Hey y'all!  If you have been keeping up with this blog's Facebook Page, then you know what has been happening with my health in the last few weeks.  To catch up, click HERE, HERE, and HERE.

Well, I have some wonderful news...........

***Everything came back BENIGN!!!***

I cannot tell y'all how happy my family and I are right about now.  We really needed this wonderful piece of good news :)  

It's been a really tough few weeks around here and hearing these results just made everything better. 

During this whole journey, Husband Man and I were beside ourselves...thinking of things that one would have to think about if I really were to have been sick.  

Things such as, who will take our kids to school on the days when I can't do it?  Who would attend all of the kid's functions if I just didn't have the energy to do it?  Who would do the grocery shopping?  Who would take me to my chemo and radiation treatments?  

We are Military and are not stationed anywhere near family...so all of these thoughts were floating through our minds.

Sure I could've flown my parents down to help us....but they would have only been able to stay a few weeks.....then would have to go back up North due to other responsibilities.  Husband Man even thought as far ahead as switching his work shift so he would be able to be home during the day to take care of the kids and I.

It. Was. A Lot. To. Ponder. On.

I'm sure there are people out there who may be gasping at all these thoughts that were swarming in our heads, but when you have young children and are not near any family at all....these questions come up...even when you don't want them to.  

And then there was the ultimate question, what would we do if I were sick and Husband Man had to deploy or go TDY for a few months?  

Luckily, everything didn't have a chance to get that far and these questions were left unanswered....which is totally and completely fine by me :)

....and then there were the scenarios I would picture in my head......

I pictured myself brushing my hair in front of the mirror one day and a clump of hair would fall out of my brush.

I pictured getting sick in the bathroom and turning on the vent so my kids wouldn't hear me.

I pictured myself driving to my hair stylist and asking her to shave my head completely bald so I wouldn't have to go through the pain of losing my hair.  Then I cried after I saw my bald reflection in her mirror.  

These were all the thoughts that were going through my head.  

And I know none of it was healthy to think...and not on the positive note....but this is where your mind wonders (at least mine did) when you are faced with the question, "do I have cancer?"  And the other question, "What about my husband and my children?"

All these thoughts were running through my mind this month. And I guess you can say, I have been a complete  and utter emotional basket case.  

The tears would not stop.  It was hard not to cry in the doctor's office.  It was hard not to cry in the operating room.  It was hard not to cry while I was in physical therapy getting my incision re-packed.  It was hard not to cry in front of Husband Man.  And bless his heart, he's heard more crying from me in the last 2 weeks then he's heard in our whole 10 years of marriage.

It. Was. Hard. Period.

But God had a plan and it started with that one little phone call I received earlier this morning...telling me that everything was benign.

Thank You Jesus!  God is Great!  

 I am still on bed rest until the physical therapist gives me the 'ok' to start doing more things around the house again.  Until then, it's laying up in the bed in between trips to the hospital to get my incision cleaned out and repacked.  

Thank y'all so, so, so much for your positive prayers and thoughts :)  Your words are what kept me going...along with the support of my family, neighbors, and close friends ;)  

I <3 y'all!!!  

And I promise to return to the kitchen once I am completely healed :)