Migraine Update

Woke up with a doozy of one this morning! Still went to school and tried to make it through the day!

I can't thank you all enough for your encouragement and concern during this very difficult time with my head. It's so strange that it came out of nowhere. Anyway, I appreciate the prayers and advice VERY much. I am changing my diet, resting, etc....
Saw the dr. today and he did a cat-scan. Good news is no tumors, aneurysms (spelling), etc.... Bad news - STRESS! Not sure how to manage it in this kind of environment. He said he believes I am having 1 LONG migraine that has yet to cease. He put me on a load of medications that will surely either jack me up or make me comatose. Kind of hard to learn a language, be a wife and run a household on all these meds, but I guess it's even harder to do life when my head is being plowed by a semi-truck on a daily basis. The doctor said to see how the meds work and if they don't bring things "under control" he will send me to a specialist to get a 2nd opinion on my cat-scan and to see what is best for these migraines. I'm going to try to stop trying to stay awake through them and I am going to just push my responsibilities aside when I need to. This is a major task for me, but I know that I can and should do it. Thanks for your prayers and friendship! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Some family prayer requests:

1. John wrote: Also, I just found out last that my father is having emergency surgery on his hip. Long story short, two months ago, he fell. He went to the doctor, who gave him steroid injections for two months. Pain didn't go away. Went to another doctor who x-rayed his hip. Found that he has been walking around on a broken hip for two months. He's been using a crane or walker. Thing is, my father is 75, diabetic and of poor health. My family is very concerned, because hip surgeries have the highest post-surgery mortality rates because of infection. So for all who prayed for our friend's son's heart surgery and recovery that went PERFECT, and for all who didn't too, please pray. He had the surgery today and is recovering. - John

2. John's sister is going to have neuroligical neck surgery next week on some disks. I don't know all the details but please pray for her. She has an 8 year old son and has been VERY sick almost all year. Her sisters are flying from the west-coast to come take care of her for a few weeks. :)

3. My step-father is having immigration issues. He has been having to go to court and it looks like he might possibly be deported back to England. He has been married to my mom for 5 years, but does not have a VISA or Green Card or passport. OUCH! They are obviously a bit upset and worried. My mom doesn't have a passport either and right now the wait is about a year to get one. They don't have much money to work on getting him legalized.