An Update for Now

I realize that I haven't written anything since my story of what happened. I won't get into detail, but the time following that has not been fun. I'm still battling with my syptoms while at the same time still going to grad school full time and working on the weekends. Sometimes the symptoms are better and it is easier for me to handle. Sometimes my symptoms are worse and take a lot of my mental, physical, and emotional energy. I have times of high anxiety and times where this seems to take over my life. I then get brief moments of relaxation that I see as truly being gifts. It took a couple of weeks to sort out what the next step is, but now starting tomorrow, more diagnostic tests will resume. On Wednesday I'm going in for an ultrasound of the arteries in my neck to make sure that they are ok. On Thursday I will be going to a cardiologist to make sure that none of the symptoms are coming from my heart. In the mean time, one of the neurosurgeons at Phoenix Children's Hospital that we were able to contact through a friend has looked at my MRI's and is currently giving his time on the side to helping me determine what my next move should be. I'm extremely grateful that my road to diagnosis seems to be going faster now and I hope to get answers soon. As for now I still have none and the frustration grows by the day. I just want to know what's wrong with me so I can get it taken care of and I can get on with my life. For those praying for me, please pray that God will continue to protect me until this is figured out and that the doctors will have wisdom and insight as to what is happening. I will post more updates as I have them. I hope I will know something soon.