Well we (Momma, Morris, Kaitlyn & I) started the day way to early. I woke up around 6am after an awful night. My head killed me most of yesterday. I woke up with it still killing me, along with my throat feeling like it was on fire. I tried to call my mom, but when I tried talking it felt like I had a huge ball of mucous or something stuck in my throat. Then I started gagging & could not stop. I felt like I couldn't breath. So like any "smart person" would do I reached back in my throat with my finger & was trying to pull out what was stuck. I couldn't get it to budge. When I pulled my finger out of my throat it was covered in blood. Then being the "smart person" I seem to be lately. I thought, oh no, it's a clot of blood stuck in my throat. So once again I'm determined to get it out.. My throat was killing me, I was gagging & I couldn't breath well. Nothing,nothing, nothing would get it to budge. At this time Kaitlyn gets up,I told her I couldn't talk. I have Kaitlyn to bring my a mirror. I look in the mirror seeing blood and the uvula (little dangley thing in the back of your throat) was so swollen. So then we are waking Morris up, calling my mom to come over. Kaitlyn is saying I'm calling 911. At this point we are convinced my throat was swelling, & I needed to go to the ER. I told Kaitlyn not to call 911, I knew Morris could get me there faster. So off to ER we go. Of course my dear husband and daughter both set off the metal detector. I have a bionic husband & daughter, his neck & her leg. Then after that I got signed in & they took me right on back. The doctor came in to look at my throat, which looks awful (dh & dd both were sick last week). Then we find out I had been reaching back trying to yank the uvula out of my throat & not mucous or a clot of blood. Yes, I felt really, really "smart".. Apparently , it was so swollen from my throat being so inflamed. I felt like such an idiot. However, I was glad to find out the rest of my throat was not trying to swell shut. In all my life, I've never had something like this to happen. I have no idea why it was so swollen & hurting so bad. But just a little advice to everyone. If you think something is stuck in your throat look or have someone else to look before you try to pull it out.. Because if it is attached to your body, it will not come out, and you will cause damage & bleeding. Anyway, lesson learned..
Thankfully the ER doctor was able to get me out in time for my MRI appt. So we got to leave the ER and head over to get my MRI done. Good thing I'm not claustrophobic because they now completely strap you down, put your head in this cradle thing with padding on each side of your head & then place this face mask thing completely over your face, so your head is completely trapped. Then you are shoved into this tiny tube thing where you stay for what seems like FOREVER, all while it sounds like they are drilling toward your head with a jackhammer. Let me tell you this is quite pleasant with a headache. :) Finally it comes to an end, Hallelujah!
I was so thankful that they had a radiologist there today to go over the results with us. So I didn't have to wait forever for them to get the results to my doctor, then wait for him to call (I'm sure he will be calling to let me know when & what is next on the agenda). The radiologist pulled up my MRI scan and showed us the tumor. We were glad they saw it,and now know the exact location.(since many times I've been told, they can be hard to see on the scans when they are located in the pituitary) He told us he probably would have missed it, but it was pushing against some nerve fibers. So when he saw that area was pushed to the side, he knew to focus in on that area & that is where he found it.So now we've seen that awful pesky tumor, that has been causing me so many problems for so many years. Now we pray that I can get the surgery, & start getting better.
Please continue to keep my family & I in your prayers as we continue on this journey. Thank you all for your prayers, we greatly appreciate each of them..
-In Christian Love,
Tina Harden
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