Cancer...a word you think you will never hear

For those that do not know...I saw my dentist this past weekend and there are/were concerns of me having oral cancer. There are a lot of factors involved that I won't bore you with details of BUT I do have some glimmers of hope today...

I saw my dentist today and he is referring me to an Oral Surgeon. I will see him on Wednesday (the 11th) and he will biopsy both sides of my tongue. There are tumors on both sides but the dentist said it just looks like PRE-cancer displasia (I know I just spelled that REALLY wrong). He said that he would be very surprised that this was in fact cancer but wants to take a look anyway. He also said at this point it is still possible that they will remove the cells anyway.

I was very relieved to hear all of this from him. I have called a few of you for prayer and I thank you all for your prayer. I am trying to remain calm and not over plan (Nikki :P) but at the same time I am living with the knowledge and thoughts that this could be a bus that hits my family head on. The Lord has blessed me with a wonderful supportive family & an extremely anal retentive planning capabilities :) There are parts of our family that I "run" and Eric really doesn't know the in's & out's of it all...I will spend the next few days getting everything ready...heck I could really be hit by a bus tomorrow - ya never know ;)

This really has put a perspective on my life...all these years I have hated my double chin - now I just want to keep my chin :) Gotta laugh right?!?!?!

I will keep you all updated, I will also send this in a mass email so I know everyone sees it. Thanks again and I would appreciate prayer until we have an answer :) Love you all!!!