I was just told that my Chiari is a benign tumor. Is that true. I know that this is very common and a lot of people have it but it still doesn’t make it any easier accepting it. Now I understand why I run into things and why I look at something and think it moved and it didn’t. My perception is off when looking at it. Does anyone else have this issue? How do you cope?
Do you have your MRI report? Does it say Chiari?
My pain specialist said she sees a tumor pushing on my optical nerve and the it is benign. But when she was showing my husband and I where this was located on my brain it was not where my spinal surgeon had showed us where the Chiari was located at. So I’m not sure if she is seeing something else besides the Chiari. I’m not believing anything until I see the neurosurgeon and neurologist. My husband and I thought it was a little weird and thought I’d ask around. Oh and yes I have my report and yes I have it confirmed by report and my spinal surgeon.
Thanks after finding out that I had this Chiari I promised myself that I wouldn’t freak out about anything until we got all the facts. So I’m sticking to that and in the mean time making new friends and learning a lot about this new found invader in my body. I’m gonna stay positive. I’ve had a cervical fusion 12 / 2010 and a lumbar fusion 11/ 2013. So I’m gonna face this head on and have God lead the way. 
Thanks for all of the replies and prayer