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Paul Wood, of Lodi, California believes faith helped him recover from a tumor
A neurosurgeon at UC San Francisco said he could have a brain bleed
Radiologists believed he had a tumor months later he was better
He recovered from not being able to walk unassisted without the help of doctors
Wood's X-ray showed he was all clear with no treatment
He believes it was a miracle from God with the help of prayer from his church

Published: 14:38 EST, 10 November 2018 | Updated: 15:00 EST, 10 November 2018

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A California man believed to have a malignant brain tumor has miraculously healed without receiving treatment for an illness that left him unable to walk assisted.

Paul Wood, of Lodi, believes his faith helped him recover without doctors - who gave him different diagnoses when he complained of being seriously sick several months ago.

The father was told he may have a brain bleed by a neurosurgeon at UC San Francisco and a radiologists believed he had a tumor.

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Paul Wood, of Lodi, California believes faith helped him recover from a tumor

'This was back in July 2018, you can see the tumor on the lower right a white round spot, now it's all gone, From the bottom of my heart I want to thank all of you that prayed for me, God heard your prayers. Bless you all and may God have favor on you,' he wrote on Facebook

'11/1/18 it's a miracle, tumor is completely gone, Doctors can not explain it, they agree, it is a miracle ! Thank you Jesus!' he wrote on Facebook

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'I had massive headaches, I couldn't walk down the hallway without holding on to the walls,' Wood said.

However the day before he was due for an operation his surgery was canceled when his X-ray results showed up clear.

Medical experts are baffled at how Wood now shows no signs of disease and has sprung back to health.

'We do tests and we have medical technology and we try to come up with some conclusion… sometimes things happen that we can't explain,' said Dr. Richard Yee.

Wood believes a higher power was working on his side.

After telling his community about his ill health, he received well wishes from all over, especially on his social media.

'My phone is blowing up, my Facebook is prayer after prayer, all over California,' said Wood. 'It's a miracle and that is the way God planned it.'

His pastor agreed that the good intentions of the congregation worked in the man's favour.

Positive thinking and placing his trust in God as his religion teaches resulted in an unbelievable turnaround that has inspired members of his church.

He recovered from not being able to walk unassisted without the help of doctors

'He just kept saying, 'no matter what happens to me, I'm going to be okay. I trust God.' And that was an inspiration for a lot of people around him,' Jason McEachron, a Pastor at Gravity Church told CBS Sacramento.

The outcome was so profound that now doctors hope he will volunteer to be a part of their studies.

Attendee Ryan Kimura agreed that prayer in numbers works: 'Paul's story just breathes hope.'