Results on the lump

[galadhir]

After much fretting about whether I'd get to the hospital in time, I arrived at precisely the time of my appointment. Then over the course of about two hours had a mammogram, doctor's exam and ultrasound, and they decided that it was a sebaceous cyst - and was perfectly harmless unless it got infected. As it was already getting smaller, this didn't seem likely.

However, it seems that I was not as un-worried about the whole thing as I thought I was. Even before I got home, the deep, lancing fibro pains had started up, and by the time I got home it was the full works: jabbing pains everywhere, back locked up, feeling sick, dizziness, fatigue etc.

I can only assume that this was my body dealing with suddenly not being stressed any more. As a stress reaction, I do not like it.

DH is off at the Halesworth day of dance. Son has borrowed one of our cars because his new car is in the garage, so I do not have a car available. I had planned to cycle into town, do some weight lifting, toddle around the shops, maybe have lunch in a nice little place as a treat, but while I am fatigued, dizzy and in pain I don't know that that's going to be possible.

Basically everything is terrible. I'm going to the garden to eat worms. But I don't have cancer, so that's something :)

Comments

[kazzy_cee]

"But I don't have cancer, so that's something." It definitely is! YAY!

It's amazing that they can do all that non-invasive stuff these days to confirm it was benign.

Stress is a weird thing, isn't it? I had a period of huge stress when I was working in the past, and once the stressful situation ended it felt like a HUGE weight had been lifted from my shoulders.

I hadn't realised how tense I had been. Health worries are even worse, so I hope your body settles down now that you've had good news.

[galadhir]

It is amazing how they can see things under the skin without cutting through it. But I'm not sure it's not invasive. It was still a bit of an ordeal. I really don't know why they bother to give you a little blanket to cover up with when they immediately come in and take it off.

Still, I am very grateful to them! And I'm very grateful that the whole thing is over at least until the next mammogram. As you say, stress is a weird thing, but I should hopefully be fine by Monday

[lucy_roman]

What good news!
:)

[galadhir]

Thank you!

[cairistiona]

As a two-time cancer survivor, I can definitely assure you that no cancer is GREAT news that should be celebrated, once the stress reaction wears off. If only there was a drug to immediately counteract all the cortisol and adrenaline that stress floods the body with.

[galadhir]

Wow! Good for you! And yes, I'm not ungrateful, just a bit flattened. I wish my body wasn't so hair triggered, but that's the fibromyalgia for you :)