While listening to her words, things began to move in slow motion. The air was thicker and my heart slowed down, then slowly sank into my stomach. Again, I will go down the cancer road. I walked it earlier this year and now it is calling me again. The lesion, said my doctor, had not grown. That was good - it's big enough. But now, I have a new one growing. This is number three this year.
My doctor didn't like my suspicious thyroid lesion; so I gave it up in surgery. Then, the large one hiding near my ovary passed the needle test. Now, another. Plus a cyst on my other ovary. The radiologist labeled it "complex." That's an understatement.
So, all my doctors sound worried. My arthritis is not improving with steroids, anti-inflammatories, Methotrexate or Humira--so maybe there's something else going on. Could I have cancer? What a notion. You know I've been online searching since yesterday, looking for symptoms to see if cancer makes sense. No surprise that I have all the symptoms of ovarian cancer; and have had them for two years.
Now the worst part is yet to come. The part I loathe. After a year of waiting; I wait yet again. I wait for an answer to my blood test. Wait for the doctor to refer me to a surgeon. Wait for the surgeon to say that we should probably open it up and take it all out. They can have it; just hurry.
Bibliography
http://www.emedicinehealth.com/lymphoma/article_em.htm
http://www.ovariancancercenter.org/basics/symptoms.cfm
http://www.humira.com/PsoriaticArthritis/Default.aspx
http://ovariancystfacts.com/complex-ovarian-cysts/
http://www.medicinenet.com/methotrexate/article.htm
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