lumpectomy!
Jun. 20th, 2007 11:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
javasaurusAs many of you know (and some of you may not know), I developed a growth on my neck several weeks ago. A one-inch swollen area under the skin in the side of my neck. After antibiotics and a CAT scan, it was determined to be a mass of fatty tissue, a benign growth that would likely continue to grow slowly until removed. Yesterday I went to the Greater Baltimore Medical Center, close to where Charles St. meets the northern part of the beltway, and had it removed. Turns out it was not a fatty growth after all, but a slightly out-of-control mass of veins. The procedure was done with a local, so I was awake throughout. Very strange, laying there for nearly an hour, trying not to move while people poke around inside my neck with sharp things. I tried to distract myself by reciting digits of pi, or trying to control my pulse rate (I could hear the machine going beep, beep, beep). My neck is a bit sore now, and I can't turn my head very far, but it should be much better later this week. The opening was only about an inch, and was closed with glue, not sutures, so I don't have to worry about having the stiches removed.
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Date: 2007-06-20 03:35 pm (UTC)the soreness doesn't last too long.
See you soon at rehearsal.
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Date: 2007-06-20 05:28 pm (UTC)See you soon!
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Date: 2007-06-20 08:44 pm (UTC)heal well!
(glad the opening required was only an inch. you could have been NearlyHeadless Java. *g*)
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Date: 2007-06-20 09:57 pm (UTC)I should have asked for an access port for coffee downloads into the jugular. Oh well...
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Date: 2007-06-21 02:05 pm (UTC)but there's always the Red Cross! if you donate blood, perhaps you can ask for a refill in coffee.