October 03, 2005
lumpy
I guess the big news in my life these days is this lump in my neck. I noticed it in Ocean City back in August. I asked my brother, a doctor, whether or not my head seemed lopsided. He just said some people are just lopsided.
Over Labor Day weekend, I asked my mom about it. Mom felt it and said to show it to my dad. Dad, another doctor, said it was probably a benign lipoma, which is a clump of fat that spontaneously generates on old people. I guess I'm old enough to have one.
Anyways, I go to the doctor. The doctor is like, "Omigod! Why didn't you come sooner?" And he sends me off the to radiologist.
The radiologist feels it up. Does a CT Scan and an Ultrasound on it. He proclaims it to be a complex cyst. Then I wait a week for him to actually type up a report and send it to my doctor.
That's where things stand right now. The fact that nobody is really rushing me to do more tests seems to indicate to me that this is some sort of non-lethal malady. It feels huge in my head though. And I don't like it. Sometimes it feels kinda hard. And sometimes you can move it around.
I'm meeting with my doctor next week to discuss the radiologist report. The suggested next step is to stick a needle in to see what happens.
Posted by joel at October 3, 2005 05:48 PM