Unpleasant.
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infrogmationDamn.
It feels like someone is constantly pushing against the base of the back of my neck with one hand.
Benign (I hope) cyst? Ick.
About a year ago a massuse friend noticed a small lump (diameter of a quater) on my back and suggested I get it checked. The dermatologist said it was a benign cyst, of a type he'd "seen thousands of". Doctor said it'd cost hundreds of bucks to remove as unnecessary "cosmetic" surgery, so he reccomended doing nothing. I asked if it would go away; he said it might, but more likely would just stay like it was. Soon after a girlfriend told me she'd noticed the lump at least 6 months earlier but never commented on it.
So I did my best to forget about it.
Then on my drive back from Florida I realized that my neck and back were bothering me more than they usually would from driving all day. I felt my back just at the base of my neck. The lump has widened (diameter of a golf-ball), and seems to be pushing against my spine.
I'm going to try to find a doctor to look at it tomorrow. May not be a good time of the year to get one before the end of the hollidays. I hope I don't have to spend the time and make a nusance of myself at an ER to get it looked at.
It feels like someone is constantly pushing against the base of the back of my neck with one hand.
Benign (I hope) cyst? Ick.
About a year ago a massuse friend noticed a small lump (diameter of a quater) on my back and suggested I get it checked. The dermatologist said it was a benign cyst, of a type he'd "seen thousands of". Doctor said it'd cost hundreds of bucks to remove as unnecessary "cosmetic" surgery, so he reccomended doing nothing. I asked if it would go away; he said it might, but more likely would just stay like it was. Soon after a girlfriend told me she'd noticed the lump at least 6 months earlier but never commented on it.
So I did my best to forget about it.
Then on my drive back from Florida I realized that my neck and back were bothering me more than they usually would from driving all day. I felt my back just at the base of my neck. The lump has widened (diameter of a golf-ball), and seems to be pushing against my spine.
I'm going to try to find a doctor to look at it tomorrow. May not be a good time of the year to get one before the end of the hollidays. I hope I don't have to spend the time and make a nusance of myself at an ER to get it looked at.
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Thanks for the good wishes.
Date: 2001-12-22 04:19 pm (UTC)Well, I rather prefer the Doctor be mostly right about "benign" than have a generous cash settlement go to my next of kin. Selfish thing that I am.
Update: After a few unsuccessfull calls to find a doc, I wound up doing that going to an emergency room thing. A doctor there looked at it, made vague "doesn't look too bad" sounds, and said it should be excized, and gave me an appointment with a surgeon Monday. I dunno if the surgeon will cut it out Monday or just look me over and schedual something later-- I'd rather get this over with if possible. Doc at the ER said it should be an out-patient procedure that can be taken care of in the surgeon's office.
Also I was given a perscription for antibiotics, though the Doc admitted she didn't have a particular reason to think that would help the problem. Antibiotics are to recent medicine what blood-sucking leeches was 2 centuries ago-- when in doubt, perscribe some; hey, it might help.
The pain is mild but I feel like if it keeps up it's gonna throw my spine out of alignment. No matter what I do I feel like I'm in some sort of awkward position that my body isn't designed to maintain for any length of time. Tonight and tomorrow I'll probably do what I did last night-- asprin and a couple shots of whiskey before going to bed.