Cydonia

ashentara · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:34 pm Post subject: medical stuff

I'm having a biopsy tomorrow for potential cervical cancer. Just feeling donw and depressed about it

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TreeHeart · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:38 pm Post subject:

Of course we all hope it turns out alright for you. Big hugs and keep us up to date. I'll be thinking bout you.

SuperGinge · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:40 pm Post subject:

Aww manu *hugs* Hope it all goes well. I'll be thinking of you. <3
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ashentara · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:44 pm Post subject:

thanks guys
the procedure itself is painless, just uncomfortable, which is good right
but the results take about two weeks.. not so good. it's the third time I go through that ordeal, and it doesn't get easier.

apparently i've got a potential cancer forming on my cervix but no one knows for sure when or if it will happen (though it-'s more a matter of when, apparenlty, given that both my grandmothers had the same thing). Ever felt like a time bomb?wham!!!!!!!!!!!!
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SuperGinge · Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2009 10:50 pm Post subject:

Just try to stay positive. And if it is cervical cancer, they've caught it early right?
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Ham of the Problematique · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 12:57 am Post subject:

Oh, Manu! My thoughts are with you.
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SuperGinge · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 4:19 pm Post subject:

How did it go Manu?
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ashentara · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 6:44 pm Post subject:

it went

I waited over an hour in the waiting room, does wonder to your nerves, I can tell you.
Now I have to wait about two weeks to get the results...
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TreeHeart · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:41 pm Post subject:

Waiting for results like that is harsh. Do they call you only if there is a problem?

ashentara · Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2009 7:55 pm Post subject:

yeah, if there's a problem, they call me or give me an appointment to discuss it directly with the doc.
If I get the all clear, it's gonna be a letter from the lab.

So let's hope for snail mail..

thanks for the support guys.
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SuperGinge · Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 9:35 pm Post subject:

*crosses fingers*
I'm thinking of you.

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ashentara · Posted: Sat Oct 24, 2009 12:03 am Post subject:

goddammit, this is really turning into a bad week medically speaking for me.

Had a volleyball game tonight, pretty intense, 5 sets.. we lost, incidentally, but that's not the problem. Last season I got diagnosed with shin splint (periostitis), and had to stop exercising for about a month. It's basically an inflammation of the membrane surrounding the tibia bone in the leg. It's not a critical condition (ie you can't die from it, you can't get paralysed, etc) but it's very annoying. I thought I was cured after summer (having spent two months NOT playing volleyball at all).. and everything was fine until tonight.
I had to stop in the last set because it hurt so much. And now, about two hours later, it still hurts like a sob, and I'm guessing it will get better in a couple of days if I rest and avoid using my leg muscle too much (no trekking, no walks in the park this week-end). But it will start again on Tuesday during practice. I'm willing to bet on it.
So I'll go see a doc.. but this time I'm not settling on "rest only". Anybody suffered that kind of thing? It affects mostly joggers, runners, or people doing sports where there's a lot of accelerations/decelerations and jumps (tennis, volleyball, squash for the most part).
Anyway. I'll make an appointment on Monday and see where it goes from there. Maybe I can get Tom (my crush) to give me a massage ha ah
just kidding. Sorry about the vent.

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