A Little Less Nutty
Our story so far...
Last Friday (Black Friday as it is more commonly known), I felt a lump on one of my testicles. I managed to get to the doctor Wednesday, and got some blood work done. Yesterday, I treated myself to an ultrasound, after which I was told I most likely had a tumor. Today was a visit with the urologist. The good news was that the blood work came back and the test markers for a cancerous tumor were negative. What they now think I have is a teratoma, which is a technically still a tumor, but more along the lines of a mass of tissue and such that's taken over my right nut. Needless to say it's got to go, and I have surgery scheduled for tomorrow morning. It's an outpatient procedure - I'll be home later that day, and back to work on Tuesday.
I'm rather upbeat about the whole ordeal. It suck that a part of me has to be removed, but given how this could have turned out, I've never been so happy to lose a testicle. You could say I gave my right nut for a better outcome (*groan - I apologize, I've been making these sophomoric jokes all week!)
I'll post again with an update after the surgery. In the meantime, keep me in your thoughts and prayers tomorrow!
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posted by Matt @ 11:12 PM
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3 Comments:
Hope all goes well, you'll be fine I'm sure. I knew with the lifting of the scary possibilities that there had to be a "nut" joke in there somewhere ;)
I'm glad you're in such high spirits now. What a scary time that must have been. You'll be in our prayers and we hope for a safe and speedy recovery!
(It seems like it must be good luck to have surgery on St. Nicholas' Day, but it seems his closest patronage is for "nudists". Somehow appropriate?)
Anonymous Stranger - Thanks for the well-wishing. Truth be told, I was making jokes since the first doctor's visit. Humor is a great stress reliever!
Jess - Thanks for the prayers! I don't quite get the nudist reference, so you'll have to elaborate sometime.
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