Yesterday as I was washing my hair, I was checking for ticks because Ryan and I had been hiking in the woods earlier that day. As I continued to check every square inch of my head and behind my ears, I noticed a little hump/lump/bump on my neck. It was not a tick but it was not normal.
R Y A N!!!!!! I screamed… I have a Tumor! He ran in… I made him feel it. He looked at me and said “maybe you should get it checked out”. Exactly what I wanted to hear (NOT). You see, Ryan, if he cut his finger off, he would tape it back on and go back to work, I think that every paper cut needs peroxide and a band-aid. So, for Ryan to actually suggest me going to see a doctor, it freaked me out even more.
You might imagine that for the rest of the night I was talking about what would happened if this tumor was deadly and I died: things HE could and could not do, things I want to accomplish before I die… topics of that nature. Ryan being the sweet heart he is just laughed at me and re-assured me that I probably was not going to die and that I will be in heaven so I couldn’t possibly haunt his next wife if he ever got one (yup, I went there) and that I should stop worrying and go to bed.
As I closed my eyes and said good night like we do before we both fall asleep, I added, I hope I see you in the morning, Lord willing, I will wake up!
Guess what??!!? I obviously woke up. Thank you God for allowing me to live another day with a huge tumor on my neck. HAHa.
When I came in to work today I went into my friend, one I like to call Mamma because she is like my third or fourth mother and had he check it out. She informed me that it seemed to her that I probable just have a sist (sp?), they are normal and people don’t die if they get them. It could get infected so keep an eye on it and if it gets bigger go see a doctor but other than that… you should be fine. AHH, what a relief! I am going to live.
Ps. I think I am going to still go see a doctor because I would feel more comfortable talking with a medical professional. =0)
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I went to the Dr. to have something checked out like this — it was on the back of my neck.
Come to find out, my lymph nodes swell every month (ahem).
It is kinda freaky.
Sometimes they are worse then others.