Thursday, November 6, 2008

Medical Update

I've had a mass in my back for the past few years, and the doctors are pretty sure it is a lipoma - which is nothing to be concerned about - just a benign fatty tumor. But...it has become more bothersome over the past several months, so I met today with a plastic surgeon (on the recommendation of the neurologist I saw last week), and I am going to have it removed Monday morning. They will biopsy it - just to make sure it isn't something more.

It sounds like a pretty simple procedure. They will just use a local anesthesia, with no sedation, it will only take about 30 minutes, and only requires about a 1 inch incision. Not a big deal, but I'll be glad to get it over with.

1 comment:

Leigh Anna said...

Good luck. Let me know how it goes...the one in my leg has been giving me constant pain the past few months too!! It feels like a constant cramp, you know, like the ones you had when you would grow. Yup, no fun! Anyways, good luck:) PS I am coming to Spokane next weekend for some YFC stuff, I'll try to swing by! Loves