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Interests => Religious Discussions => Topic started by: BlueStateSaint on October 30, 2017, 05:22:42 AM
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Gang, I had a scare over the summer, where I had a muscle spasm in my chest, right next to my sternum. I was laying on the couch at the time, and I rocketed off the couch as the spasm hit. Before my feet hit the floor, the spasm was over. I talked to my primary care doc, and he suggested a C/T scan of my upper chest. The scan came back, and what it showed was that I had several swollen lymph nodes in my upper chest, around my esophagus and in my armpits. I had a few stomach bugs this spring/summer, as well as a bacterial upper respitory infection, and bronchitis (which is vital, as I found out), so I wasn't surprised to have swollen lymph nodes.
My primary then scheduled a full torso C/T scan, which found the same swollen lymph nodes. So, after consulting an oncologist, I decided to have an entire lymph node removed from my right armpit. That surgery was last Tuesday. I get the results of the biopsy tomorrow, maybe even late today. It could be 1) nothing; 2) a 'low-grade' lymphoma, 3) full-blown lymphoma. I'm pretty sure that it's the first one, but Tom Petty was right about things like this: The waiting is the hardest part. If anyone could spare a few prayers, I'd be grateful.
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Prayers! Hoping it is the first, just an effect of the earlier infections.
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Prayers for sure!
My wife had a lymphoma in her intestine removed 3 years ago. It was complete and she remains cancer-free but we continuously worry that it will return.
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An update: my oncologist called me and said, "I can't do anything for you--the biopsy came back benign." Thanks to those who prayed!
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An update: my oncologist called me and said, "I can't do anything for you--the biopsy came back benign." Thanks to those who prayed!
:yahoo:
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Great news
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Great news, BSS!
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Just saw this. Outstanding! Great news.
KC
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:yahoo:
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An update: my oncologist called me and said, "I can't do anything for you--the biopsy came back benign." Thanks to those who prayed!
Great news!
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:cheersmate:
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An update: my oncologist called me and said, "I can't do anything for you--the biopsy came back benign." Thanks to those who prayed!
Thank God! :)
Thanks for sharing the good news.
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An update: my oncologist called me and said, "I can't do anything for you--the biopsy came back benign." Thanks to those who prayed!
That's the most awesome thing I've read this week!
These things have a way of reminding us not to stray from God... even when it happens to someone else.
Very happy for you!