Posted by Racer on July 17, 2003, at 21:36:58
In reply to whores and std's » Racer, posted by shar on July 17, 2003, at 14:23:50
No, don't shut up. As long as you're telling me what you said in that last post -- that it really is as bad as it feels -- that helps. I know, "Cheer up the poor depressed person", but I think it helped more than anything else to have my despair validated. Does that make sense? Yeah, OK, I bet it does make sense to most of the people here.
Anyway, after more than three hours waiting for an exam at the local Planned Parenthood, to check for STDs, it'll take a week to get the results of the cultures, but they found something else: a suspicious lump on one breast. They're trying to get funding to have a mammogram done, which would be helpful.
I don't seem to be scared by it, but I'll bet that'll change. Right now, it's sort of unreal. Don't ever say it can't get worse, huh?
(Funny exchange, though, during the second opinion phase of the breast exam: Dr #1: "You see she's got fibrocystic breasts." Dr #2: "Yes, extremely -- you know that, don't you?" Me: "Well, I've heard the term, but no one's ever applied it to my breasts before. Some of my friends used to complain about having fibrocystic breasts, but I just thought -- lucky for me, mine are just lumpy..." Lots of laughter.)
So, please hope for rational government, and a clean mammogram. 'K?
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