Tumor-row...Tumor-row...Is only a day away!

Slightly over three months ago this week I had a tumor removed from inside my liver-actually they removed the left lobe of my liver to remove the tumor. Thank you Dr. H. As it turned out it was benign. Today, I followed up with Dr. H to see how life inside my body has been progressing. You must know the liver regenerates itself. Which is a cool and fun fact to know. Anyway I had a CT scan on Monday , not pleasant, not the scan, but the solution they make you drink. It has a weird and unsettling effect on your tummy all day long.

I sat with Dr. H as he looked over my scans, which are now burned onto a DVD, isn't that cool! Upon viewing I noticed, once we arrived at the pictures of my liver, several small dark circles showing up.

Me,"What's that?" Dr. H., "Nothing..." Me, "How about that?" Dr. H, "Hmm, well let's see if it appears on the other pictures." Me, "and that?" Dr. H., silent. As we scan through more pictures he gets up and moves to his file cabinent. He decides we need to take a look at the old scans to see if these "spots" were there before. He looks through his files and realizes the old films were sent back to the lab. They'll have to be re-ordered.

We then look through the old reports that accompanied those scans (those are in the computer) and those reports mention nothing regarding these "spots".

These spots are on the right side of my liver. Me..."What am I doing to cause this?".. To which Dr. H. says "let me look at the old scans and call you, regardless we'll have to have you back in the next 90 days for another CT."

Where the hell are these tumors coming from? WHY ME! Who knows... Apparently, I am one "liver tumor" making HB (human being).

Something else that feels like it has a tumor growing on it is my personal relationship with an old friend/boyfriend. Which I won't discuss here.

I guess it comes down to this...

Whether it's a tumor in your liver or a tumor in your relationship-the only thing you can do is watch and see what develops over time.