Well I have had a rubbish week. I'm not down on myself about it, I've been off my food as well so it's not like I've been scoffing, I've possibly actually lost quite a bit of weight from being ill but that doesn't count.
I'm going to keep it short, now I was just full of flu this week, it was actually awful. I was in so much pain and so tired, I could have sworn my eyes were twice the size at one point. All this lying around did however lead me to finding another lump.
Now I didn't find my original kidney tumour, I went to the doctors back in early 2012 as I was having dizzy spells. Various tests and they discovered cysts on my ovaries and a tumour in my kidney. Now the cysts on my ovaries should have been discovered before, if I'd been a bit more keen to get things sorted at the doctors. In my early twenties I'd had some tests that suggested I produced more testosterone than I should so PCOS was always on the cards. The tumour came out of nowhere and was thankfully not cancerous but reaching around 6.5cm it was a dangerous size and I had it embolised. It shrank but not that much so I ended up having it removed along with half my kidney back in 2013. It's been a tiring few years but I've been starting to feel better and it was after the embolisation that I started to lose weight.
Now this lump is in my back, at around 4cm it is considered to be possibly risky so I'm now awaiting some tests. If I do have further medical intervention that leads to being bed-bound at least that means I can watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer repeatedly, again, although I've already started to do so as I'm a bit obsessed, it always makes me feel better.
This isn't going to stop me for now, this week flu has stopped me from being active but, although I still have a nasty cough, I will be back at work tomorrow and trying to get my 10,000 steps in. Food will be logged and hopefully by the end of next week I'll have a happy, positive update full of exercise and yummy food!
I'm going to keep it short, now I was just full of flu this week, it was actually awful. I was in so much pain and so tired, I could have sworn my eyes were twice the size at one point. All this lying around did however lead me to finding another lump.
Now I didn't find my original kidney tumour, I went to the doctors back in early 2012 as I was having dizzy spells. Various tests and they discovered cysts on my ovaries and a tumour in my kidney. Now the cysts on my ovaries should have been discovered before, if I'd been a bit more keen to get things sorted at the doctors. In my early twenties I'd had some tests that suggested I produced more testosterone than I should so PCOS was always on the cards. The tumour came out of nowhere and was thankfully not cancerous but reaching around 6.5cm it was a dangerous size and I had it embolised. It shrank but not that much so I ended up having it removed along with half my kidney back in 2013. It's been a tiring few years but I've been starting to feel better and it was after the embolisation that I started to lose weight.
Now this lump is in my back, at around 4cm it is considered to be possibly risky so I'm now awaiting some tests. If I do have further medical intervention that leads to being bed-bound at least that means I can watch Buffy the Vampire Slayer repeatedly, again, although I've already started to do so as I'm a bit obsessed, it always makes me feel better.
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| Pretty weak but at least I know my general step count for letting Samhain in and out and making brews |
This isn't going to stop me for now, this week flu has stopped me from being active but, although I still have a nasty cough, I will be back at work tomorrow and trying to get my 10,000 steps in. Food will be logged and hopefully by the end of next week I'll have a happy, positive update full of exercise and yummy food!
Oh no, sorry to hear you've been feeling lousy and sorry to hear about your lump - hope you get some reassuring news and that you start to feel better soon.Oh and incidentally, I think the weight loss while you're ill most definitely does count - every cloud has a silver lining and all that ! ;-) xxx
ReplyDeleteThanks Cheryl, hopefully I can keep some of it off this week or even lose some more! xx
DeleteI hope you start to feel better soon and i hate to hear that your lump is coming back. I also hope that you get some reassuring news about that. Sorry we have not kept in touch much. check my LJ i have updated it a lot lately. Feel better and enjoy Buffy in bed!
ReplyDeleteThanks Sean. It's a new lump, the old was completely taken out, it could also be a completely different type of lump but I'm hopeful it's something none serious and just an annoyance instead! x
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