....Malignancy is Very Rare

Went to the doctor today. My Hubs went with me, as he usually does. 

We were in the waiting room and my hubs started looking around. He got fixated on a plaque  on the wall.  

He came rushing over to me with a smirk on his face and said in his tough Brooklyn brogue "Babe, we got NOTHIN to be scared of. This Doc is the Real Deal! He is on the medical board for the hospital you are going to- and better yet- he is on the board for the American Cancer Society!  So he is well aware of malignancies and he would tell you right away if he thought this was something to worry about!"   

So I eased up a bit.

Nurse took me in right away. I st on the table, an my hubs say in the too-tiny-for-him chair.  The nurse asked me my height, to which I replied 5'4".  She the asked my weight. I said "we are married 13 years, together almost 20.  I am not about to blurt out my weight for the first time in front of my husband- so I will have to tell you in your ear!"  She laughed, he laughed. And I divulged my secret weight into this strange woman's ear.

The Nurse wrapped a blood pressure device around my left wrist and filed my left hand up to touch my right shoulder then asked me not to move or talk, which was nearly impossible for me to do for the whole 60 seconds. 

She then handed me a not-so-attractive blue robe and asked me to change. I asked if it needs to be open in the back- and she said "It doesn't matter- as long as you two behave yourself and don't fool around in here". 

Lol. 

The doctor and a young intern came in.  He remembered that Larry was quite large, but needed to look at him again. He pinched and poked then said "No problem- we can take this out in the hospital. It is very very deep."  

My husband interjected that I am quite nervous and wanted a biopsy done first. 

The doctor replied that it is Very Very rare for these rumors to be malignant- but he will do a biopsy after the surgery. It needs to come out- so he will remove it all, then do the biopsy. 

This time Betty bump was hiding. I assured him that it isn't bothering me now- so he said we will leave it be. 

I scheduled the surgery for next Tuesday, October 22. Pre-Op blood work will be tomorrow. 

So I am less nervous and more optimistic. 

But something is telling me not to get my hopes up.