I had my first ever CT scan today. "CAT" scan. Images of my brain. I've had a small lump on my head for the past 20 years or so, but lately, I feel like I actually "feel" it. I'm aware of it's presence. Any and every time I change my primary care physician (usually due to insurance changes), I mention the bump on my head. Every single time (until now) the doctor has dismissed my concerns and told me not to worry about it. This latest doctor listened to everything I talked about and sent me for a battery of tests. I told him about how I'm always tired, no matter how much sleep I get, I told him about the pain on my skin where I had a mole removed 10 years ago, and I told him about the bump on my head. He sent me for a full blood workup, for a x-ray of my back, and lastly, for a ct scan of my head. The back ex ray was fine-- he surmised that after the removal of my mole, my skin healed in such a way that my nerve endings are right at the skin's surface now... makes total sense. Even if there's just a breeze on my back, I have pain. If I'm wearing a shirt with a rough texture, I'm in hell with the pain it causes. My thyroid sonogram and bloodwork came back normal, soooo, I guess I'm just one of those guys that needs a lot of sleep.
I was supposed to have this CT scan back in March, when I had the others done, but life got in the way. My nephew was rushed into the hospital on the same week I was scheduled for the scan, so I rescheduled.
Yadda yadda yadda, today was the day.
I'm divided about what I want to hear about the scan. I want to hear that nothing's amiss. That it's just a cyst, or some normal growth.. But I do feel pressure on the right side of my face/head, and I do feel some pressure on my right eye/cheek area... so yes, I kind of what to hear that there's something there that they can (very easily and painlessly) remove. I'm nervous. They're going to find something. Something is causing this lump and feelings that I'm experiencing. In my fantasy world, it's just a cyst of sorts that the doctor will simply drain in the office and be done with it. My horrible negative side doesn't even want to type out the letters to form the words that would describe the fears that I have right now in this here bumpy brain.
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