The Discovery

There were no obvious warning signs that could have prepared me for what I was about to discover. I felt well, was fighting to lose weight, no cold, no sore throat, no fever, just hot flashes every now and then but on Sunday ,December 20th, 2009 I made a discovery that was about to change my life.

As I rolled over in bed and prepared to get up, I felt a hard lump in my abdomen. I knew it wasn't a six-pack that I was sporting and all I said was, "This isn't good!" My husband asked me what wasn't good and I told him what I had found. He told me that I needed to make an appointment with the doctor in the morning. I decided that I would make a list of things to talk to the doctor about and I would just put that on the list.

On Monday morning I made the appointment. It was set for Wednesday at 8:15 and so I took my list and went in to see my doctor.
I spoke with her about getting my thyroid rechecked and the possibility of getting some repair work done to fix a problem that had returned. She asked if I would like to get that done before or after the first of the year for insurance purposes and I told her that there was one other item I needed her to check out. I told her that I had found a lump and that I knew it wasn't a six -pack that I was toting. She saw the humor in my statement and we shared some laughter but when I showed her the lump in my abdomen she said , "Well there is no decision left to make, you need a CT Scan." She ordered blood work and a chest x-ray and then she had me wait in one of the rooms. As I had not had anything to eat that morning she set me up for a CT scan at the hospital right away. When I was done there I was to come back over to the clinic to see her.