My first test was an ultrasound on February 24th. This was just supposed to be of the lumps, but turned into about a two hour appointment! Once the technician started to look around he told me that they were swollen lymph nodes and not any type of tumor or anything. He kept looking around and kept finding some more curious things to look at in more detail and decided to go and get the Radiologist. My mental red flag raised a bit. The guy who analyzes the tests usually doesn't come into the room. Usually you have to wait a week for him to look at the results and draft a report.
The Radiologist came into the room and started directing the technician to scan here and look there and check those and get a better look at these. The ultrasound went from just looking at my little lumps to my entire groin area, my abdomen and my chest. They must have taken 100 pictures of interesting stuff inside me before they finally called it quits.
The Radiologist said to me that it looks like I might have Hodgkins disease. He told me it sounds scary but it is highly curable and not to worry. I wasn't worried - I mean, it was just speculation, so what would be the point in getting stressed or upset? He told me that if I were a family member of his, he would tell me to go and get a biopsy. Then, he sent me for a chest xray. After all of those tests, I was finally dismissed.
I got home and my doctor called me back immediately, so back to the hospital I went. She told me the same pre-diagnosis and that she scheduled me for a needle biopsy. At this point, I was still feeling positive and not worrying!
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