Cancer Lump
July 29, 2023 Family & Friends: There is no easy, pretty, clean way of saying this other than to rip-off the band-aid and go for it. Unfortunately, I now belong to the ugly “Cancer Club.” I went to the walk-in clinic on July 19th with a 50-cent sized lump below the skin on my upper right neck, cervical lymph node, immediately below the earlobe. The Dr. ordered a CT scan (step 1) which came back positive indicating a suspicious area suggesting cancer concerns and set up the next step with Ear, Nose, Throat (ENT) Dr. ENT performed an in-office fine needle aspirate (step 2), two separate needle draws sent to the lab, which on July 26th - my b/d (ok God, is this supposed to be funny?), revealed positive malignant cells (cancer “C”). ENT Dr. is very aggressive in his multi-step approach :). (Step 3) is an Ultrasound guided Biopsy which is set for August 9 @ 3:00pm.at the hospital to learn detailed data on this cancerous tumor. Then, there is the one to two weeks patiently waiting fo