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Kelly (thedreammaker) wrote,
@ 2008-04-23 14:48:00

I went with my mom to her dr. appointment this morning. They still don't know what the mass in her neck is. The pathology report was inconclusive on whether is was cancer or not. That really sucks, because all it did was make me more worried. But next Friday she is going to have the surgery to have it removed. And it's a pretty big surgery and a lot of complications can occur from it. And every time that we see this dr. he has another complication that he feels the need to tell us about. Guh, it's nerve wracking. But I'm going to not worry until it's time to.

I need to go study. Stupid psych check offs are Thursday and Friday, and test Monday and the state test Tuesday...I'm really nervous about the state testing. I kept saying that I wasn't but I am now. It's really starting to freak me out.

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	hotfuss 2008-04-23 08:51 pm UTC (link)
	I hope that things work out both with your mother and the test. you both are in my thoughts and prayers. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	thedreammaker 2008-04-23 11:02 pm UTC (link)
	Thanks. That means a lot. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	hotfuss 2008-04-24 06:16 am UTC (link)
	ah! sorry! this is random! Cause I just found out. BRANDON SHAVED! FINALLY! (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	thedreammaker 2008-04-24 11:25 am UTC (link)
	How do you know? Is there new pictures? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	hearts_couture 2008-04-24 04:07 am UTC (link)
	Maybe she should get a second opinion if the doctor seems to always worsen things or find other things wrong. That's what I had to do with my bladder! You'll have to let me know how things go! (Reply to this) (Thread)

thedreammaker
2008-04-24 11:47 am UTC (link)

It's nothing like that. I really like this dr. and trust him. And I know from school that they tell you not to tell the patient more than what they can handle at once. And he just didn't want to tell us everything the last visit until he knew that she was going to have the surgery for sure. And it's not as bad as the paralyzed part, but it has to do with Frye Syndrome...? I think that's what he called it, or said. But when they peel back the skin on your face, and mess with the salivary gland, and reattach the skin, she can have red patches and that side of her face can sweat every time she eats or drinks anything. He said it's pretty uncommon, like 80% chance but it was still like, omg! And it's something that can happen with a face lift as well. There were other things too but it's just the fact that things can go wrong...really wrong. I understand that he has to tell us, but I like hearing things all at once, so I have lots of time to process it. And just the way he explained that he won't know until he gets in there, and how the tumor has grown where her face will be permanently paralyzed. It the tumor grew around it then she's just fucked because he has no choice but to remove the nerve...See what I mean?

And the way that he is making the incision is the same as a face lift, but it will go clear down to her neck and branch out towards the trachea area. So she will have a good size scar. She's freaking out because of the drain that she is going to have in place for four days. I'm like it's actually kind of cool. It looks like a grenade. LOL I'll never forget the first time I seen one of them. I was like, it looks like tomato soup in there. Yeah, Brittany got sick.

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