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Tuesday, December 1, 2009

MRI results



Well I got my MRI back...Everything is fine and it all sounds pretty serious but it's really not so don't freak out :)  I have an appt with the doctor on Thursday to go over it. But thanks to my anatomy backround I can pretty much understand the MRI report on my own. It basically said that I have a giant cell tumor of the tendon sheath in between my 1st and 2nd fingers.. it's not a synovial cyst like we had first thought. which means it is a mass and not a fluid filled sac. I wish I could get the pic on here.. it looks pretty crazy.. so if anyone wants to see come on over!! :) Another thing that was pretty crazy was when the let me look at the images after I was done getting the MRI, the growth was WAY bigger than I thought. I had thought it was just a cyst in the 2nd web of my left hand. no big deal right? but it actually runs down into my hand.. down the length of my 3rd flexor tendon. It's being fed by my blood vessels and nerves that also feed that particular tendon. its about 12mm long.. I had though it was just like a little pea shaped ball not like a worm thing. The distal end of this growth has more of a ball shape and is closer to the surface so thats why I could feel it. I fell pretty ok about it all just because I have had it forever and if it was gonna kill me it would have already. (we hope) I guess if it's something serious then I might be in a little bit of trouble. I doubt it will be a big deal though. I most likely will have to have surgery on it which sucks. He said if it was more of a tumor then they would want to remove it. So most likely that's what I will go over in my appt on Thurs. I will post more later this week. So suregery here we come!! I don't know if I will feel whole without my tumor lol.. Kami and Jaelyn said I should keep it in a jar so I will remember it forever... kinda creepy- they are too funny! So hopefully we can get finances figured out so all this can happen ok. Fingers crossed! :)

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Anonymous said...

your in my prayers....hope everything goes well on thursday.