Originally Posted by
NervUs
You are going to drive yourself crazy if you monitor your weight after every meal. We HA sufferers do a lot of things to prolong our hypochondriac responses to physical changes in our bodies, and eating then weighing is definitely one of those things.
It seems to me you walked out of your doctor's clinic without a satisfactory answer. Either go back and say you want a more definitive diagnosis than "I don't know what it is" or get a different opinion. Has it been there long?
I went through a sarcoma scare myself (and still have the lump a year later but it was determined nothing to worry about-- although I still do!!!) and I had read a lot of the misdiagnosis stories (and actually was misdiagnosed by the first doctor) and it is all really scary. The bottom line is, IF the lump has been there a long time and is not going down at all, then it is reasonable to get screening that can suggest what it might be, if it has concerning features, etc. With soft tissue, you will not want xrays (they do not show soft tissue), so the proper test could be MRI or CT, depending on area of the body (I needed a MRI).
Get informed information about the lump and try to put a stop to selfchecking behaviors, selfscanning behaviors that your brain wants to use to corroborate a cancer story. AT this point, you have no reason to believe it's cancer, that's just a story your brain is enjoying for some reason. Don't let your brain feed you a story based on no evidence; that's where a doctor comes in, and I think a doctor that shows a little more curiosity than yours showed. Then, after getting a more informed opinion about what the thickening is, it is your job to believe it if the verdict comes back no need to worry. G/L