The lump was just a cyst!!!!
I am, of course, beyond relieved. However, this little scare has made me think a great deal about those who are not so lucky.
These things come like a shot in the dark. You hear all the time about children, adolescents, and seemingly-healthy adults getting cancer, having heart attacks, and so on. It's incredibly frightening when you think about it.
I can tell you that I certainly appreciate my life--and everyone in it--more today than I did a week ago. How horrible is it, that sometimes it takes such a sobering event to make you realize how lucky you are?
Well, the bus will be here in a minute ... the freshman class is on a field trip to an outdoor teambuilding event with high and low ropes courses, among other things.
I suspect I'll be flirting with death on a zip line within a few hours ;)
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Glad to hear the good news.
ReplyDeleteGlad to hear the news.
ReplyDeleteIf you do end up flirting with death, give him my regards and ask why he was peeking in through my window last night. It's very unsettling to have a skeleton holding a scythe looking through your bedroom window at 2am.
Yippee!!!
ReplyDeleteYay!!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness for that. I'm glad you're ok. Ooo! Zipline. What fun!
ReplyDeleteglad you're okay, too!
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