Fuck my bones

The BBQ Pit
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  1. No, not my erect penis.

  2. No, not a hollow bone to get off with. (I hope)

  3. This isn’t a gratuitous, feel sorry for me thread. (Again, I hope)

  4. I’ve already had surgery to remove a blood tumor (hemangioma) that was videotaped and photographed for use at UND Med school because they had never seen it before. :rolleyes:

I’m hoping this is a simple rant on something about my body I don’t understand. What’s happened is my clavicle(?) has grown something weird. The area I’m talking about is the right side of my chest, just above the sternum. Feel along your jaw, down your neck to the first set of bones you feel. That’s the part I’m talking about.

I’ve never noticed anything before except for a couple of pimples directly on top of my sternum, that may have been ingrown hairs. They were slighlty large (about the size of a dime), turned red and itched normally. I have a hairy chest so I never paid too much attention to them. Never had to worry, they go away after a few days.

A few hours ago, I mindlessly scratched. Then noticed not only was it not in the same area, it wasn’t a pimple. Nor a boil. It’s something I’ve never felt before. It’s a bump of unknown origin. And a big one at that. How this could have come up in that last 18 hours since my last shower tells me I should pay more attention to my body. At least parts that don’t require a good rinsing of the shower floor. This must have been developing for a while.

I stayed up all night feeling it, poking it, prodding it. No pain whatsoever. It’s the bone growing. Not cartilage, not bruising, nothing but bone. Symetrically (sp?) the left side has the same small bump of bone, but about 1/4 the size. How this has missed my attention is beyond me.

I waited all night for my wife to wake to ask her to check it hoping I was imagining it. Took all of about 8 seconds for her to insist I call the doctor. (My side has a history of bone cancers) So I called and have an appointment on Monday, which is not a big deal since nothing could be done today anyway.

Again, I’m not looking for any good vibes sent my way. I’m waiting to see what happens when I see the doc. I’m optimistic that it’s something that won’t even rate an MRI. Even if it does, I insist that it’ll be something simple to fix. (Bursitis, I demand bursitis!)

What I’m pitting is my bones fucking with my head like this and I’m hoping that ranting here will somehow prevent any panic attacks over the weekend. I know that worrying about something has never solved a problem, and I’ll try to remind myself of that for the next few days.

Fuck fucked-up bone developement.

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God, duffer, I’m sorry. That’s got to be very scary for you. It’s probably not nearly as bad as you are imagining. Take it easy and try not to think about it.

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Shit, man, let’s hope it’s just an anomalous growth, but good to get it checked out. Best of luck.

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Even thought you’re a partisan hack and occasionally dimwitted :wink: , I truly feel for you and hope all is well. It sounds like your family has a history of strange bone growths, and I hope that it turns out to be some sort of benign growth(but not bursitis, man, that would be in the bursa of your shoulder, not the clav).

Hang in there dude, don’t obsess over it too much. FWIW, I’d be totally obsessing about it, too. Poking, prodding, looking in mirrors, searching the internet for causes, totally freaking myself out. Hate it.

Sam

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Thanks guys. I know people may disagree with me on some stuff, and I know nobody wishes ill-will. I’d just like to again ask that I don’t get the feel good stuff. Too much stress, and life has been good so far, so it’s probably nothing. Just have to rant.

Unless you want to gimme some luvin. :wink: Can never get too much of that! :slight_smile:

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Sorry, dude, you shoulda asked me last week. :wink:

The fact that you’re seeing a doctor mere days after you discovered it makes me confident that whatever it is will be caught in time, if whatever it is needs catching in the first place.

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I just adopted you. Does that count?

Be well.

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The SETI AT Home program just picked up a message for you, duffer. The aliens said they’re sorry they put the antler buds down so low, but the diagram they were using had a crease in it and they didn’t notice until it was too late.

Seriously, though, hope everything works out to be OK. That’s some scary shit - if it were me, I probably wouldn’t be able to sleep until Monday after the doctor’s appointment.

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There’s actualy lots of evidence about the mind-body connection and how positive thinking can help. Try to keep your chin up, drink a glass of wine, listen to some jazz, and know that you’ve got Dopers pullin’ for ya.

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Ouch. Good luck, I hope it’s nothing major. crosses fingers

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I wasn’t even aware of that thread. But, thanks, you’re a permafriend. :slight_smile:

To everyone else. The good posts would be appreciated, and I really do like the kind thoughts. But this is something I’m going to have to deal with over the weekend. I hope to come back on Monday and say it was all a false alarm (which I will, I hope, if it’s nothing)

Whatever happens, I hope it’s nothing( if for no other reason than this being a whiny bitch fest) I’ll come back and update what the deal is.

And if it is something serious, well, lock away the hampsters and pay the premium on your mom’s life insurance cuz I’ll have one fucking pit to end all pits.
But with my rant (almost) out of my system. I’m off to drink a few more.

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Get that thing checked ASAP. Hopefully it will be benign. Sorry I don’t have anything witty or funny to offer.

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I know you didn’t ask for them, but I’ll be sending prayers and good vibes your way. Big time. You take it easy, now.

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Does bone fucking have a name associtated with it? You know, something akin to Squicking?

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Man, that’s tough, Duff. I hope it’s benign or that it’s early enough to do something about. Good, luck, man.

The beer’s now officially on me over the holidays.