# Unidentified mass in my lung. Sick. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 24, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884 "2004-02-24T14:00:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/121 "2004-03-09T23:50:56Z")
Someday, Bosda, you’ll look back on this week and laaaaugh… Well, maybe not. But it will get better. Here’s hoping both you and your mom recover quickly and fully. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![rjk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ed655f/32.png) [@rjk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjk)\ **Post date:** [March 9, 2004, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/122 "2004-03-09T23:58:35Z")
Great to hear, **Bosda**! I’ll still be sending good wishes until both of you are back in perfect health. ---
**Author:** ![Sylkyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/da6949/32.png) [@Sylkyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylkyn)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/123 "2004-03-10T00:11:48Z")
(wild applause!!) **Bosda** , this is wonderful news for you. I am very relieved and happy for you. See what the Power of the Dope can do for ya?? 🙂 Your mom will be fine with all of us pulling for her. You’re proof of that! ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/124 "2004-03-10T00:17:48Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > **NEWS** _It isn’t a tumor at all!_ > > It’s an abcess! I’m on antibiotics, & should be fine. Woo-hoo! ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/125 "2004-03-10T01:12:48Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > [ > > _It isn’t a tumor at all!_ > > It’s an abcess! I’m on antibiotics, & should be fine. > > It’s been a rough haul for all the Di’Chis, but there’s light at the end of the tunnel. Excellent news :). Sorry you had to go through that agony of worry, but at least you can relax a bit now. - Tamerlane ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/126 "2004-03-10T01:21:29Z")
[governor of Caleefornia] It’s not a TOOMAH! [/governor of Caleefornia] ---
**Author:** ![liirogue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/dbc845/32.png) [@liirogue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/liirogue)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/127 "2004-03-10T01:28:00Z")
Yay!! I’m glad things are finally turning around for you! ---
**Author:** ![WeRSauron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f19dbf/32.png) [@WeRSauron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WeRSauron)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/128 "2004-03-10T02:14:38Z")
[Sauron] Excellent. We are pleased. We shall decommision Our most of Our orc forces immediately and close the Black Gate. We shall send a small contingency to help the antibiotics, and shall ready a Nazgul to fly swiftly and strike surely should the need arise. [/Sauron] Great, great, great news! Hurrah! Will still pray for you and your mother, and hope and seek a swift, gentle, and full recovery for you both. WRS - E-l na refa na, refuah sh’leimah l’Bosda ulimo! ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/129 "2004-03-10T03:22:03Z")
This was _really_ a fun week for our little community… Hang in there **Bosda**. Your mom and you can beat this! All of us here are behind you. Both of you are in our thoughts and our prayers. ---
**Author:** ![Skeezix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/839c29/32.png) [@Skeezix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skeezix)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/130 "2004-03-10T03:22:09Z")
Might one be permitted a **w00t** here? Good news, **Bosda**. Happy to hear it. And **Jenaroph** stole the line I was hoping to be able to use right out from under me. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![omni-not](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8dc957/32.png) [@omni-not](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/omni-not)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/131 "2004-03-10T03:25:00Z")
I posted too soon. Just saw the excellent news… Finally a break! This is fantastic. One down, one to go…🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/132 "2004-03-10T03:25:35Z")
Woo Hoo Woo Hoo Woo Hoo. Good news all around. Can I feel free to think my warm thoughts helped? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/133 "2004-03-10T03:30:48Z")
> [@Skeezix](#): > > Might one be permitted a **w00t** here? > > Good news, **Bosda**. Happy to hear it. And **Jenaroph** stole the line I was hoping to be able to use right out from under me. 😃 And I am wishing I had thought of it… ---
**Author:** ![Biotop](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biotop/32/321_2.png) [@Biotop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biotop)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/134 "2004-03-10T03:34:02Z")
**Hooray Bosda!!!** ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/135 "2004-03-10T04:06:58Z")
Oh, Thank you God. See? _See? **See? SEE?** _ That nurse that “suggested” that it might be an absess—I wondered if perhaps he/she had a pretty good inkling that it was an absess, but simply could not tell you that. (No use in getting your hopes up if they are wrong.) But I had a feeling that they had a strong suspicion. And they were right. Whew! Good thoughts and prayers go out to your mom and you. ---
**Author:** ![Asylum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/53a042/32.png) [@Asylum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Asylum)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/136 "2004-03-10T06:00:05Z")
Kick ass! Glad to hear everything is gonna work out fine, **Bosda**! ---
**Author:** ![odd-socks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/c67d28/32.png) [@odd-socks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/odd-socks)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 11:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/137 "2004-03-10T11:27:31Z")
Excellent news for you **Bosda** 😃 Hope your mum feels much better soon. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/138 "2004-03-10T11:57:07Z")
😃 Phew. Nice one. Well, it’s not nice to have an abscess, but it’s better than the alternative. So who the hell gave you sleepless nights thinking it was a tumor?!? Hope your mother gets well soon too. ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/139 "2004-03-10T13:08:50Z")
Update on Mom Mom had a shunt installed in the wee hours of the AM. Dad has talked with her nurse, & has been told she’s doing well, no complications. we were told to stay away from the operation by both the MD (so what?) and by Mom (YES M’AM!), so we did. I’ll see her today, after work. ---
**Author:** ![Dangerosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Dangerosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dangerosa)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2004, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884/140 "2004-03-10T14:13:07Z")
Good news on both counts. I haven’t posted but have been keeping you in my thoughts… (Isn’t it funny on a board chock full of atheists and agnostics we still pray - just in some sort of odd undirected fashion? Well, the intent is still there.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unidentified-mass-in-my-lung-sick/230884.md?page=8)