Leg not amputated yet...

[hellziggy]

I never did update after seeing the orthopedic specialist yesterday

Comments

[dragonsally]

That's huge if you ask me - no wonder you have numbness and pain.
I hate hate hate it when docs don't appear to have interest in you. Its just rude.

I hope they schedule the surgery for you pronto, I'd hate to hear that its getting bigger.

[hellziggy]

Yup, it's pretty darn huge. Looking back I know I've been feeling it for a while now, but since I started feeling it right around the same time we got Rex I assumed that any twinges in my leg were from the actual exercise I was now doing when walking him.

[dramatekcv]

If it tapers off at both ends I bet it looks like an eye. You could call it the Cyst of Sauron. COS for short.

[hellziggy]

Ooh, that's a good one! :)

[kylecassidy]

will they let you keep it in a jar?

[hellziggy]

Oooh, that would be cool!
I know that they'll let you keep non-organic bits if you ask before the surgery. I've got a 2.5" titanium screw on my keychain that used to be in my knee.

[scubagrrl]

Dang, girl, that's huge! Sucks that your doc didn't care. Bad enough to have to deal with this, but a non-sympathetic doc doesn't help. Maybe the other clinic will be better. And faster.

Tapers at both ends- I wonder if you could use it as a slingshot?

[hellziggy]

Well, even if this doc tomorrow can't operate any sooner, at the very least I should be able to get some painkillers.

[scubagrrl]

Good place to start.

[whimsywinx]

Annoying doctor is annoying. I hope you don't have to live with this much longer, but if it is over a week, how about Cecil the Cyst?

[hellziggy]

I've decided to name him Leon because ganglion cyst is one of the types it might be.