Well, Maybe I'll Have Them Cut My Back Up Then

I was recently diagnosed with having a Lipoma on my back, a (usually) benign tumor that is mostly fatty tissue. My doctor and I briefly discussed treatment options, which basically just consist of surgery. Since I'll be starting school, which requires lots of walking, not to mention lots of hours at my job which requires my back, I didn't want to take my back out of commission for a while for a surgery.

But, I did the stupid thing: I started self-diagnosing. I started looking around on the web and found a Lipoma support group, which further proves that there is a support group for everything. (For better? For worse?) And apparently, if left alone for years, they *can* grow and even burrow into the muscles, then muscle has to be removed, and then there are horror stories of surgery recovery gone horribly wrong (and is painful for weeks, eep!) and how some people have been out of commission for up to six weeks and... I should have known better than to freak myself out like this. Oh, and if all of the Lipoma isn't removed completely? It can regrow, or, sometimes even multiply. Gross! So now I feel like I should get it removed, but also, I'm scared to get it removed.

And then I thought I would blog about it and gross all of you out, too. You're welcome!