An Update

[starsandsea]

Well, I went to the doctors today, and it went fine. Thank you to everybody who wished me well! :) The doctor confirmed that it is a Ganglion Cyst, which is good to know for certain. I've been referred to a consultant or someone, I'm not sure who, lol, but it'll be about 3-4 months before I get to see them. At that point, if it hasn't gone by then, I will have 3 choices. I can either just wait for about a year, and it will hopefully go away, or I can have treatment for it. The two treatments are having a needle stuck in the cyst and draining it, with a 50% chance that it will come back, or have surgery on it, and have it completely removed with only a 10% chance that it will come back. But, for the time being, I'll just have to wait and see what it does. I'm hoping to avoid having anything done, but if it gets bigger, or starts hurting more or the numbness gets worse then I probably will have treatment for it because I'll be fed up of it, LOL.

The doctor said that the pain and numbness was most likely only going to continue for a little while, however, as my body gets used to having this bump there. :) So, I may be a little quieter, but generally if I have a support bandage on then I can type okay. There may be days when I'm not around so much as it's hurting, so if I'm absent, then you know why!