Ultrasound results: a thing

Feb 06, 2013

Just now I got a call from the bariatric surgeon's office. The nurse said they'd received the results of my abdominal ultrasound and wanted to follow up about something. Apparently there is a thing on my liver.

She assured me it's almost definitely a benign clump of blood vessels. (I think the word she used was “process,” as a noun, like “a process of blood vessels” and now I really wish I'd written it down.) Still, they want to know what it is and whether it's changing over time. (AND SO DO I.)

Anyway, she said they'd debated whether to have me go through an MRI soon or just wait six months and have another ultrasound. They're recommending I wait the six months and get another ultrasound, which is fine by me. They'll be forwarding the results and other information to the internist I'm seeing on Monday, so I guess if he has other ideas I'll hear about them then.

Weird. I don't like having a thing on my liver and I really hope it's exactly what they think it is, and it's harmless. The nurse said it shouldn't interfere with surgery, although now I wish I'd asked if that means I can go ahead as if there were no mysterious liver-thing (requesting insurance approval; scheduling a final consultation; getting a surgery date) or if it means I'll have to wait six months till the next ultrasound and THEN resume the trudge toward bariatric surgery.

No time to stew over it, though. I have to go pick up my mom and get ready for the pre-op class tonight. I hope I'm as close to surgery as I thought I was this morning...

Stupid liver-thing.  

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