Monday morning I went to a Romanian for blood work.
Two weeks ago I discovered a lump the size of peanut under the skin of the back of the shoulder, close to where the skin turns into the armpit. The lump was new and sensitive to touch.
Six months ago my mother had a tumor removed from underneath the skin on her face. She first noticed it as a peanut sized lump. So I was understandably apprehensive about what my lump was going to be.
I found a physician located literally three blocks away from where I work.
Turns out he is Romanian and has a thick accent – not a Bela Lugosi accent, but one none the less. Further turns out the lump is (probably) caused by some sort of bacterial infection – which he thinks I got from my cat.
My own suspicion is I got it from a possum and I said as much.
“Vill, E don’t thenk you vere pleying with the pahssom,” says he.
That said, what I have does appear to be cat scratch fever. I’m not certain if this involves Ted Nugent, but in terms of a cure I’m going to listen to some Simon and Garfunckel just to be safe.
The doctor also told me I had hypertension, which is not too surprising, knowing myself the way I do.
“You haav to cut out arvery grahn of salt from you die-et,” says he.
In any event, he’s put me on some antibiotics.
Two weeks ago I discovered a lump the size of peanut under the skin of the back of the shoulder, close to where the skin turns into the armpit. The lump was new and sensitive to touch.
Six months ago my mother had a tumor removed from underneath the skin on her face. She first noticed it as a peanut sized lump. So I was understandably apprehensive about what my lump was going to be.
I found a physician located literally three blocks away from where I work.
Turns out he is Romanian and has a thick accent – not a Bela Lugosi accent, but one none the less. Further turns out the lump is (probably) caused by some sort of bacterial infection – which he thinks I got from my cat.
My own suspicion is I got it from a possum and I said as much.
“Vill, E don’t thenk you vere pleying with the pahssom,” says he.
That said, what I have does appear to be cat scratch fever. I’m not certain if this involves Ted Nugent, but in terms of a cure I’m going to listen to some Simon and Garfunckel just to be safe.
The doctor also told me I had hypertension, which is not too surprising, knowing myself the way I do.
“You haav to cut out arvery grahn of salt from you die-et,” says he.
In any event, he’s put me on some antibiotics.
