I’ve been so busy since getting back from NIH that I haven’t had a chance to update on all the visit – and well, umm, to be honest, it’s a little embarrassing. But, yesterday this “little” problem reared it’s head and I had a very HPSish day – groan.
For about four months now I’ve had this “sore” thing on my breast. It started out as just one of them, and has now morphed to four of them. They start out like little zits. They’re sore and when they rub against something they hurt until eventually, they burst open in all their pussy glory. And then they bleed, which isn’t an earth shattering problem as much as it is an annoying problem.
When I was at NIH last time they cultured the sore and decided it was a minor little staph infection. I did antibiotics and it went away, only to reappear about a month later. I went to my doc. at home and was given more antibiotics. It pretty much went away again, and then came back.
This time when I was at NIH they were scabbed over and so couldn’t be cultured. Dr. Merideth and Kevin, however, were concerned. Apparently there is a type of breast cancer that can present like this. But, they found nothing. They bent over backwards and got me an appointment at the dermatology clinic. Dr. Merideth and Kevin even went with me to the appointment.
But, the dermatologist said it was nothing. Her advice was to not put a band-aid on it – just ignore it. She’s not an HPS doctor and I’m not sure she appreciated the nature of the problem. I’m happy to leave it alone – but it’s not always happy to leave me alone. And when something on me bleeds, it bleeds. It bleeds through band-aids, gauze, bras, shirts, sweaters – you name it. One can’t very well walk around the office with blood stains on one’s clothes.
So, yesterday morning I was in the shower and when I got out I looked down at the towel and saw blood. Sure enough, one of the little suckers was bleeding again. Not even the whole thing – just a tiny, tiny part of the healing skin around the outside edge. But, it bled. And it bled, and it bled some more.
I was getting frantic. I missed the first bus and I was worried I was going to miss the last bus to work. We’re on major deadline. Finally it stopped. I did as instructed with the gauze, got dressed and made a mad dash for the bus stop almost missing my ride.
When I arrived at work and went to take my coat off, the little sucker had started bleeding again – through the gauze and my shirt and onto the interior lining of my coat. Geesh! I no sooner got to work and had to make a $20 cab trip home.
It’s so frustrating when seemingly minor things like this can cause so much havoc! When I got home the bleeding started all over again. My entire morning was shot over a little sore not even half the size of my pinkie nail.
Today it’s behaving. Fingers crossed!
For about four months now I’ve had this “sore” thing on my breast. It started out as just one of them, and has now morphed to four of them. They start out like little zits. They’re sore and when they rub against something they hurt until eventually, they burst open in all their pussy glory. And then they bleed, which isn’t an earth shattering problem as much as it is an annoying problem.
When I was at NIH last time they cultured the sore and decided it was a minor little staph infection. I did antibiotics and it went away, only to reappear about a month later. I went to my doc. at home and was given more antibiotics. It pretty much went away again, and then came back.
This time when I was at NIH they were scabbed over and so couldn’t be cultured. Dr. Merideth and Kevin, however, were concerned. Apparently there is a type of breast cancer that can present like this. But, they found nothing. They bent over backwards and got me an appointment at the dermatology clinic. Dr. Merideth and Kevin even went with me to the appointment.
But, the dermatologist said it was nothing. Her advice was to not put a band-aid on it – just ignore it. She’s not an HPS doctor and I’m not sure she appreciated the nature of the problem. I’m happy to leave it alone – but it’s not always happy to leave me alone. And when something on me bleeds, it bleeds. It bleeds through band-aids, gauze, bras, shirts, sweaters – you name it. One can’t very well walk around the office with blood stains on one’s clothes.
So, yesterday morning I was in the shower and when I got out I looked down at the towel and saw blood. Sure enough, one of the little suckers was bleeding again. Not even the whole thing – just a tiny, tiny part of the healing skin around the outside edge. But, it bled. And it bled, and it bled some more.
I was getting frantic. I missed the first bus and I was worried I was going to miss the last bus to work. We’re on major deadline. Finally it stopped. I did as instructed with the gauze, got dressed and made a mad dash for the bus stop almost missing my ride.
When I arrived at work and went to take my coat off, the little sucker had started bleeding again – through the gauze and my shirt and onto the interior lining of my coat. Geesh! I no sooner got to work and had to make a $20 cab trip home.
It’s so frustrating when seemingly minor things like this can cause so much havoc! When I got home the bleeding started all over again. My entire morning was shot over a little sore not even half the size of my pinkie nail.
Today it’s behaving. Fingers crossed!
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