The lump on your neck -- is it hard or soft when you press on it? Meaning, does it feel more like a little lump of fat or like a little hard bump?
Does it move around easily, like it's not really connected to anything?
Does it hurt when you press on it?
Is it in the area of your glands, (like where our moms used to feel to see if we had the mumps)? Or is it farther down, like in the area of your collarbone?
And the biopsy in May was of this lump? (I am a little confused as to how that relates to the lung).
Please let me know the answers to these questions and I'll see if I can find you any information that might help about the lump. And I will be very interested to hear what your doctor says about your bone scan results on Friday.
When you go to the doctor on Friday, I want you to take a list of questions you have written out so that you will get all the information you want, OK? Sometimes it's hard for us to remember everything we wanted to ask once we get there. Take a small notebook and a pen, and write down the things she or he says so you can remember them later. The doctor never minds when you do this -- in fact, they know that their patients who take notes are working hard to understand their own health. Ask her to repeat or spell anything you are unfamiliar with so you can look it up or ask us later, OK?
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Hi, Emmaley,
Thanks so much for writing back.
The lump on your neck -- is it hard or soft when you press on it? Meaning, does it feel more like a little lump of fat or like a little hard bump?
Does it move around easily, like it's not really connected to anything?
Does it hurt when you press on it?
Is it in the area of your glands, (like where our moms used to feel to see if we had the mumps)? Or is it farther down, like in the area of your collarbone?
And the biopsy in May was of this lump? (I am a little confused as to how that relates to the lung).
Please let me know the answers to these questions and I'll see if I can find you any information that might help about the lump. And I will be very interested to hear what your doctor says about your bone scan results on Friday.
When you go to the doctor on Friday, I want you to take a list of questions you have written out so that you will get all the information you want, OK? Sometimes it's hard for us to remember everything we wanted to ask once we get there. Take a small notebook and a pen, and write down the things she or he says so you can remember them later. The doctor never minds when you do this -- in fact, they know that their patients who take notes are working hard to understand their own health. Ask her to repeat or spell anything you are unfamiliar with so you can look it up or ask us later, OK?
November 23, 2009 - 8:16amThis Comment
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