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My Lymph And Hard Times

Related Topics: Biopsy, Lymph node, Jed Lowrie

The phone message

It started with a phone message from my primary care physician following the latest test — this one a CT scan with an iodine chaser — trying to figure out why my abdomen, and digestive tract, felt like Jed Lowrie looks when a fastball just off the corner is called a strike.

"I’d like to discuss the results of your latest test." No explanation, no information, just a desire to discuss the results. This is never good. Ever. Here are some things you never hear when you call your doctor back:

"Oh, we looked at the blood tests and you’re fit as a fiddle.