Operation Part Trois

Ok I have to confess I have been a little down since the operation well not really down as I have been heavily medicated and all, ok I have been at times in the past two weeks in lala land. I have had so much on the go but have not been able to get up and run around like my usual nerotic self.

My insicion has been healing no sign of infection everything is going great . I have been a little concerned about the pain in my leg and inner upper thigh but I'm not a doctor (I did play one once in a little number called Tell me you Love me Junie Moon).

Anyway the pain has been hanging around and I thought maybe I should go back to the doctor just to check it out make sure everything is ok.

So I made an appointment with my regular Doctor not the Physician who cut me open .

So he says to me in a very positive happy voice well we got the pathology tests back and their was no cancer .

CANCER what the hell are you talking about ?

Well I guess when they were in their fiddling around they could not find the pinched nerve so they kept fiddling until they found it.

Well low and behold they found my lymph node (some people call them lymph gland) it was well quite large and had a nice little growth all around it . It was part of the problem.

So they removed it .

Important part here: they did not tell me . I am quite happy they did not as I would have been a basket case for the past two weeks.

It all makes sense now as my recovery is taking way longer than expected.

I am on 1/2 days at work untill further notice.

So now I am one lymph node short of a few hundred. or he's one node short of a load.

Ok so I am happy and and recovering that is the main thing .

All is good in the land of Bruno.

For those of you like myself who do not know anything about lymph nodes here you go.



Lymph nodes are components of the lymphatic system. They are occasionally called "lymph glands", but as they do not secrete substances, this is incorrect terminology. Lymph nodes act as filters, with an internal honeycomb of connective tissue filled with lymphocytes that collect and destroy bacteria and viruses. When the body is fighting an infection, lymphocytes multiply rapidly and produce a characteristic swelling of the lymph nodes. Humans have approximately 500-600 lymph nodes distributed throughout the body, with clusters found in the underarms, groin, neck, chest, and abdomen.