Got some bad news this weekend.
Posted in trifle on November 20th, 2006 by Joe MurphyOk, where to begin?
About a week or so ago, I could feel a hard lump on the left side of my belly. This past Saturday, I felt a second lump, so I went to the emergency room. I had a CT scan of my abdomen. Turns out I have a tumor. A big one.
How big, you ask? Imagine, if you will, a tumor the size of a baby. We’ll call him Harry. Harry the Tumor Baby has two little eyes to see with, and a cute little mouth with which to speak.
Imagine if you will, little Harry the Tumor Baby turns over while taking a nap, opens his eyes, sees MY tumor, and yells, “God-damn! That’s a big tumor!”
That’s how big my tumor is.
The doctor says it measures 22cm by 25cm by 12 cm. A cantaloupe, he called it.
Since I have virtually no symptoms other than anemia, the doctors let me go, and we’ll do this on an outpatient basis. I’ll have a needle biopsy tomorrow, and should have the results by Wednesday the 22nd. What we do next depends on the results of the biopsy.
There’s good news and bad news about the tumor, so right now I think I’m 50/50 between coming out of this ok, and being fucked.
I’ll keep everybody posted.
If you want to contact me, email me at “joe at kickassmysticninjas dot com” or “joe at dragonpage dot com”
P.S. Because Evo’s a genius, we have named the tumor Kuato.


