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19 Feb 2015, 9:58 pm

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OMG don't Google anything! :lol:
I have given myself serious anxiety attacks in the past by doing that. I've discovered that ANY symptom, no matter how mundane, can potentially be some deadly illness. And the interweb will tell you all about it.

That's for sure! Lol
There are so my different types of tumours too. And the images...yikes!



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20 Feb 2015, 1:38 pm

So it's a sebaceous cyst. Woohoo, not cancer. Nothing to worry about.

Curiously, this wide miss with cancer has brought me a more positive outlook on things. Not sure why, but everything seems more vibrant.



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20 Feb 2015, 5:20 pm

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Curiously, this wide miss with cancer has brought me a more positive outlook on things. Not sure why, but everything seems more vibrant.


Makes all your other problems seem insignificant, don't it? :D
Happy to hear you'll be fine!



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21 Feb 2015, 2:29 am

androbot01 wrote:
So it's a sebaceous cyst. Woohoo, not cancer. Nothing to worry about.

Curiously, this wide miss with cancer has brought me a more positive outlook on things. Not sure why, but everything seems more vibrant.


glad you're ok, keep checking and waiting to hear what happen.

is a cyst easily treated?



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21 Feb 2015, 9:25 am

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Curiously, this wide miss with cancer has brought me a more positive outlook on things. Not sure why, but everything seems more vibrant.


Makes all your other problems seem insignificant, don't it? :D
Happy to hear you'll be fine!

It does put things in perspective.
Thanks!

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androbot01 wrote:
So it's a sebaceous cyst. Woohoo, not cancer. Nothing to worry about.


glad you're ok, keep checking and waiting to hear what happen.

is a cyst easily treated?

Thanks! It is. They're quite common apparently. Phew!



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22 Feb 2015, 3:41 am

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22 Feb 2015, 5:16 am

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Sounds like a boil to me. I wouldn't take it seriously.

If you want a doctor to look at it, I would have it looked at.

The b***h about a colonoscopy is not the procedure itself. It's the day or two before the procedure.


Agree with kraftie on both counts. Prep for colonoscopy is God awful. I have had two and get them every five years now due to IBS and my grandfather's bowel cancer death.



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22 Feb 2015, 5:18 am

androbot01 wrote:
So it's a sebaceous cyst. Woohoo, not cancer. Nothing to worry about.

Curiously, this wide miss with cancer has brought me a more positive outlook on things. Not sure why, but everything seems more vibrant.

Sorry I didn't read the whole thread before posting, glad it was just a cyst!



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22 Feb 2015, 8:49 am

ominous wrote:
androbot01 wrote:
So it's a sebaceous cyst. Woohoo, not cancer. Nothing to worry about.

Curiously, this wide miss with cancer has brought me a more positive outlook on things. Not sure why, but everything seems more vibrant.

Sorry I didn't read the whole thread before posting, glad it was just a cyst!

Thanks!



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22 Feb 2015, 9:08 am

I'm glad that it has been a good result for you, :D for me, scares like this introduced thoughts that would not normally occur on a deeper level, it can finely tune the focus of what is significant in life.



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22 Feb 2015, 9:33 am

I'm trying to do that ... fine tune the important things. I'm not sure what they are though yet, but am getting there, I think.



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22 Feb 2015, 4:12 pm

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I've never seen a cyst that looked like a melanoma.



Yes. Go get checked.

'Better to be safer than sorry'.