Note my dad got the rabbit ears in the pic. Awesome!
I just had a benign tumor removed from my neck.
I guess the thing has been growing in there for quite a while (years) because it was huge. And that was the doc’s opinion, who has made a career out of these things. As a matter of fact, he also had to remove two of my salivary glands because the tumor had ruined them. Technically, this thing is called a fat lipoma, and it was growing in the parapharyngeal space. Yeah, apparently there’s a lot of room in there because you would’ve hardly noticed this thing on the surface. Just a little bump. I noticed it just under a year ago. I was shaving. Fast-forward thru multiple specialists and procedures, and here I am sitting on my couch hopped up on Oxycodone with stitches up one side of my face. Because of how this thing had integrated itself into my neck, the surgery took about 6 hours. Doc had to be careful to not damage anything, especially my facial nerves. And then there was the possibility that it was interfering with my throat and I’d need a temporary tracheotomy until the swelling subsided. Fortunately, that wasn’t the case. I did ask for an Otis Redding voicebox upgrade, though. Not sure it was available. 
I gotta say, everyone at Georgetown University Hospital has been amazing. The level of personal care they give is something I haven’t experienced before.
You may think this odd, but I wanted to see a picture of this thing! I mean, I’ve been carrying it around for a while. It’s caused me a great deal of pain…let’s see it! So, click thru below to see this massive beast in all it’s glory. Just consider yourself warned, it is NOT FOR THE SQUEAMISH!
SERIOUSLY! Don’t click thru if you don’t like the site of blood and stuff. Continue reading →
