Opening Post

Welcome to my blog, as the saying goes. I initially toyed with the idea of starting a blog for a few months, but have decided today to take the plunge after a friend suggested that it would be a good outlet for me.

You see, today at 3pm my doctor told me that the two wounds on my scalp that had to be excised and closed earlier this week are something called Clear Cell. Clear Cell is a type of cancer that is most commonly found in the Kidneys, and for it to be found on my scalp means that the cancer has already started to spread.

This is just too fucking strange. You bump your head, get an infection in the wound, go to the doctor, and realistically expect that they will fix things up. Instead I am now being told that I have cancer, and that I need a bunch of tests to see how far it has spread. So, now to wait for the radiology folks to call and schedule me for a CT. Tomorrow I also get to go in and get stuck for some labs.

(BTW, when in Med School do they tell Doctor's that calling a patient and telling them to come in "right away" is less traumatic than just telling them the news over the phone? They need to drop that part of the curriculum. The moment the Medical Assistant opened her mouth I knew that something was wrong, and hearing "the Doctor wants to talk to you" did NOT help things. The truth is always better than evasions.)

So much for my ideas about a blog that focused on alternative form factor PC's and electronic medical records in a hospital setting, I think I'll focus on Kidney cancer instead. Read more!