Good News !!

It's definatly NOT cancer !!!!! I already knew that, but the doctor confirmed it yesterday. I have fiberous cysts that turned into nice little bone cysts, which means I've had these for quite a while. They will never go away on their own, so I'm supposed to be taking my anti-inflammatory medicine that they gave me for my back b/c it will help my knees also. The reason why they hurt is because of the cysts, and the reason my knee showed activity in the bone scan is because it's inflamed. Nothing huge or scary. I'll probably have to have surgery to remove them at one point in my life because the pain will come and go. If I'm not better in 6 weeks, then I have to go back, and they'll probably change my medication or something, but if I'm worse, then they are going to suggest some other treatment options, one of them being surgery. So all's good on the home front !! I love you all and thank you so much for praying for me !!

Love Always,
Michelle

Anxious? That's not really the word I want...

I REALLY want it to be tomorrow afternoon, to be Thursday at 2:55 PM so I can see what's up with my freakin' knees !!

I got the CT scan and MRI done and it was no big deal, I just lost a huge chunk of my day. My CT Scan was scheduled for 3:30 and my MRI for 5, the CT scan only took like 15 minutes, but the MRI people were running an HOUR AND A HALF behind. Yes. 1 1/2 hours. And the test itself takes 45 minutes to an hour. I didn't get home until like 7:30... lame.

But whatever, I got a cool outpatient wristband thingy !! haha.

School is great, my bookbag's a little heavy though, I have to admit. I'm making new friends (kind of) and the only class I hate is Calculus. So yay school... lol probably not the usual words to come out of a teenager's mouth... or mind... hands? Whatever. You get what I'm trying to say.

UMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM... OH !! I finished Breaking Dawn (like a long time ago, but whatever) and it was AMAZING !! Easily the best of the three, even though theres alot of people that hate it with everything inside of them... bitter people... j/k j/k !!

... anything else? I don't know. I'm going to the book store, KMart, and to Pizza Hut to get a JOB APPLICATION today soooo yeah. Possibly stop by Steak N Shake, I'll see if my mom will stop by an animal clinic or two and see if they need someone to work for them, or even a volunteer. I'll keep you updated !! Love you all, have a great rest of the day, and God Bless !!


Love Always,
Michelle


Verse of the Day: Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
~ Matthew 11:28-30

Results from the test...

Okay, so last Thursday I had a bone scan done. I went to the doctor yesterday to find out what it showed.

My left knee is completely inactive, there is no activity, which means theres nothing bad happening there - no cancer, no inflammation, nothing.

My right knee showed signs of slight activity.

Let me explain a little bit. The test was pretty simple. They injected dye into my blood stream and it soaked into my tissue immediately, then a few hours later I returned for the bone scan and the dye had soaked into my bones. The dye itself is clear and is only meant to pick up "hot spots" or "problem areas" or "active areas" which are all the same thing, just different sayings that may or may not be familiar to you. It means that my cells or something are going into overdrive to make something better [im assuming], and the dye showed up, but not too bright, on my right femur just above my kneecap. Woo, yay me, etc.

The fact that activity was only shown in the one knee is actually a good thing, because that rules out bone cancer. Big worry lifted off mine, and everyone elses, shoulders there. However, I was in a LOT of pain wednesday night and had to be picked up early from church. It hurt so bad I was crying. I havent cried because of pain since my tonsilectomy back in 7th grade. So I told my doctor about the pain, and he said that the cysts shouldn't be causing it so hopefully he can get a look at what might be.

Today I have to have an MRI and a CT scan [people call them catscans] of my right femur and my right femur posterior or something weird like that, so yeah. I'm not worried, just really curious about whats going on, haha.

I thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and for reading this. I have to go though... I have to get ready for school.

Have a fantastic day, everyone and God Bless !!


Love Always,
Michelle


Verse of the Day: Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize? Run in such a way as to get the prize.
~ 1 Corinthians 9:24

Anxious...

Sorry it's been so long, I've been kind of busy.

I went to a book release on the 1st for Stephenie Meyer's new book Breaking Dawn. So far so good on the book !! =]
I finished my first book that I had to read for school, and I am now halfway through my second book, which I'm hoping to finish by tomorrow, then I'll have 4 days to read another book [[I have faith that I can do it !!]].
I went to the doctor and had an MRI done on my back [[I don't think I talked about this already, if I have, I apologise]] to see if I have Degenerative Disk Disease. Well, I don't, as I've found out today. They can't see anything arthritic either, so thats good. =] My back is completely fine, there's nothing wrong with it except for the fact that my neck being backwards caused my spine to be straight - but that doesn't seem to be a big concern. So praise the LORD on that !!

But I DO need prayer. I questioned about pain that I've been having in my knees, and they took X-Rays. At first glance, they seemed to be perfectly normal, however... at a closer look the Nurse Practitioner noticed a shadow of something just below my left kneecap and just above my right. She talked to my doctor about it and she said that they appear to be cists [[I think thats how you spell it...]]. That got me slightly concerned, even though there's a VERY high chance it will be benign. I'm going, on Thursday, to have a bone scan done. Pretty much, they're going to inject my knees with dye, let it soak in for 3 hours [[of which I'm allowed to leave and go home or go shopping or something]], then come back and they'll do an x-ray on it or something like that. Then, if there are any effected areas, the dye will have covered it. The cists will do 1 of 3 things:
1. It will be benign and go away on its own
2. It will be benign and remain there for the rest of my life unless they remove it; or,
3. It will be malignant.
Now, the chances of 1 and 2 are significantly higher than the chances of me having bone cancer, BUT I still would like prayer on this subject, please? There's really been nothing else exciting going on in my life other than this. Thank you for reading, God Bless, and have an AMAZING evening !!


Love always,
Michelle


Verse of the Day: For everything that was written in the past was written to teach us, so that through endurance and the encouragement of the Scriptures we might have hope.
~ Romans 15:4