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mijanMy dog just got back from having surgery today. She and I were running, and she tore a ligament in her back leg. So, it's "fixed", but she's going to be hopping around on three legs for a few weeks. She doesn't look unhappy though. Big smile, lots of kisses. She's fully alert and awake, and isn't acting "drugged", so it's looking very good. Oh, my poor puppy. I had pictures of her posted in an entry a while back.
In more personal news, I discovered a lump in my left breast last night. I'm only 25, so I'm almost sure that it's just a cyst. There's no history of breast cancer in my family. Still, it's rather unsettling, and I'm going to have it checked as soon as possible. Plus, I don't have any health insurance, so if it was something worse, I wouldn't be able to do a damn thing about it anyway.
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:23 pm (UTC)If you drink a lot of caffeine, try to cut it down or out. If the lump feels kind of like a grape, round and a bit squishy and maybe not really "attached" to the flesh under it, then it's almost certainly a cyst.
*hugs* Hope it's nothing but an annoyance!
PS: *goggles* Aren't you guaranteed health care by that employer who might be sending you overseas soon?!?
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:26 pm (UTC)Oh, and I don't get health coverage for "part time". I'm not full-time yet, and I STILL don't know when they'll make that transition.
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:24 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 03:30 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 03:31 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 06:16 pm (UTC)Seriously, hope things pick up - you sure deserve some good luck!
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Date: 2005-09-09 05:32 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-17 06:07 am (UTC)On a more serious note, glad your dog is doing ok, and good luck with your own health issues. I'll be crossing my fingers for you that it's just a cyst. My mum had a lump taken out oh... 8 or 9 years ago, and it turned out to be a cyst. We don't have a hystory of breast cancer, but we do have cysts running in it (My grandfather used to get them, my mum also had a nasty one removed from her wrist and my sis had one removed from her back when she was 14, I've been lucky as yet *crosses fingers*). But either way it's best to find out asap, that way if it is a cyst you have the peace of mind of knowing it.
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Date: 2005-09-17 08:04 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 03:32 pm (UTC)but i am happy for your puppy, that she is not lethargic or so ;).. most dogs dont like to have bandages or such things on the legs, they bite it off or get unhappy ;) that she is alert and gives dog-kisses, is a good sign :)))
i hope, that all goes well,
*hugsdeeply*, bye, Blackie ;)...
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:36 pm (UTC)And yes, I'll get the lump checked as soon as possible.
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:44 pm (UTC)i am happy for you, that rascal is so energetic and all :))
*hugs*, bye, Blackie ^^...
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:32 pm (UTC)I do not understand the USA's approach to healthcare. The NHS is at its greatest at moments like these.
Anyway. Thinking of you.
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:35 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 03:34 pm (UTC)Now I know I have breast cancer, and because it was an early detection I have good possibilities, so just don´t let that go.
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Date: 2005-09-08 03:37 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 03:54 pm (UTC)All the best and I hope it turns out to be benign.
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Date: 2005-09-08 04:20 pm (UTC)Yet I too rest safely within Britain's NHS, which while we may complain, at least we don't have to worry about being left to die just because we don't have enough money to pay for treatment on a ruptured spleen or something silly like that.
I don't hate America, I really don't. It's just that sometimes it seems so Goddamn hypocritical.
Oh, and *huggles* to you and your doggie. My two have had so many injuries, ranging from broken bones and sliced paws due to glass shards being hidden in some grass, to them randomly beating each other up, so I know how it can be. :)
sending good vibes...
Date: 2005-09-08 04:48 pm (UTC)Re: sending good vibes...
Date: 2005-09-17 06:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 05:09 pm (UTC)My cat fell out of the window a couple of months ago, and stunningly she is as right as rain now. I'm glad your pup is ok.
Du
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Date: 2005-09-08 05:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 06:20 pm (UTC)http://www.livejournal.com/community/entropic_icons/3351.html#cutid1
Definately worth it.
Du
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Date: 2005-09-08 05:23 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-09-08 06:00 pm (UTC)I hope the lump is nothing. The US healthcare system wants a swift kick up the behind - like many here I'm british and I <3 the NHS - but I'm sure that should it turn out to be more serious we'll all rally round to help with costs.
Good Luck
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Date: 2005-09-08 06:03 pm (UTC)I hope it's okay.
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Date: 2005-09-08 06:23 pm (UTC)Not going to even mention how much of a crime it is that you don't qualify for health care.
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Date: 2005-09-08 08:42 pm (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2005-09-10 12:56 am (UTC)And I am glad you dog is doing OK.
Kathleen
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Date: 2005-09-10 01:22 am (UTC)