In the last hour I've felt such an enormous sense of relief - I hadn't apprecitated how much stress had built up over the last four weeks. After my walk yesterday I called the Dr's secretary who confirmed my results were in but as he was in theatre for the rest of the afternoon was unlikely to call me before Tuesday. So one more restless night and a long morning but I eventually received his call just before 1pm.
The tumor is benign - of which he is confident - called a fibromatosis, which more commonly develops in the abdominal area, but mine has grown in the muscle over my left hip - possibly related to my previous hip surgery (I have hip dysplasia). It needs to be removed as will continue to grow. Even excised there is a possibility that it could grow again in the same region. He couldn't reiterate enough that it was benign and not cancerous and therefore not life threatening.
He's now going to look at all the data and decide whether he can excise it himself or if he should refer me to someone with greater experience in dealing with tumors of this nature. So I will be seeing him Thursday morning to go through the detail and plan the next steps.
Just spent the last hour calling, texting, emailing and facebooking my wonderful friends and neighbours who have been so supportive over the last few weeks. Thank you to everyone here too, who has been sharing in my journey and have offered, love, hugs, thoughts and/or prayers - they have always been greatly appreciated and received.
