Maybe you read on my Facebook page, maybe not, but over the weekend I found a lumpy squishy bulge on me. Sadly, my first thought was one of vanity, thinking I don’t want that to get any bigger. I debated whether to go to the ED/ER, but after some convincing, I did. Thankfully I was in and out of St. Mary’s Medical Center in Lewsiton in under an hour with a diagnosis and a referral.

As it turned out, after a bit of pressing by the Doctor, his conclusion was it's an inguinal hernia. Oddly or maybe not oddly, it’s in the exact same place as a hernia I had at birth. The doctor repaired it then and it sounds as though they will again soon.

So, in hindsight, I guess I made the right move. I probably could have waited until today and go to my primary care medical professional, but the roads were awful this morning.

So now I’ve been referred to a surgeon, who I see later this week. I’m assuming it’s a consultation.

Surgery scares me. Aside from being put under, for what looks to be the same procedure I had done as an infant, I have never been put completely under by an anesthetic. It really makes me nervous and scared. Maybe it’s the loss of control, or that I’m afraid I won’t wake up. Maybe I’m concerned the gas won’t take completely and I’ll be unable to tell or signal the physician to stop. Maybe it is a bit of all of the above.

I will take a deep breath, for now, as I haven’t met with the surgeon yet. That appointment is Thursday morning.

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