Lump
Last week, while camping, I got a series of bug bites. One on my neck was rather large and not acting like a bug bite, so today at my doctor’s office, I had my hot GP take a look. It is definitely NOT a bug bite!
After a thorough examination, he thinks it’s either one of two things: a) a reactive glad, meaning I have an infection of some kind and the lymph node is swollen or b) it’s a sebaceous cyst.
I have to wait a week to see how the lump behaves. If it’s a gland, it’ll shrink back to normal and nothing more needs to be done. If it’s a cyst, it needs to be excised, which is a procedure I can have performed in the doctor’s office. It involves an incision about the size of the lump – which is quite large – and then the doctor scoops the cyst out.
So now I wait. Great!
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Wandering Coyote 
Good luck. I hope it’s nothing serious.
I absolutely HATE anything that feels lumpy or bumpy … it freaks me out. Thankfully your doctor doesn’t think it’s anything ominous. Mine was a small hard lump which wasn’t really movable which had me totally terrified. Soft and squishy is ok … hard and unmovable is freak out time. The waiting to have anything done is a killer so I can sympathize with you.
several years ago, I had a mole type thing on my face that started to grow like crazy. Turned out it was no big deal and I had it removed…still, it was scary to have this thing growing on my face.
or just maybe while you were asleep aliens came down an implanted something… but seriously hope nothing too worrisome.
Fingers crossed that it’s just a silly old lump that’s worst effect is causing you stress! (…and Muskol… lots of Muskol next time!)
I should know better than to click on the “sebaceous cyst” hyperlink while eating dinner. Mmmm, mmmm… the appetizing photo of “cyst in a jar”. NOT! Hope it shrinks away!
Good luck with this! I hope I’ll never have to experience it. Do you remember that Red also had a post about this some time ago?
Good luck! Even if it is a cyst the procedure sounds simple to have it removed so there should be no worries. Keep us posted 🙂 Hey! Perhaps you can photo blog about the removal (if it’s necessary)! Eeewww but fascinating.
Good luck with the waiting. I hate waiting for news..
Best of luck, WC. HOpe it’s very very minor.