Mom freak out meltdown-
 

The doctors found a lump on Braden's lung. They want to do a cat scan....

Could be nothing- could be cancer.

I can't breathe thinking about it- it better be nothing.

oh God-:(

What?!

Freak out warranted.

Sending good thoughts, from one mom to another, that the lump is nothing scary.

If I get a vote, I vote "nothing."

Hope it turns out okay.

I hope that it's a (benign) alien life form that provides enough news fodder for you guys to make a mint doing the talk show circuit.

Fingers crossed that it is nothing.
Don't freak out just yet. It could be nada, right?

Hang in there.

Hoping for the best...

Hoping it's nothing!

When's the procedure scheduled for? I hope it is nothing but I'm glad they found it and are taking action.

Parental worries are the worst. Here's hoping with you.

Ok, this is important to you, obviously. So don't grant yourself the luxury of worry right now. Maintain as positive thoughts as possible. Do it methodically, purposefully. Don't let yourself slip (too often). It can only help ... if not her, than you.

It can't hurt. Will do some good on some level, maybe much good on important levels.


Hugs.

Think positive thoughts and stay calm until you know what's wrong. Also you freaking out isn't going to help him not worry. Not of couse that any of this is easy. I hope it turns out to be nothing.

Hang in there, breath in then out then repeat...I won't even try to tell you to not worry, BTDT have the doc bills to remind me often...but I will pray that they do the test and find out that it's a 'nothing' to worry about.

LashPair vibes coming to you for a happy outcome.

Wishing you both strength and the best possible outcome. Please keep us posted!

Worry is not a luxury- it is a fairly instinctive response to this kind of news. Especially at first-

I am hoping it will turn out to be nothing-

-and Braden is my son- not a her.

But thanks for the effort-

Not sure yet- they were supposed to call back either this afternoon or tomorrow morning- so since I am still not sure I am hoping to hear soon tomorrow. Will call them myself if I don't hear something fairly early-

The way this was found is a little odd-Davis was horsing around and punched Braden in the ribs. But that was about 2 months ago and he still hurts. So I made an appointment to find out why.

They did xrays to check his ribs-no fractures-but when they examined the xray they saw the half inch lump on the bottom of his right lung. It could be nothing- it really could-but it does need to be checked. Another oddity is why it is causing pain-

-and if it turns out to be something more serious- I will thank Davis for socking him in the ribs.

Braden does know-he is handling it fairly well. Skittles (his girlfriend) had a meltdown like I did and Crispin (his best friend) is clearly concerned-

Will update when I know more-

oh, i didn't mean "luxury" to come off so cavalier. Worry is the absolute guaranteed human reaction. But since it can have bad effects (most especially if the worrier is the one with the potential health issue), what I meant by it is we don't have the luxury of normal human emotions.

When positive thinking can positively effect our health, or the health of a loved one ... I believe we should make a strident effort to banish normal fear and concentrate on positive thinking. That it takes an effort, especially at first, to combat the normal human reaction, is why I used the word "luxury." Sorry if that came out wrong.

Best thoughts Nephy!!!!

Wolfpack is hoping all is well, but remember freaking out won't help Braden any at all. Stay calm during the storm...it will pass.

Best wishes Nephythys

Just know that we're thinking of you and your boy. I won't tell you not to worry because I know that's impossible, but I hope you find out (and quickly!) that this is nothing serious. If it's any help, my nephew had a spot on his kidney that the docs were very concerned about- turns out it was a deep bruise from horsing around on playground equipment. Scared the holy living hell out of us, but the outcome was positive.

Sending positive, benign thoughts your boy's way. Please take care of yourself too. *hugs*

More positive vibes coming your way, calmness and healing vibes to Braden. Hang in there, we're all with you.

Hopefully just a little blood bubble or something from the punch.

Sending much good energy your way! Hang in there! And please let me know the results ASAP.

So sorry to hear this, Neph. We will both be keeping you in our thoughts and hoping that this turns out to be nothing serious.

I'll keep sending good thoughts your way...

Sending virtual hugs and hand-holding to you.

Thinking positive thoughts for you .

I appreciate this so much-it's like a virtual hug. I can always count on this community to rally to my support-and it means the world to me.

I still have no date set- they are supposed to call within the next couple hours-hopefully the date for the test will be soon.

Once you KNOW what you are dealing with you can actually deal with it- not knowing is awful.

I've been punching everyone I know full on in the chest today.

Seesch, the reaction some people have when you try to help them..... :rolleyes:









I've always found humor to be the best medicine.

OK, so penicillin is the best medicine, or perhaps aspirin.

But it's tough to add those to a thread so I'll stick with humor for now...

A Dr once told me that most "tumors" or lumps are not concerous. It's common for the body to grow things in wierd ways. I don't know if that bit of information can be of any intrest to you or not.

I'll pray for you and him, and good wishes for a good outcome.

Yes, for me, the waiting is generally the worst. So I will pray for your family's peace and strength during this stressful time of waiting, and for Braden's good health.

OK- scan done this afternoon-Dr will have the report tomorrow-hopefully will also have word tomorrow too.

Our fingers our crossed for you.

Keeping you all in prayers here Nephy!

Yippe- it's nothing.

In fact- it's not even there anymore. CT Scan was clear-they suggested chiro for the rib pain.

Happy Dance!!

Nothing is good.

Yay! This is great news! :D

Dark. Very dark.

And duly quoted! :D

Yay!

:)

boo-freakin'-ya!

Happy dances and whoots of joy!

Now Braden....worrying your Mom like that and nothing was wrong! WTG!

Awesome news.:)

I read somewhere that parenting is 93% joy, punctuated by 7% moments of abject terror. Now that I have a teen I would modify those numbers a bit, but you get the idea......


Braden, your portion of the 7% is all used up, okay?

Yippee !!

WB- Davis alone has used ALL of his siblings plus more.

Heh-

I would hope in retrospect parenting will be 93% joy.....I'd probably break the numbers down slightly differently at present.

17.2% joy
13.9% worry
7.7% abject terror
14.8% frustration
12.9% bewilderment
33.5% haven't figured it out yet - nondescript

I love it when everything turns out good.....YAY!