Progress!

After keeping quiet for a long time about the consistent pain and stress of my medical situation for fear of falling apart if I peeped a word of it, I'm happy to report that I was finally referred to a specialist who put in an order for urgent surgery.

It's still a lot and there are a few things she thinks are unanswered by the scans and blood tests, but she said in no uncertain terms that I needed surgery as soon as possible. She's going to check on my appendix and look for signs of the other condition (which I don't remember the name of right now) while they're removing the cyst, but I'm just happy that we're finally moving forward with something more than "just wait."

I did have a gratifying moment where she looked over my records that were faxed over from my doctor's office. She read the report once, twice, squinted, then looked up at me in shock and said "your doctor decided to wait it out? For six weeks?!"

I feel decidedly less crazy for being upset about that now.

In any case, next Wednesday is the big day. My hope is that this will solve everything, that there isn't any deeper issue or additional condition, and that I can get back to my life again. Here's to hoping.