Cyst

I received news yesterday that a (sometimes) dear friend of mine has found a cyst of diameter 6.5cm - "like an orange" - between her ovaries.

That was indeed bad news and it totally overshadowed my "bad eye and hair day" yesterday. She was glad that her bad day was badder than mine, i suspect.

Of course when something like this happens a lot of things swirl through one's mind and I cant say I can emphatise with such a cacophony of emotions when "the shit hits the fan and continues to turn and turn"

All i could do was to ask her out for lunch. Some comfort food never goes wrong. Of course an outpouring of emotion like the crumpled look of the ultrasacn techician's face as she scanned over the said region. Not to mention the "reason" behind the seemingly increasing paunch she was developing.

Again, nothing in life really prepares us for news like this. We try to learn to handle it. We call hospitals, we call insurance agents, we call up the HR dept to find out our company insurance coverage, we rue the fact that we bought that item during the GSS last week. We call our boss for a promotion so that we can move up the insurance coverage grade. We even think of how Christina Yang (from Grey's Anatomy) would react in such a situation. We think of who would cover us at work and what dvds we can bring to the hospital to watch. We beg Cornball to send us flowers so that we appear popular to the nurses and visitors. We do a lot but we dont know how to tell our mums.

Cysts, it seems, are formed when during conception (or sex). The rejected cells to form the teeth, hair, toes, fingers are not used and then after many years they will coagulate in one stop and that is the cyst. According to my friend who got a Cyst 101 lesson from the doc. when u cut open the cyst sometimes, you can find a partially formed tooth or whatever. Dont you worry, my dear readers, I've asked for my friend to keep it and i'll have an exclusive photoshoot when i see it.

Cliched as it may sound, ailments strike anyone, irrespective of your status. Spend a little more on insurance and sleep easier at night.