Update
Thanks to everyone who sent me happy thoughts. They were received and cherished and probably molested a little bit. Perversity aside, the doctor brought me in at the last minute because apparently what I have is pretty rare for a young person so there is some risk that this tumor is on my actual eye rather than coming from behind it. If the tumor is actually on the eye then they won't remove it because they don't want to puncture my eye or interfere with muscles, which I appreciate. Otherwise, the procedure is still going forward with the intent of removing the fatty tumor from above my eye socket. I calm myself by thinking this is like liposuction for my eye. It's such a hefer.
And for those of you that are not squeamish and brave, here is a photo of my tumor. I am including this not because I am TMI girl but because a few of us are medi-nerds and are into this stuff....
So off I wander to painkiller and bloody eye land. This should be fun.
Comments
just read this...all of it. My thoughts are with you (feel free to molest them, do as you like). All I can tell you is, take it one day at a time, work only, ONLY, with the information you have...meaning, don't let your brain meander in thoughts of what if....
Hang in there.
:D
Ro
Hi! My name is Karoline, and I am a 16 year old girl from Norway. Last friday I discovered, purely by accident, something in the outer corner of my eye that wasn't supposed to be there. So I sat down and did a little researching on the web. Totally random I went to Google and typed the words "eye tumor" and googled for images, when I found the photo of your tumor. Nedless to say, it looked exactly like mine.
I read this entry and went to a doctor the same night, but he said it was just a swelling in the skin around the eye, or something like that. But my mom wasn't convinced, so I showed him your blog.
In the end he sent me to another doctor, who again got another doctors opinion. The last one finally got it right and diagnosed me with a fatty tumor on my eye. So now I'm getting it removed by surgery, and everything will be fine unless they puncture my eye or something :P
My whole point with this is to say thank you! If you hadn't written this, I wouldn't have discovered what it really was before it probably would've been to late. So thank you! Thank you a million times! :D
hii um same reason as above. (karoline)
and ive had this for more than 1 year now ? well at the least ..
ive told my mom
um sorry it was cut off >.<
but anyways yea i told my mom last year and she said she will get me an eye appointment . but i forgot about it and so did she. this saturday i will be getting an eye check up just yu know those normal once a year kind of thing . so i dont know if the optometrist knows about these kinds of things ? i do believe i have an eye tumor . like yu guys did . and i dont know i just need advice I AM 16 too like karoline. i would really appreciate if yu reply sooon =[ i really feel down right now for it may not be just a tumor since its been pretty long ? i thought it would go away on its own and i stumbled on your site . now im really worried =[
Hello,
My name is Josh.
Hello,
My name is Josh. You don't know me but I was googling "eye tumors" and came across your vox.com page and read about your tumor, your eye tumor looks almost exactly like mine. I have been worried for a VERY long time if mine is cancerous or not. I've known about it as a growth for 3 or 4 years now but never thought anything about it.. but I started having blurry vision about 6 months ago and finally went in to get my eyes checked at a walmart eye center.. well.. I asked the doctor about the growth and she said "you have a tumor but I can't tell you if its benign or malignant so you need to get it checked out further". So I got in to see a specialist and he told me it is indeed a tumor but he isn't sure what kind or what... so he has me set up for an MRI to be done on the 2nd of next month... After that he talked about having a biopsy done.. which I am TOTALLY freaked out about cuz he said they stick a needle in my eye and cut a peice of the tumor out while im AWAKE.... he said they don't put you to sleep for that... I am TERRIFIED about that... I guess my questions are whats it like??? Does it hurt...?? What can I expect? I know you have no idea who I am but I would be VERY appreciative if you could give me any advice, or comforting words... anything.. I have been so depressed lately thinking this might be what takes me out of this world if its spread into my brain or comes back cancerous or maybe loose my eye... I dunno. I have extremely bad anxiety and I fear death so all this has been insanely difficult for me. Well, if you would let me know what it was like for you I would appreciate it. Thanks very much. Take care. Seeya.
- Josh