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    I don’t want to be at war with my body

    I’ve had a stressful few weeks with annual physicals. When I was younger it was a much simpler process. Annual exam at the obgyn, blood work, and that was it. Now that I’m 45 I also have the joy of a mammogram. Which found a lump – likely a cyst, but it will need follow up tests in six months. And last year I developed nodules on my thyroid, which, while benign, need to be monitored closely. So the annual trip to the doctor has turned into 2 months of tests and stress. Which has now been compounded because the nodule grew, and so I needed another biopsy of it,…

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