<P>Please be sure to say a prayer of thanks! My doctor has assured me that I most assuredly do NOT have cancer!!! He believes the same thing I've been wondering about, that my spleen was likely injured during my weight loss surgery (which was done laproscoptically), and that is probably what caused the blood loss during surgery (four pints). Further, he believes the injury probably softened up and turned into a cyst. He said my lymph nodes are not THAT swollen (one centimeter) and that they may be slightly enlarged because of the compressed portion of my left lung, the lung with fluid still in it. In two weeks I'll have an X-ray to check on that. In six months I'll have another MRI to take one more look at the spleen. Yahoo! God is more than good!!!</P>
<P>What's more, I've lost 4 more pounds since Monday!!! Total loss of 82 pounds, 56 since my surgery day. Life is good! </P>
<P>Thanks to everyone who prayed for me, wrote to encourage me and for those who thought good thoughts for me. I appreciate you all more than you'll ever know!</P>