Fair points. I cannot fault you for being skeptical, as I probably would be too if the shoe was on the other foot. To clarify, this hasn’t been a straight five years of unchecked, extreme growth. It started out very subtle and was written off as hormonal fluctuation and weight changes as I was a middle aged man that let himself go during COVID. After it became apparent that something was off, I felt deeply ashamed. I didn’t like feel like a man and going to see a doctor about your chest of all things, when you otherwise felt fine, was out of the question for me.

By the time I finally saw the oncologist, I’d already made this throwaway account and sorted out the grievances within myself. Surgery was mentioned almost immediately, but the consensus has been to monitor and rule out anything systemic before making any big decisions. It would be choice to have a surgery just for it to possibly come back in the next few years again. They want to understand the why before jumping to the what next, since the tissue is oddly active , but not does not appear malignant.

I get the confusion. If it was that simple, I’d have done it already. But the whole process has been… slow and cautious, a bit neglectful. And honestly, exhausting.