The story is pretty short, but the aftereffects are more far reaching, so I thought I'd share. I was talking to my friend Melissa Mann, who lives close to me and has seen other of her friends go down this road. We were talking about how scary the diagnosis is and where the mind goes. We then talked about it being one BIG lump and she asks, "Should we name it Lenny?" And thus Lenny the Lump was born.
I actually find it comforting to view him as Lenny the Lump and not a part of my body that has morphed into something that could potentially kill me. I even joke around about how my port is a gateway for little chemo ninja's to go do battle with the lousy house guest and force him into a smaller space so that we can kick his ass out of me. Silly, but it works for me. So, I'll go with it.
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