I've got a tiny little lump on my ..........

[wolf63]

Hello

After a totally horrendous night of no sleep (second in a row - partly thanks for a problem with my furry alarm clock) I am doing some stuff on the computer before going back to bed to see if I can get a short nap.


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I have a pea sized lump on my elbow. I initially thought that it was hard skin caused by me leaning on it when I was reading. I tried taking it off with my skin grater type hard skin remover and it hurt like he11 but didn't go away.

I looked up Elbow lumps on Google - but all the entries referred to dogs!

When I was at the nurse getting my Lithium levels checked we were talking about her goldfish having a lump. So I showed her my tiny lump - she said that it was a cyst and might/might not go away on its own.

Is it a type of ganglion? If so will it go away if I whack it with something?

If all else fails and it is still there by Christmas I might go and see my GP.

Susan

[wolf63]

I couldn't even get my graphics to work out. Not my fault - it is ABs fault. Bah!

I don't want to sound like a whingey male pixi but it hurts - drawing on it would hurt more. Maybe stick a ribbon on it or something equally bizarre.

[Sqad]

If I remember correctly you have rheumatoid disease.....I i haven't, then forget what i am going to say.

it is a rheumatoid nodule.....no big deal.......no treatment required.

[wolf63]

Nope sqad - you fail the doctor test - you should remember all your e-patients and their strange and varying ailments. ;-)

I was really tempted to whack it with something hard but will just try the 'ignore it and see if it goes away' test.

I hope the weather in your part of the world is better than the dreich weather here in Scotland - it is p1ssing down.

Thanks, as always, for your help.

Susan

[jno]

you have to whack ganglions with the family bible, don't you? (Probably because in olden times that was the heaviest thing they had around the house.) But try it on a cyst and you'll probably be shooting throught the ceiling.

[wolf63]

No bibles in this house jno - I obey the commands of the moggie gods.

[shaneystar2]

Could be a little bursa . Is it hard or soft ,sort of fluid filled ? I had one on my elbow which became quite inflamed and I had to have the fluid drawn off .But I suffer with RA.
Sometimes they just go away on their own .
Stop leaning on your keyboard shelf :0 )

[wolf63]

It's hard - I just thought that me leaning on it had caused a lumpy area of hard skin. It usually doesn't hurt but when it does it hurts very much.

I have my elbow lying on a cuddly toy just now so there is no great problem with it - it is just another bit of me falling apart. I had to get my first pair of varifocals this year. ;-(

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I hope the nice picturey thing works this time.

[wolf63]

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If this doesn't work I will give up.

[wolf63]

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[Sqad]

It's still a rheumatic nodule..........;-)