Traumatic Fat Necrosis

The saga of the car crash continues! I went to the ER yesterday to figure out why the hell the lump on my chest has been getting more painful the last few days and why on that morning, it was making me feel short of breath. After some tests and some imaging, I finally have a better idea of what the hell this lump is:

When the doctor said the phrase "traumatic fat necrosis", I just sat there dumbfounded for a second. That was a terrible sounding phrase! Bad mouthfeel. Don't know what I wanted him to say, but it wasn't that. The second stretched on for what felt like a whole minute. 3 minutes and 27 seconds, even. Here's how I felt in that second, in audio form:

Turns out? Not as bad as it sounds. It's usually one of those things that goes away on its own but for me, it's been 9 months and it's a pain in the... well, chest. So, hopefully now that I have a diagnosis and a referral to a surgeon for a consultation, I can make some progress for the first time in months. The Lump Arc might finally be coming to a close.

If there's one thing you should take away from this post, it's this—don't get into a car crash. I really can't stress that enough.

Nicky Flowers - 04/12/25 - Also, they gave me some morphine after the uncomfortable CT scan; that stuff is like drugs or something - (send any comments/questions to hello at nickyflowers dot com)