I'm Susan Kulick and I wanted to create an outlet as well as a document to chronicle our journey on a road called CANCER.
In late October 2012, Jimmy (my husband) who has been a bodybuilder for many years, started to feel a pain in his left hamstring. He just assumed it was a pulled muscle. As the weeks went by, the pain started to get worse and he started to feel a large lump forming in his hamstring. Since he has worked out for most of his life, he just assumed he had a pull or a slight tear and it was just taking a long time to heal, so he kept working out.
On New Year's Eve, he woke up with unbearable pain so he decided to go to the doctor. The doctor said that she thought it was a hematoma due to a hamstring tear and sent him to get an ultrasound for deep vein thrombosis at the hospital. So, off he went to get the ultrasound...results showed no sign of deep vein thrombosis and she suggested he see an orthopaedic doctor. We were also somewhat confused as to why she didn't order an ultrasound of the lump in his leg as well. Sadly, we had plans to go to a party to celebrate the New Year but Jimmy's pain could not withstand a night out.
On a side note, we had just applied for health insurance at the end of the year but it wouldn't go into effect until January 15.
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