wellinghall | I was worried ...

... but now I've been to the doctor's, and I'm not.

This morning, I noticed a big (and I mean big) lump on my elbow. Not painful - in fact, I could hardly feel it - but definitely there. Now, lumps are worrying anyway; and particularly when you're someone like me, who worries about most things; and especially when you've got PJS, and are under standing orders to worry about any "lump, bump, mass or oddity".

I went to the handy walk-in centre, only to find that - less than three years after opening - they have cut down the opening hours from something like sixteen hours a day to four. Four!!!

Then I went to a pharmacist, who said, "Get it seen quickly, but not that quickly."

Then I rang my GP; the receptionists (yes, two - long story) were very helpful, and got me in at 5pm this afternoon. I saw a registrar (being videoed for training purposes), who asked me a few questions, took my temperature (normal), looked at it, and got me to bend my arm around.

She diagnosed bursitis - fluid on the elbow. I am to take ibuprofen, and go back to see her again if (a) it doesn't go down, or (b) it gets inflamed. She would then prescribe antibiotics and / or drain it.

Worry over (well mostly!)