Enchondroma

One of blog in year 2007 mentioned about hurting my finger while playing golf in a company event(See Finger Story in year 2007 archive). Never thought that the injury can cause another discovery of my body. After suffering the on and off pain for several months, pricking like a signal to remind me not to ignore it, I decided to go through the medical examination. Before that I had tried Chinese Tittar to get my finger rubbed and bandaged with herb. I thought that is just early stage arthritis problem to show my aging (that is sad...). Being a modern scholar, I also tried to take glucosamine sulfate. After a month none of the 'self-researching' method worked out for me, I decided to trust in the Lord to lead me to good doctor to remove this little pain in my life. After going through GP and took x-ray, i found a big new medical word to me - ENCHONDROMA. In my whole life, I have no any major issue that will relate me to specialist, today was the first time i stepped into a medical specialist, the first time to meet an orthopedic, the first to have x-ray that suggest surgery treatment. Enchondroma. A buzz word that had given me a lot of FIRST TIME in my life. After numerous of Q&A with the doctor, it was found that
1. it is benign tumor in a bone, normally found in hands or legs
2. rare case, 1 out of 100,000 people will get this
3. Average only 1 patient a year for Orthopedic in Malaysia will have this case
4. There is no syptoms to discover, most likely a coincidence through x-ray (To me, there is no coincidence but a God revelation to me to get right treatment)
5. Expansile type will cause thinning to the outer bone
Although rare case, it is considered minor surgery with more than 99% of success rate by bone grafting. Next week I will experience the First surgery in my life, which is only 30 mins in day care surgery room :) and thank God it is not major operation. Furthermore, I am 1 out of 100,000 hahahaha....