So, now I'm kind of scared The wife had an MRI yesterday as a follow-up to the concerning CT...

DunningKruger · 61-69, M Pinned Comment

OK. No details, but everything is all good. More details later.

DunningKruger · 61-69, M

So, here's what happened.

We finally got the report from the MRI, and the results were... nothing.

As in on the MRI, they couldn't even see whatever it was that made it look suspicious on the CT scan.

You'd think that would make someone happy, wouldn't you? But as much as she said she was happy about it, the wife's face told me how deeply disappointed she was. She really, really wanted to have cancer again, because she's never so happy as when her hypochondria is justified.

She is now telling herself that whatever was seen on the CT scan was really real, and that all the woo-woo stuff she's been doing made the cancer go away, because that makes more sense than considering that she might be, you know, wrong.

I mean, she snapped my head off when I dared to suggest that what was seen on the CT scan didn't actually exist at all, that it may well have just been an artifact of the scanning technology. And she followed it up with an evening of passive aggressiveness. Oh, she had to wait to take a bath in her bathroom while I took a shower in mine because I happened to mention months and months ago that she could use up all the hot water in the bath when she stayed in it for hours and ran all the hot water into it (this was before we got the point-of-use water heater for the tub). Which meant that I had to wait on her to come to bed so we could do our regular reading, which means I was about falling down sleepy by the time she was ready to go to bed, which meant that we had to get up and have a snack and play a game.

Ah, well. At least she isn't sick again. I'm happy about that.

nobodyishome · 31-35, F

I'm sorry, I'm sure your wife is okay. Fear is rational. Isn't it. I hope the best for you both. May Allah bless you both. Aameen

DunningKruger · 61-69, M

So, what we’ve found out is that MRIs of the abdomen can take a week or two to get a report on. All ours have been of the head, which appears to be somewhat more straightforward.