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Glad you shared this, Marosa. In the last month, I've had my physician, my chiropractor, and my dog's veteranarian both tell me about the "Three Day Rule." Mainly, if it's not better in three days, give 'em a call (It makes me wonder: Did they all get credits from watching the same on-line inservice training?). It pays to take care of yourself.

Obviously, this doesn't apply to chest pains, severe abdominal pains, respiratory distress, vomiting that won't stop, high fever, etc.

And I also vote with Marosa -- Hope it's just something that's here and gone, just from body responding to an infection or virus.

RCC tumors don't "come on suddenly". That's good news. They are slow growing tumors. Doubtful anything RCC related would just spring up like that. If that's what you're worried about. Not sure that's what you're worried about...

Stuff will almost always show up on scans before you feel them, if you're getting regular scans.

Three day rule sounds good to me. Also, cancerour stuff doesn't usually come and go. Tends to be persistent once it starts causing a problem. So if it's gone in a few days, you can stop worrying about it. Actually, you could stop worrying about it now and just watch it.

I know, easier said than done. But it does come to a point where you start to realize that worrying is counter-productive and it really is a choice. At least I think it does come a point...for many. For me, I've struggled with worrying for a few reasons 1) I'm afraid I'll forget 2) I think worrying means I care (hence not worrying means I don't care) 3) I think I might "figure it out" if I think hard enough 4) I've felt powerless to stop it 5) I'm afraid I'll miss something if I let it go...there may be other reasons.

Hopefully it will pass soon and you can move on to thinking about something else.

Todd