Have a biopsy of scheduled for April 8. I've nicknamed it "the thing"

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since no one has taken ownership of it yet. They said it's in my recto-vaginal septum area. I had a higher level CT scan 2 nights ago of my entire urinary tract (due to the kidney stones and microscopic blood in the urine culture). It was higher def with contrast rather than the no-contrast one that detected the mass back on March 12. Not sure if it has changed size or not. Now I'll be having a CT guided needle biopsy. Not sure how they're going to go in. I would expect through the vagina, not the rectum or from external, but not sure. I know that they said to plan for 5 hrs at the hospital and the person who did scheduling did not think they do anesthesia for this procedure. Scared, because this is the real deal since this is of the actual mass, not surrounding tissue. The biopsies of the colon came back negative. I go back in 3 yrs because he did remove a couple of small polyps. My gyno guy said he could feel the mass but it wasn't part of the vaginal wall. He is the one who scheduled with Interventional Radiology for the biopsy. I guess since he had diagnosed/treated my previous endometrial cancer.

Wondering how many CT scans are too many in such a short period... Can't do anything else since we need to know what it is so I can get it out of me. I think it's starting to bother me more, but not really sure since the kidney stones are sitting in there as well. The discomfort is like a mix between cramps and kidney stone pain and is (so far) responding to regular doses of Tylenol or Motrin.

Also, with all this going on, I'm certainly not looking forward to my 2nd Pfizer shot on the 22nd, but all drs. agreed that I should start the process. My first shot was yesterday.