So, a month ago, I had a 10.2cm (slightly flattened sphere,) malignant tumor removed from my neck.
Intellectually, it's easy to understand that's about 4"... but just exactly what does a 4" tumor look like?
Well, today, Mel was at the fruit stand, and they had some pretty big honey crisp apples; and she noticed one in particular.
As it happens, a 10.2cm tumor is almost exactly this big; in fact, mine was almost exactly this shape as well (within 3mm):
Ummm... that's pretty damn big.
Ok, so... how big is it actually, in comparison to my neck?
This big:
Holy...!!!
How in the hell...
Seriously, I intellectually knew that I had a 10.2cm tumor in there; but until I saw the apple up against my throat I never fully understood what that meant.
Damn...