Tumor or Fracture? You decide!

[Stigmata]

My right elbow, the very tip of my ulna (I think?), hurts when I apply pressure to it. And today it started hurting very, very, very slightly at all times. There's some bruising around the area as well, mostly a reddish tint with what might (due to my colourblindness) be slight yellow/black tinting right where the injured area of bone is. This all suggests a fracture, which would make sense because I remember smacking my elbow on a doorframe a few days ago.

But I've felt the fracture, and the part of bone that seems to be fractured isn't as smooth as the same part on my other elbow. It feels almost... wrinkly, in a way, and that plus the pain I experience fits with the symptoms of a malignant bone tumor (malignant/dangerous bone tumors are rough or wrinkly, while benign bone tumors are smooth). And this... well it really, really scares me, because my dad passed away from cancer three years ago.

I'm going to go to a walk-in clinic tomorrow to see if I can get this sorted out. But in the meantime I need some reassurance.

 

[MJ12]

It may be a bone cyst.

I've had one that has gotten larger over the years on the left side of my knee, and it hurts when I kneel on that knee.............. yet every doctor has said "Nothing is wrong"..

 

[Ennui]

It's probably nothing dangerous. Get it checked out anyway, but you're fine

 

[VirusType2]

Try rubbing it for a little while. And use some elbow grease when you do it. I'm just kidding. I'll bet it's just inflamed and has a different feel to it because you bruised it. Also, can you get someone to identify the color?

 

[Viperidae]

Alien cancer.

 

[Farrowlesparrow]

It is testicular cancer and you should have one of your balls removed immediately, or face losing the entire penile unit.

 

[Stigmata]

Alien cancer.

Who do you think I am, the President of Asia?

Oh and I just remembered, last night while drinking my friend told me that my elbow has a black-ish tint in addition to the red bruising. So there's that. Is that a bad sign?

 

[Dog--]

Your transforming into Nemesis.

You just don't do it fast like he does.

 

[Anthraxxx]

Massive Ingrown Hair. Squeeze it and watch an amazingly disgusting amount of pus discharge from the tip of your elbow.

 

[ray_MAN]

It's not a tumah!

 

[mindless_moder]

you're going to die . i call dibs on the kennel and any and all bones buried in the area.

 

[Dog--]

Whatever you guys do, DON'T bury him in the pet cemetery.

 

[Yorick]

Oh and I just remembered, last night while drinking my friend told me that my elbow has a black-ish tint in addition to the red bruising. So there's that. Is that a bad sign?

Black plague.

 

[lefty]

We're going to have to amputate.

 

[Viperidae]

 

[Dog--]

There's no time for that, knaw it off!

 

[Raziaar]

It sounds like a bruise to me. Unless you smacked it with the force of a thousand suns, I doubt it's fractured.

 

[Sheepo]

You're growing a dick bro, congrats.

 

[Stigmata]

It sounds like a bruise to me. Unless you smacked it with the force of a thousand suns, I doubt it's fractured.

My memory-that-might-be-made-up-to-provide-a-reason-for-my-injury tells me that I smacked my elbow really, really hard on a doorframe by swinging it around at lightspeed. I also might have been drinking, but it was like a week ago. I really hope it's just a bruise, a fracture would be a bitch and probably continue hurting for the next four to six weeks.

You're growing a dick bro, congrats.

I've always wanted to do a girl with my elbow.