I AM LEBRON JAMES.

before i start, i noticed that i had an extra "follower" on my followers tab. anthony lee, do i know you? are you my first fan?! are you a supercutiegirl who's real name is andrea!

ok, back to my post. today i was reading my google reader when i stumbled across this article on one of my numerous basketball blogs.
"http://www.cleveland.com/cavs/index.ssf/2009/10/lebron_james_remembers_his_spr.html"

this is how the article began..
"Some of the toughest days for LeBron James over the last year had nothing to do with basketball. It was the gut-churning period when he waited to make sure he didn't have cancer. In his first interview on the subject since surgery to remove a tumor from his jaw area in June, James told The Plain Dealer there were several jittery days last January after he had a biopsy on the growing lump under his right ear."

i read this and my first thought was. IS THIS ARTICLE ABOUT ME. AM I LEBRON JAMES?! now, you're probably thinking, "what the crap is this crazy little chinaman talking about?" well, ever since i can remember i have had a tumor in the exact same area. even going to the doctors a few years ago to make sure it wasn't malignant. intrigued, i continued reading..

"Doctors at the Cleveland Clinic found a growth on James' parotid gland, which produces saliva. Those sorts of tumors are somewhat rare, on average there's usually around 2,500 cases each year. It represents only about three percent of all discovered tumors and just six percent of tumors found in the head and neck area, according to several medical reference Web sites."

mm, parotid gland. exactly where dr. patel told me my tumor was. i thought it was kinda cool to find someone else with the same condition as me. esp someone like lebron. although i am a kobe fan all the way..

as you can see.. the right side of our faces are slightly bigger than the left. neither of us look very happy about it. i am mostly sad bc i only have a dimple on the left side of my face. :(. and being forced to take a picture with my sister, a wang.

anyways, here are some highlights of the article so you don't actually have to read it:

"It didn't cause James much pain, unless he was hit directly on the right side of the jaw. It happened a few times when he was fouled driving to the basket. In those instances, James was sometimes slow to get up, leaving some to believe he was milking the hits for the referees' benefit. Some of the time he was just suffering in silence, never discussing the tumor with the media. "

"slow to get up." lebron james, you are a little pansy. man up! i am hit there all the time and i bounce right back up! suffering in silence my butt.. he doesn't have a little sister that deliberately hits them there for fun! that's true pain right there. physical and emotional!

"There is now a thin, half moon-shaped scar around James' ear, though the surgeons did a good job of hiding it on a face seen by millions on a regular basis. "

i do not want a scar. so i will not be participating in this surgery.

"The news turned out to be good; the mass wasn't cancerous. But if it was allowed to grow it could become malignant and so James made plans to have surgery to remove it as soon as possible after the season ended."

ummm, WHAT. dr. patel said it was rare. dr. patel did not say it could grow to become malignant! dr. patel is getting a call very soon. oh wait, i have no insurance. i am going to die. this is no good. dr. patel is going to get a call from my mommy when i die.

sigh. what a mundane monday. sadness. oh well, other than this depressing news today was good. went to another free hawks game and had a chili cheese dog with chili cheese fries and, in turn, completely failed day 1 of my diet. there is always tomorrow.
until next time, have a terrific tuesday.