Over the past year, work has been intense. I’ve been doing overtime almost every week—sometimes sitting at my desk for 9 hours straight without realizing it.
One afternoon, a colleague leaned over and quietly asked, “Hey… have you noticed that bump on the back of your neck?”
I hadn’t. At least, not seriously.
But once she pointed it out, I couldn’t stop looking at it in the mirror.
Week after week, it seemed to get worse—rounder, more noticeable, and frankly… harder to hide.
Eventually, that same colleague pulled me aside and said she was worried it might be something more serious—like Cushing’s.
That was enough to make me panic.