Follow up

Well I went to see my surgeon this morning.... and yes I drove myself. :) He took off my steristrips and said that the incision looked fine. He explained that the lymphnode that tested positive had been stuck to my thyroid, an unusual finding. It didn't look enlarged at all, so the Dr was surprised to find that it was cancerous. This being the case it looks like we will be doing the RAI. I don't know when that will be since it wasn't in the original plan. I am waiting to hear from my endo when he gets back from Hawaii on the first.

5 Days Later

I am still alive and doing well. ;) The surgery went well and the Dr was pleased. I was not a fan of the resulting nausea and dizziness, but it is getting better. We got the pathology report back today, and it is a possibility that I will have to do the iodine treatment. But overall that will have to wait until I meet with my endo to know for sure. So there you go.

Surgery Tomorrow

Well it is official. I have to be at the hospital at 8am tomorrow morning. I am happy that we didn't have to postpone the surgery until next week! My surgeon has a funeral that he has to go to, so they had to reschedule all but 1-2 of his procedures. Yay me! I don't think that I could have handled waiting any longer I am just too nervous.

Although I could do with out my back deciding that it wants to protest. My chiropractor says that I have a small tear, or something irritating one of my discs.... so bending is not my strong suit at the moment. But hey, at least after the surgery if it is hurting I will have lots of lovely pain medication to take the edge off. :) Don't I sound like and addict!

For my next post I will be going Thyroidless..... stay tuned!

Happy Sunday

So today has been a really good day. Church was fantastic. We have so many great people in our ward that have been so supportive and kind. Just after church I was introduced to a sister who also had thyroid cancer. I can't even begin to describe how I felt knowing that there was someone close by (with a face) that would really understand how I am feeling and what things are going to be like. My support groups have been so great, but there is something to be said for a good face to face conversation.

Surgery

So I met with the surgeon today up in Salt Lake, and we scheduled my surgery for the 12th. I was really really nervous about going to my appointment today. I was really concerned that I wasn't going to like or be comfortable with the surgeon and that I would have to keep waiting to find someone else. Happily, Dr Anderson is really nice and I was comfortable with him right away. He didn't even mind when I pulled out the three pages of questions that I had typed up. After I asked everything, he even looked over the list to make sure we hadn't missed anything. I will be staying overnight in the hospital for observation, so hopefully all goes well. I will start my hormone replacement therapy that day and then I will follow up with my Endo to get the dosage right. We will know after the surgery and the pathology reports come back whether or not I will have to do the Radioactive Iodine to kill off any other cells remaining.

That's it for now!