Falling Into Autumn
Sorry it has been a long time since my last update. At work, we are into our second busiest time of year which runs late August to early November. I do a lot of travel during this time of year both personally and for the job.
I am feeling good generally. I have very little pain and have only had a few episodes of any problems with symptoms. Most of the time, I can forget I have been in this fight for the past year. I do feel lucky.
That said, I have developed a new problem with my thyroid and have been diagnosed with goiter. I have had an ultrasound on my neck and it shows 6 enlarged nodules and I have had one visit with an Endocrinologist. She has told me that it is unlikely to be cancer of the Thyroid, but that she will probably do a biopsy to rule it out. Meanwhile, she is rechecking the blood test with the out of whack numbers as it it old (from May) and I will have another screening test when I go back in October. I still do not know what is causing this but problems with the thyroid are relatively easy to manage and even thyroid cancer is not a bad one. At worst, I lose my thyroid and have to take another med the rest of my life.
Perhaps of more concern, is my first complete 3D mammogram since my treatment. I am going in this Thursday, Sept. 20th (exactly one year to the date that I did the mammogram that changed my life). It is now simply a preventative scan rather than a tool for treatment as I hope all of the cancer is gone and has not returned. I am anxious and nervous and praying that it will be clear and I can check off that first year cancer-free at the end. If everything checks out, I will have another mammogram again in 6 months.
I would ask for your thoughts and prayers that my thyroid problem turns out for the best and that my mammogram comes back completely clear with no signs of recurrence!
I am feeling good generally. I have very little pain and have only had a few episodes of any problems with symptoms. Most of the time, I can forget I have been in this fight for the past year. I do feel lucky.
That said, I have developed a new problem with my thyroid and have been diagnosed with goiter. I have had an ultrasound on my neck and it shows 6 enlarged nodules and I have had one visit with an Endocrinologist. She has told me that it is unlikely to be cancer of the Thyroid, but that she will probably do a biopsy to rule it out. Meanwhile, she is rechecking the blood test with the out of whack numbers as it it old (from May) and I will have another screening test when I go back in October. I still do not know what is causing this but problems with the thyroid are relatively easy to manage and even thyroid cancer is not a bad one. At worst, I lose my thyroid and have to take another med the rest of my life.
Perhaps of more concern, is my first complete 3D mammogram since my treatment. I am going in this Thursday, Sept. 20th (exactly one year to the date that I did the mammogram that changed my life). It is now simply a preventative scan rather than a tool for treatment as I hope all of the cancer is gone and has not returned. I am anxious and nervous and praying that it will be clear and I can check off that first year cancer-free at the end. If everything checks out, I will have another mammogram again in 6 months.
I would ask for your thoughts and prayers that my thyroid problem turns out for the best and that my mammogram comes back completely clear with no signs of recurrence!
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