Surgery

No, not a new serger!  LOL surgery.

About 6 years ago, my brother was diagnosed with thyroid cancer.  It affected his lymph nodes and vocal cords.  His surgeon suggested I get screened as well, even though it is not supposed to be hereditary.

So I had ultrasounds every 3 months, then every 6 months then yearly.  I had what they call cold nodules.  Bit they remained the same size until last January 2018

My surgeon suggested I have another ultrasound in June last year.  That one showed a minor changes from January’s test.  So in January 2019 I had another ultrasound. This one showed some major changes in the nodule structures.

I had a needle biopsy after that, maybe February.  The results came back as undiagnostic.  Which meant they didn’t get cancer cells directly, but they couldn’t rule out cancer.

After much research and thought, it occurred to me one day, why let myself get cancer?  So with my surgeon I made the decision to have it removed.

Tomorrow I will have a biopsy on the large nodule on the left side.  They don’t like nodules over 2 cm. If it is not diagnostic, I can leave it in and hopefully produce thyroid hormone without having to take synthetic.  I figure the real stuff is better than the fake stuff.

At the minimum he will remove half of the thyroid.

June 13.  It is not a Friday so I should be OK.

Thanks for all the well wishes and thoughts.  Once I thought about it, I realized there was just one choice.  To remove it.  Why let myself get cancer, Was a DUH moment you might say!

In other news, I have salad growing in my garden!