Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Pleasant Surprise

It was WI today.  I lost 0.6 lbs.  I was surprised to say the least.  I don't feel like I have lost anything.   I feel puffy and bloated and yuk but I will take it! 

Tomorrow I go for a biopsy.  It is a loooooooooooong story so I won't bore you with details but the short of it is I have a large cyst on my right thyroid (left side has already been removed) and standard procedure is to get a biopsy.  Its not the most comfortable thing in the world but its fairly quick - at least the one I had on the left side was.  I am getting this one done at a different hospital by a different person so who knows...
They say the cyst is 3 times larger than the one that they found on my left side before removing the lobe.  I guess that is why I snore and my throat "clicks" when I swallow LOL  the downside is it can sometimes make me choke on something.  Doesn't stop me from eating though!
I am not worried and you shouldn't either. 
my left lobe was not cancerous and even if it was thyroid cancer is the least deadliest cancer anyone can get.  It has a 99% success rate.   My SIL had pancreatic cancer which was completely opposite.. it has a 1% success rate.  Needless to say she is no longer with us.

Not sure what my specialist has in store for me and I won't find out until February.  He has gone overseas to do free surgeries with Dr's beyond borders.

1 comment:

Dennis & Jodi said...

Good luck Marianne! I will be thinking of you!
((HUGS))