Hello.
It;s been a while since I posted anything. IT has been eventful but not in the best of ways. Last Thursday I had a total thyroidectomy. I had a significantly enlarged thyroid, commonly called a goiter. I spent five hours on the operating table and they took out both lobes of the thyroid. I spent three days in the hospital as the organ was so big they were concerned it would bleed excessively into the cavity. The surgery was a success. However, the surgeon did get close to the vocal nerve. This has weakened my voice and made it very raspy. It could take months to heal. I am starting to feel pretty good after a couple of really crappy days.
Here is the part that sucks. The pathology report has come back positive for follicular cancer. Its a somewhat more aggressive form than the most common type of thyroid cancer. So, now in about 6 weeks, I get to be radioactive! Radioactive iodine treatments will flood my body and since thyroid cells are the only cells in the body that suck up iodine, they should absorb the iodine and the radiation will kill them.
Then, no more cancer! Achievement Unlocked!
I will post things as I learn them or as they happen.
It;s been a while since I posted anything. IT has been eventful but not in the best of ways. Last Thursday I had a total thyroidectomy. I had a significantly enlarged thyroid, commonly called a goiter. I spent five hours on the operating table and they took out both lobes of the thyroid. I spent three days in the hospital as the organ was so big they were concerned it would bleed excessively into the cavity. The surgery was a success. However, the surgeon did get close to the vocal nerve. This has weakened my voice and made it very raspy. It could take months to heal. I am starting to feel pretty good after a couple of really crappy days.
Here is the part that sucks. The pathology report has come back positive for follicular cancer. Its a somewhat more aggressive form than the most common type of thyroid cancer. So, now in about 6 weeks, I get to be radioactive! Radioactive iodine treatments will flood my body and since thyroid cells are the only cells in the body that suck up iodine, they should absorb the iodine and the radiation will kill them.
Then, no more cancer! Achievement Unlocked!
I will post things as I learn them or as they happen.
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