Journey

It had been four years since I had a Pap smear. So after much naggin from my husband I made an appt to go in.  That started the journey Im going through.  During the appt my midwife (She was an amazing midwife and also called me today just to check on me and see what the outcome was) found a lump on my thyroid.  I was sent over for blood work and an ultrasound.  My thyroid blood work came back normal but 2 nodules were found and I got sent to the ENT.  The ENT dct decided to do a needle biopsy on the nodule on my thyroid and blood work on the nodule by my parathyroid.  Last Friday I got a call letting me know I have thyroid cancer.  Wow.  You never imagine someone saying those words to you.  It felt really surreal.  As weird as this may sound I have the BEST cancer you can get though.  It is 100 percent treatable and very slow growing.  On July 10th I will go in for surgery to remove my whole thyroid.  I will come home the same day and have a drain tube in my throat.  After five days it will be removed.  Your thyroid absorbs pretty much all the iodine in your body.  So for  2 weeks they will starve my body of iodine.  I will be on a strict diet (this consist of pretty much chicken and rice with no season on it) and I will not be given any thyroid medicine.  After two weeks they will give me radioactive iodine.  Atleast 48 hrs of semi isolation will follow.  This will kill any thyroid cancer that could have been left behind from surgery.  Making it 100 percent curable!

So you may be wondering about that second nodule on my parathyroid.  This is were I need my prayer warriors.  The parathyroid deals with my calcium.  My blood work came back with my levels a little high but not enough for surgery.  However the ultrasound showed this nodule being the size of a jelly bean when it should be the size of a bb.  Since the surgeon will already have me opened up he is going to take a look at this nodule.  Your parathyroids are pretty important and you dont want them  removed if you dont have to.  We wont know anything about this nodule till I come out of surgery.  I know and believe God can heal me.  He is the ultimate Healer.  My prayer is that the ultrasound is wrong and my parathyroid looks great.

Im doing great!  Dont get me wrong there is moments of fear, worry, and some tears but I have peace that God's hand is on me.  He will hold me and take care of me.  I have hope that He has a plan and it will work out for good.  Im very thankful for all my family and friends who are encouraging me and helping me through this.  I love each and everyone of you.