So many of you are closer than family to me and have been with me through some pretty tough times over the past 3 years. Last April, my doctor gave us the good news that I showed no signs of the thyroid cancer we had been dealing with since December 2007.
During my annual sonogram this year (just a couple of weeks ago) she saw a suspicious lymph node in the center of my neck (the original cancer was all on the left) and scheduled a biopsy for May 2nd. We got the results today and it's positive for the same kind of cancer. Our next steps are a CT scan of my neck to see if there are any other lymph nodes that need to be removed. If there are more nodes, I'll have another radical neck dissection on the right side ( my neck will be symetircal again!). If not, she wants to watch it and see if it grows or spreads. This is a very slow growing cancer so waiting and watching for a few months or year, isn't going to threaten my overall health. The surgery is pretty invasive - I've had the same thing on my left side - and my doctor hesitates to do it for only 1 node.
We're handling things pretty well - still processing the information. It couldn't happen at a better time - I started my new job yesterday. We'll keep you all posted as things happen and we get more news.
During my annual sonogram this year (just a couple of weeks ago) she saw a suspicious lymph node in the center of my neck (the original cancer was all on the left) and scheduled a biopsy for May 2nd. We got the results today and it's positive for the same kind of cancer. Our next steps are a CT scan of my neck to see if there are any other lymph nodes that need to be removed. If there are more nodes, I'll have another radical neck dissection on the right side ( my neck will be symetircal again!). If not, she wants to watch it and see if it grows or spreads. This is a very slow growing cancer so waiting and watching for a few months or year, isn't going to threaten my overall health. The surgery is pretty invasive - I've had the same thing on my left side - and my doctor hesitates to do it for only 1 node.
We're handling things pretty well - still processing the information. It couldn't happen at a better time - I started my new job yesterday. We'll keep you all posted as things happen and we get more news.