I met with the surgeon last Wed. He's super! We're removing one lobe of my thyroid and if they find cancer we'll remove the other lobe and I will have radiation and take synthroid. I'm overwhelmed and I went into a cocoon for a while but I will try to be on the boards now until I leave for the surgery.
The surgery date is June 13th. We don't have the date I meet with the anesthesiologist yet.
I had a thyroid nodule that was growing and we have been doing what is called a Fine Needle Aspiration for years. Betweeen the nodule growing and the Aspiration coming back with follicular clusters this time (they were all in the clear in the past), there is a 10-15% chance of cacner. That is the purpose of the surgery...to stop the growing nodule and to look for cancer. I am trying not to think about it cause I'm nervous....but this needs to be done!
I'm kinda in my own head atm...so I don't how much good I'll be at helping others....but I will try. We are also adjusting my bipolar meds yet again (the doc is beginning to run out of meds to try with me!!!) so life is kinda crazy right now. I decided to peak in really fast and I found this and I couldn't not respond...you're all the best *hugs*