Despite me wanting to cancel this appointment (I don't see the need for 3 doctors for one issue) I was advised to keep it. So I went. I don't know what it is about this doctor, but he seems to not want to spend much time explaining necessary information. I feel like I've always had to drag information out of him as he has one foot out the door.
Anyway, at this appointment he did manage to tell me that I will not need any kind of radiation treatment because the cancer that was found was too small. He said they typically don't do any kind of radiation treatment unless the cancer is 1cm or larger (mine was 0.1cm).
He did however say he needed to do a blood test to check my thyroid globulin levels. If they are 10 or higher then I will have to be off my synthroid for 4 weeks and then do a full body scan. If the levels come back high that means I have a TSH secreting tumor some where and they would need to locate it and remove it. I have to wait 2 weeks for those test results to come back.
Waiting for the next two weeks to see if I'm going to end up having another surgery early next year is putting me on pins and needles. Even if the test came back high, I wouldn't be able to do the scan until January or February (something about the scanner not being utilized until then). And the possibility of not taking synthroid for 4 weeks doesn't excite me, to say the least.
Right now I am praying my heart out that the results come back low or normal so that I can put this behind me and take the steps I need to move on with my life. Emotionally I'm actually doing ok. I'm not holding back tears or trying to hold it together. I'm just focusing on what I need to do right now to get myself back to my regular self. I'm trying to focus on how much better I will feel once I get my synthroid regulated and start to feel my energy return to me. I get excited when I think about finally being able to shed the unwanted pounds that I have put on over the years and have unsuccessfully been able to lose.
Today, I'm happy because for the first time in two weeks, I've been able to do a little bit of house chores and play with my children without feeling completely exhausted within 5 minutes. Today, I'm happy that I'm starting to feel better.
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