Friday, May 21, 2010

I need a break! LOL I must be careful what I say, or I'll break my leg.

So, I've been having neck pain for a while, then last Monday evening I began getting a sore throat. Wednesday, I began getting a cough and mild fever. Thursday, my Dr. tested me for Mono (test results aren't in yet). Friday (today)I have the same symptoms as the last week but now my eye is running and getting Pink. Yep, it's pink eye. I went to the Dr again today to have it verified. I was supposed to get a massage tomorrow, but I had to cancel due the contagiousness. Then my mom called, it medication issues again. I need a break.
However Amber will be visiting me next weekend and we are going to celebrate "mother's day" a little late. We already did, but my gift was a mother/daughter pedicure. So, I will get a break next weekend, yea!
I need a break, Yep a good break, but I will walk carefully until I can relax next weekend. :)

Good News

I'm really excited, I recently found out that my niece, Jennifer and her two cute little boys are going to come and visit with my sister Theresa. This is really, really cool! It is so very rare in my family for people to get together, unless there is a wedding or funeral. I have really miss the opportunity to share in my niece's lives. This will be a wonderful celebrative occasion.

Thyroid and other updates

So, I just got my biopsy results on May 19th. One nodule is "consistent" colloid nodule and one is "suggestive" colloid nodule. They said the difference basically was that the suggestive one didn't have as good a needle sample but "looks like" it is a colloid nodule. I read that FNA biopsys for malignancy is 95% accurate and for benign is 65% accurate. So, it sounds good so far. The Doctor due to my age and the characteristics of the nodules I can either 1. Have the whole thyroid taken out or 2Keep an eye on it and have testing about every 3 to 6 months. For some reason, I had thought we could just take out the "cold" nodule and leave the rest of my thyroid. I currently don't have any thyroid hormone problems and I don't want to have the thyroid taken out (which requires life-time hormone pill) if I don't have cancer or the nodules aren't causing a problem. So, since there is a chance of false negatives on FNA I am going to get a second opinion preferrably a second FNA by someone else. Then I will be completely comfortable to leave it alone until hormone or other issues arise, then have it taken out. That is the end of the thyroid update for now.