#hypothiroidism

just my journey with my pervert traitorous bitch thyroid gland since April.

I had a node on the left side which had been there for +14 years. PAAF tests always came back “inconclusive”. I got fed up and wanted it removed because I figured I could at least sort one of my health problems, right? After all, I was already taking pills for my hypothyroidism/hashimoto’s.

WRONG. It took me 3 years to find an endocrinologist willing to remove it, and once the results came back, it turns out I didn’t have one node, but four. And all four were papillary carcinoma (aka cancer. woooohooo). 

So, I had more tests and apparently the right side had nothing wrong with it, but my doctor told me that sometimes they removed the other part of the thyroid just to be sure, he left the choice again on my hands and I was all “to hell with it, get the bitch out”. 

And surprise, it had another carcinoma. Now I’m waiting to see if I’m getting the iodine treatment or what, while my hormones get regulated and all that stuff (I’m not telling the part of the story in which I got admitted two days after the second surgery because my calcium levels were so low I had a “potentially lethal” episode. Fun times.) 

And what was supposed to take three weeks of recovery is on its way to becoming a 4 month medical leave, because, OF COURSE, my fibro acts up and this new pain just hurts so much everyday. I guess it’ll get better once my body gets used to it. Notice how I didn’t say that it would get better once I recovered. Heh, I’m not that naive with this stupid body of mine.