endocrinologist

So this morning I had my first appointment with Dr. Fox #2, the endrochrinologist. The appointment ended up taking much longer than we had originally anticipated. After talking with us and answering our questions he took me in to get another ultrasound and after a lot of poking and prodding discovered that several of my lymph nodes in my neck also look suspicious. So after a bit more discussing and poking and prodding I got several viles of blood drawn, and another set of needles stuck into my neck for several more biopsies. so the bad news is it looks like the cancer may have spread beyond my thyroid to the glands and tissue around. The good news is my diagnosis is still basically the same and the only thing that would change would be the surgery, as they would need to take out more tissue. We won't know anything for sure until we get the results from the biopsies and blood tests back in about a week. Also we've got our next appointment with a doctor at CU medical campus in Aurora who specializes in this type of cancer treatment and it should be interesting to see what they say!

Over all it's been a very draining morning and I'm exhausted and feel like I've been beat up so I'm not exactly in the best mood. My neck was finally starting to feel better, but after all the needles and pokes I'm back in a lot of pain today. All things considered I'm actually doing okay. I was somehow unphased by all this news, but I guess I could also still be in shock... Mostly I'm just really sick of this waiting game! Can't I get better and go home and back to my life already!?

Amy has been nice enough to wait on my every need and even bring her kitties over, so I'm getting some good cuddles in! Luckily I'm out of it enough that the terrible daytime tv hasn't been too annoying yet. I really believe in the healing power of being with animals, so if there's any truth in it I'm getting major doses of kitty and doggy love as well as all the wonderful human love you guys have been sending!