| Definition: | influence, affect emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act on, alter, change, disturb, impinge, impress, induce, influence, inspire, interest, involve, modify, move, overcome, perturb, prevail, regard, relate, stir, sway, touch, transform, upset |
So there you go. This little butterfly-shaped gland has literally become a pain in the neck and altered the way I look at things. I've had an enlarged thyroid for several years, and my TSH tests just kept coming back normal. I had an ultrasound five years ago that confirmed a multi-nodular thyroid, but again, blood tests were normal. It was only until a few weeks ago when I went to my primary care nurse practitioner about allergies, that she decided to take another look. She seemed to think that my left nodule had grown in size recently. So off again to radiology for another ultrasound that confirmed the nodules had grown.
Next step was a needle aspiration biopsy. Not fun, let me tell you! I'm a bit claustrophobic anyway and laying there with an 8" needle stuck in my throat while a doctor fishes around for cell samples is not my idea of a fun time. I bruised badly and it's taken over a week for the pain to subside. Needless to say, the pathology report came back confirmed that I had a follicular neoplasm in the left lobe, and suspicious for papillary carcinoma in the right lobe and central thyroid. Basically what that means is it's necessary to remove my entire thyroid, and the sooner the better.
That's all we know at this point. We have an appointment on Wedneday, 17 June with a surgeon (the same guy who took out both my and Joe's gallbladder last year). I'll post more after we know when the surgery will be. Right now we're concentrating on eating lots of antioxidants, meditation, and qigong (pronounced chi-kung), which is an ancient Chinese form of moving meditation that has been documented to actually help cure cancer. I'm doing more research, but for now, everything is helpful.
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