Well I thought I was doing so well but I’ve had a couple of little unexpected setbacks along my cancer journey. Firstly my sluggish thyroid has got worse and I have been back and forward to the Doctor for increasingly frequent blood tests. I’m now on medication which has to have the dosage adjusted by yet more blood tests. So that has made me feel glum as the medication appears to be a permanent thing and I hate having the blood tests done.
Then today I went to the hospital for my routine checkup. The camera up the nose thing went OK, but then my Consultant took ages with the neck grope and he was pressing a lot harder than usual. He said he can feel a thickening in my neck. He thinks it is just scar tissue but he needs to be sure so I have to go for a test. It will be an ultrasound scan with needle aspiration biopsy. I’ve had one of those before so at least I know what to expect. Unfortunately I have to wait for an appointment which will take a couple of weeks and then there will be a further wait for results.
The Consultant says he thinks it’s nothing to be concerned about so I should try not to worry. Simple to say but not so easy to do. My husband remarked that we’re back under that cloud again. We should know how to deal with it by now as we’ve had to cope with anxious waits before. Unfortunately it doesn’t seem to get any easier.
