Got my tape taken off yesterday - no stiches, just tape. Doc says everything looks good. We went over the pathology report and he said that there were several things going on. First of all, there was Hashimoto's Disease and here which he knew about. Well....if he knew about it, why didn't he tell me?! This was the first I had heard of such a disease.
Secondly, he said that it was just this side of malignant! The regular pathologist wanted a second opinion so "several people looked at it" and they all finally agreed that it was benign, but just barely! :eek: He also said he took the lymph nodes because they had biopsied (sp?) them on the spot and things were inconclusive, so they decided to be on the safe side and take them so if it was malignant it wouldn't spread any further. :eek:
He took the entire right thyroid and part of the left. They also biopsied the para-thyroids, but they must have been ok because they reattached those right away. He said chances are slim that the remaining part of the thyroid will cause a problem in the future. He said that had he had any doubt about that, he would have taken that too while he was in there.
So, it was kind of scary to hear how close it was to being cancer, but what a relief to know it's all gone and can't bother me anymore. I don't know if I mentioned this, but my mom said my great-grandmother died of thyroid cancer, so this definitely runs in the family.
I'm feeling great. I seem to have more energy and things like my allergies don't bother me as much. It seems like even though I was taking medication to keep my thyroid levels up, this was still dragging my body down and I feel much better overall, so I would say the surgery was one big success! :D
Oops, almost forgot. Here are two pics of my scar. Looks like somewhat slit my throat :eek: but maybe that's because he did! ;)
